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Old 08-17-2015, 05:51 PM   #31
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How did the wolf eel taste? Not hating, just curious as I have seen them from time to time.
Wolf eel is great -- fine grained meat and not fishy or sea-weedy like MFE.

I usually leave 'em alone though because they don't grow very quickly.
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Old 08-17-2015, 07:26 PM   #32
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I also found this 21.5" mostly digested ling with its tail sticking out of a 13lb ling's throat last year.


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Old 08-24-2015, 06:14 PM   #33
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I love this thread.

Got some nice fish with a buddy on Saturday.

The 34+ inch Ling had some kind of whole partialy digested fishy in her gut.

One of the 30 inchers had what looked to be a bunch of seaweed in his gut??

Upon closer inspection there was ball of fishing line and a hook inside the bunch of seaweed.




Glad I put him out of his misery.



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Old 09-11-2015, 02:07 PM   #34
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Two abalone (no shells just meat) in this big cab's belly last weekend.

My PB cab at 25 inches and 10.5 pounds.

http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1875

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Old 09-11-2015, 02:35 PM   #35
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Two abalone (no shells just meat) in this big cab's belly last weekend.

My PB cab at 25 inches and 10.5 pounds.

http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1875

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Absolute beast of a cab, solid work Jim.
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Old 01-25-2016, 02:29 PM   #36
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Figured this 22+ inch Monkey inside the belly of this 35 inch Ling was worthy of this thread.

My first nice Ling of 2016...stoked!



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Old 02-04-2016, 12:29 AM   #37
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Figured this 22+ inch Monkey inside the belly of this 35 inch Ling was worthy of this thread.

My first nice Ling of 2016...stoked!



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By the look of that belly, I'm surprised you didnt find a basketball in there!
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Old 06-14-2016, 10:38 AM   #38
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I told my neighbors: "You can have the small one. I'll keep the big one."
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Old 06-14-2016, 10:52 AM   #39
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I told my neighbors: "You can have the small one. I'll keep the big one."
Awesome!

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Old 03-22-2017, 01:26 PM   #40
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Shot my PB Verm over the weekend, 23.5 inches and 8.76 pounds.

https://youtu.be/7meoN6DmRh8

Had a whole Blue Rockfish in her belly.

Piggy!!



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Old 03-22-2017, 01:33 PM   #41
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Hell yes Jim, that's a pig!
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Hell yes Jim, that's a pig!
Thanks Benny!

Hope you are doing well!



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Old 03-22-2017, 02:27 PM   #43
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Love this thread. Thanks for bringing it back Jim.
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Old 03-22-2017, 03:46 PM   #44
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What looked like, at first glance, human bones inside the stomach of a mangrove snapper shot under an oil rig. Realized they were probably chicken bones from some dinner thrown overboard, but had a moment of wild imagination before drawing that conclusion.
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Old 03-22-2017, 08:57 PM   #45
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Rookie Question but... What exactly are "verm-stones" and what do you do with them? I'm assuming they're exactly what WSB stones are, if I remember correctly, essentially fish eardrums?
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