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On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:05:56 -0800, Calif Bill wrote:

I fished yesterday from a kayak, first time in the ocean. We launched
from Pt. Arena cove. Buddy dove for abs and then fished. He got his
limit of abs in about 25' of water, and then proceeded to out fish me.
He limited with one nice Vermillion and I got 7 decent rf. Hooked 3
lings. Landed the undersized 22". First one rocked me. Drag locked down
and he still stripped line. 2nd about 30" let go of the swimbait about
18" under the boat. Tried to fish today to finish out the limit, but
after launching and going offshore a ways to avoid the surf break, the
offshore wind came up and blew me too fast to fish the holes in the
kelp, and decided was better to safely get my butt back to shore. Hard
paddle. Lose about 2/3 of the distance gained every stroke until near
the shore. Fun day, will do it again. But will need to diet as the
rental wetsuit was still tight. Do not fit in my old suit. Started
raining about Healdsburg on the way home.

OK, I figured abs means abalone, and Vermillion is a Vermillion
rockfish. I'm guessing rf is also a type of rockfish, but what do
Californians call a ling. Lingcod, maybe? Around here, a ling is a
whiting, but I've also heard cobias referred to as ling.

Ophiodon elongatus. Bad ass fish. Minimum size 24" and 10" of that is
mouth and teeth. State record is 105#. Buddy caught a 43# one years ago.
Looked like you were looking at the opening to a garbage can in the view of
the mouth.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...&ct=image&cd=1

Is the baddest fish on the reef. The fins on the bottom are designed so
they can rest on the reef and blend in, before eating what they want. Fish
a 2# blue Rockfish as bait, and they will love to bite it. A small octopus
or big octopus jig is also good. A 40# ling will swallow a 20# ling and
then try to eat more. Friend was proud of the 20# ling he speared at a dive
club outing. When another diver came up with a 40# that spit up a 20# ling.