They are still not legal to keep up here for a while. Caught a lot of them this time of the year fishing for halibut though......some real monsters. They aren't hard to catch.
We typically can't retain them (lings) on halibut days, especially the deep water monsters. It's a bummer to reel up a big one from 100 fa, and have to cut it loose.
Smaller ones are better eating anyway though.
