World Record Ling ??

[tinhorse]

Apparently caught off WC Vancouver Island this past week. Just a pic I was sent from a cousin that was in the area at the time. MONSTER



http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y389/tinhorse1979/image001_zpsb8b03098.jpg (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/tinhorse1979/media/image001_zpsb8b03098.jpg.html)

<a href="http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/tinhorse1979/media/image001_zpsb8b03098.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y389/tinhorse1979/image001_zpsb8b03098.jpg" border="0" alt="big ling photo image001_zpsb8b03098.jpg"/></a>

[Fella]

Did your cousin take that photo? No offence to you or your cousin but something seems kinda off about that picture. Could just be that I'm looking at it on an iPhone though.

[steel_ram]

That's a huge hook it's hanging on. Step back yet a few more paces and the Killer whales will be frightened.

[tinhorse]

I have no clue who took the picture or if it is real or not.... If it is that thing is ridiculous.

[REMINGTON JIM]

Photo Shopped ! :icon_frow for sure ! LOL RJ

[Fella]

The previous record was 82 lbs. pretty sure that monster you posted has been tinkered with.

[BiG Boar]

Really you guys? Its called perspective. That fish is right close to the camera, and the guy is standing way back. Definitely not photoshopped

[Moe.JKU]

Its a fake, and a bad one at that.

[adriaticum]

Is that even a ling?

[island_dmax]

That thing is no more the 35-40 lbs. big boar is right. It's all perspective.

[coach]

Maybe the fisherman's name is Ling?

[Fella]

If that's the case then why is he a world record? Maybe he can jump higher than other guys named Ling?

[Vader]

Who Flung Ling Poo!

[835]

Lol,
that is about 15-20 lbs taken with the camera about 5' away.

[adriaticum]

Maybe the fisherman's name is Ling?

Lol, that's funny.

[Sofa King]

Really you guys? Its called perspective. That fish is right close to the camera, and the guy is standing way back. Definitely not photoshopped

bingo.
I can't believe anyone fell for this one for a second.
it's not a huge hook, it's hanging from this eave of the shack, close to the camera.
and mr. ling is standing over beneath the far eave.
no photoshop, just creative picture taking.

[steel_ram]

bingo.
I can't believe anyone fell for this one for a second.
it's not a huge hook,

No? oh derp! I though he said ring cod.

[REMINGTON JIM]

bingo.
I can't believe anyone fell for this one for a second.
it's not a huge hook, it's hanging from this eave of the shack, close to the camera.
and mr. ling is standing over beneath the far eave.
no photoshop, just creative picture taking.

SAME diff ! Its BS ! :roll: LOL RJ

[NaStY]

Ha funny picture...................

[Woodrow]

Good picture, 2 pound what ever it is.

[Paulyman]

Horrible photoshop job! the dead giveaway is the s hook used to hang the fish, the s hook is used in construction to hang light fixtures. and the proportions are unrealistic.

[r106]

Really you guys? Its called perspective. That fish is right close to the camera, and the guy is standing way back. Definitely not photoshopped

and Asians are little lol.

It looks photoshoped to me

[TheProvider]

Just like sitting a few feet behind a an animal to make the rack look huge. When you see moose pictures in magazines. Look closely and you'll notice the hunter is normally sitting near the back end of the moose.

[kyleklassen]

you guys are right out of it....that's gotta be the biggest ling ever and I've seen a few.

[358jess]

Take a close look at the lighting. Shadow on the left side of the guy's face and no shadow on the fish.

[Rackem]

http://www.puretravel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/14.jpg Perspective, no photoshop required, much cheaper Rock cod...

[Rackem]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DnnFQRYeCU8/UAYofefCBZI/AAAAAAAAAPU/kqpOMj0Rw6g/s640/IMG_0569.JPG

[Rackem]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-87CYmogtPrE/UAYoy6_z2AI/AAAAAAAAAPc/Uf1qJm7GnKY/s640/IMG_0570.JPG

[Rackem]

http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/interesting-perspective-trick22.jpg?w=500&h=631

[BuckNaked]

Really you guys? Its called perspective. That fish is right close to the camera, and the guy is standing way back. Definitely not photoshopped
^^this!!!!

[Caribou_lou]

May be a large fish but hard to tell how big. Whenever I personally take a picture I make the point of having a hand on the animal/fish so there is no guessing on where the person is standing. Anyone can make a 25 lbs fish look like a 50 lber!

[Ltbullken]

I use the same technique of perspective photography to make my animals look like trophies.....

[Sofa King]

and Asians are little lol.

It looks photoshoped to me

appropriate comment?

[tinhorse]

Here is a 64 lber I got in 2011 in Rupert. My biggest by far. If I include the 12 lb ling he was eating on the end of my line he would have been 76 lbs.....

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y389/tinhorse1979/ling_zps7658a059.jpg (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/tinhorse1979/media/ling_zps7658a059.jpg.html)

[tinhorse]

I should have held him out 3 feet from me I guess and I would have had a record book ling as well...oops

[Rackem]

http://deepcreekfishingcharters.com/assets/photo_album/lingcod_captain_steves_2007_world_record_82_pounds .jpg

[Rackem]

This is a rock cod

http://www.karlalim.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/31-Fishing-in-Steveston-Vancouver-Island.jpg[https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/oV-SRIyIPms09dNTdn0fptS9Zu0BZQ8UXSWqaImfm2pdLQIbPvFO9 sCePLMGjTcnBwy8fLjGH-ESL3Gmz-xvndzLz8dWcyUKlYeQf9uo6MVVJE302gg

[bigbuckbuster]

100% sure that is a world record...Words smallest fishermen and his 8 lb ling cod

[Aheny]

You can get a good idea of the size by looking at the blood trails on the fish. You all know from experience how thick they usually are, they wouldnt be bigger and wider just because its a big fish

[835]

More specifically it is a Copper rock cod

http://www.karlalim.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/31-Fishing-in-Steveston-Vancouver-Island.jpg

[bigbuckbuster]

More specifically it is a Copper rock cod

http://www.karlalim.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/31-Fishing-in-Steveston-Vancouver-Island.jpg
I'd have to say its a ling that has bleached out. They do that about 30 min after you wack em

[bigbuckbuster]

Oh never mind, I see what you meant now

[Mike_R]

More specifically it is a Copper rock cod

http://www.karlalim.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/31-Fishing-in-Steveston-Vancouver-Island.jpg

More correctly it is a Copper Rockfish, it is not a member of the cod family.

[Bobfl]

Hmm, I seen big foot last week,

[835]

More correctly it is a Copper Rockfish, it is not a member of the cod family.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastidae

Rock cod = Slang term

[russm86]

To me the way the dock meets the shack on the right side of the photo looks odd too...