Lingcod are awesome! I caught one, and they are good fighters and bite hard! Unfortunately, mine was an inch short. Another guy on the boat that I caught the Lingcod on caught a MASSIVE one. They are truly amazing fish, and I never knew how cool a fish's sull could be!
Don't think I've posted this. A huge 11" Northern Pike(Esox lucius) from about a 25 pound fish this was a very heavy thick skull compared to other Northerns I've processed around this size. I have some other cool skulls in the works also.
If anyone is looking to do a freezer clean out let me know. Haha. I know how monster fish keepers are. Hard to let go of them even after death.