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They get big. I hooked on one in 45' of water at a single pipe near where packery channel is now. This was probably in the mid 80's. It took a live blue runner. I was fishing with a Penn International 6 and 20# mono. It took over one hour to get the fish to the boat. Ling don't like being gaffed. They will go nuts once stuck. Be careful when board them. I always beat them in the head with a billy at least 10 times or until the skull is crushed. They will tear a boat apart real fast if don't subdue them.
It was huge. We never put it on a scale, but it was almost 6' in length and was around 100#'s. Somewhere, I used to shoot 35mm slides. I still have slides of hundreds of fish taken from around 1980 to 1998. One of these days, I will buy a scanner and digitize them. I used to target ling. I've caught at least 10 in the 75# range. There flesh is excellent grilled. They will also dull your knife quickly as their skin is very thick and shark like.
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