The yelloweye rockfish (red snapper) come up from about 100 ft, and will not survive if released. The black rockfish we were catching were only in about 20ft max of water, making catch and release possible. The lingcod (ling) have a physostomous (connected) air bladder and don't experience the same pressure effects as rockfish, which have a physoclistous (unconnected) air bladder, allowing us to release them relatively unharmed as well. We kept our limits on all species, returning w/ >200#.
The yelloweye rockfish (red snapper) come up from about 100 ft, and will not survive if released. The black rockfish we were catching were only in about 20ft max of water, making catch and release possible. The lingcod (ling) have a physostomous (connected) air bladder and don't experience the same pressure effects as rockfish, which have a physoclistous (unconnected) air bladder, allowing us to release them relatively unharmed as well. We kept our limits on all species, returning w/ >200#.
bubbaslaw 2 years ago
it looks like you kept the red snapper and released the black cod?
floydstinkyboy 2 years ago