Rich Thorpe of Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska caught these ling cod during a recent charter boat excursion out of Valdez, Alaska, Thorpe, who spent several years at Grand Forks Air Force Base, ...
They're ugly, many sporting a piscatorial version of a beer belly and a gaping mouthful of 18 sharp teeth. They're misnamed. Lingcod aren't cod at all but the largest member of the greenling family.