Lingcod - Edmonds Pier

Lingcod reports from the Edmonds fishing pier were quite bleak this morning. We have had a couple of individuals that spent the AM down there today and said that they saw just a single undersized ling landed! Generally there are a number of fish that are landed each and every opening day by pier anglers. What makes this opener different one can only guess. Hopefully, this is just an odd day and fishing will improve. There are a multitude of different methods for approaching this fishery, 1. Lead heads and plastic worms (1 - 1-1/2oz lead heads with 6 - 8 inch curl tail worms in black, root beer, chameleon or motor oil colors are preferred) 2. Fishing live bait, such as live herring, shiner perch, blennies, gunnels or small sole or flounder. 3. Large swimming plugs such as Magnum Saltwater CD Rapalas in CD 14's or CD 18's that are cast and cranked over the kelp and rocks of the breakwater.