Went out scuba diving down near the Tacoma Narrows this weekend....lots of lings, especially juveniles but some monsters as well.

Looks like the DFW is doing a better ob managing the poplations of these tasty monsters. Should be good fishing for years to come.

Can't wait till hte season opens!

good report!
you going to try a speargun if legal this year while diving? Hawaiian Sling or better yet a euro-speargun-- checkout picasso.com- wow!
I think i'm going to take a couple weekend days and drop some nice cutplugs down there with some heavy weights during slacktide and check out what you're talking about!

Wow what a great report! I'll be out in force this year..

How deep were you diving?

This is definately a fishery i wanna learn, i have always heard that there are lings down there, but you also have a tendency of losing alot of gear. Maybe you are gonna have to tell me the ends and outs of fishing this area for them DR.

It is very important to work around the tides if you are going to fish the Narrows. When the tide is ebbing or flooding, the current going through there is 2-4 MPH, which makes bottomfishing really sporting. There are also rips, crosscurrents, and debris.

When the tide is low or high, you have an hour or two of relatively calm water.

I use 1/2 - 5/8 steel round stock for weight with a small coat hanger spreader bar with a 15 lb test dropper to the weight.

Bounced one while drifting for bottom fish until the bottom 1/3 was bright. Bounces along like pencil lead.

Drill through the edge to get a snap swivel on it.

I will be out there too. Plan your trips around the tide changes for success. There are basically two weekends that have small tide changes. Small tide changes = longer feeding period.

My buddy got a 15# ling out of there last year.

I'll have Mini DR along to catch the bait. She loves catching Sand Dabs... The Lings scare the heck outta her !!

Any one know if they are going to have live herring at Narrows Marina this year?

Yes, I'm hearing that the new tackle store will have herring this year. However, I'm also hearing that they count out each hearing by grabbing them with their hands. This will result in A) getting exactly a dozen and B) getting bald herring! JACK

Just so there is no confusion......The old Narrows Tackle Store that has moved to 5401 6th Avenue will have fresh herring in the mornings on ice.
The new store that is in the old location is the one I am referring to in the previous post. I don't want to bad-mouth the wrong store :p JACK

Don't get too wired up on herring with the Narrow's lings.
They much prefer to take "Other" live bait than herring.

I'll donate my neighbors 2 worthless cats...

Easy...

Hit a shallow sandy area and catch ya some sand dabs with worms... Take a couple 6/0 or 7/0 hooks (depending on the size of the Dab). Hook one through the lips and the other through the back. Hang on!

I am sure the cats would work too!

Thanks DR. Live herring worked pretty well for us last year.

Big Flounder = Ling Potato Chips

Ling tater chips.. LOL

Herring work well Easy but sand dabsand kelp greenling wokk the best.

Anybody care to share their method for rigging a flounder?

Any tips for locations around the Seattle area? I tried (half-hearted I admit) the reef off of Blake Island, and the rocks off West Seattle. No luck. At least the flounder catching was good. Suggestions?