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[BwiBwi]

The eel like thing is most likely to be pacific sand lance.
At jerjico you really don't need to worry too much. Haven't heard a lingcod been caught before.
What you are catching there is a close relative of lingcod and they are called sculpin and occationally
you'll come accross a cabezun. If really lucky you just might get tom cod and kelp greenling.

[meca_357]

PS
At times the water at Jericho was so thick with herring I could have walked out on their backs.  How do I catch them; I love pickled herring

Get a herring pole... they are long poles with needle like spikes running along it and u just poke them into them by running the pole through a school...

[Fish Assassin]

If you don't know what they were, how do you know that it was cod ?

[Eagleye]

Does anyone know where on the web I can find good pictures of native fish?

this site has some nice pics that are categorized by physical characteristics

http://www.northwestdiver.com/creature_feature/

[No_way]

WOW! thank you everyone.

BwiBwi, though sculpins were not in short supply there as we caught many and I've caught them before, these were different.  The heads were much smaller than a sculpin's and the mouth wasn't nearly the size.  I've seen pictures of cods, I've seen them in stores, this was a cod or a greenling I guess but the colour was was not bright (as a hear greenlings are).  They were quite sleek and sandy in colour with very subtle greeny/browny spots on the flanks.

From what I can guess they were "tommy cod".  Does anyone have a pic of these so that I can be sure?

Thanks for the site Eagleye, great pictures.

[BwiBwi]

Is this (pic to follow) what you got?
Lingcod has huge head similar to cabezum and sculpin.

[BwiBwi]

Try also http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/msfindx1.html

[Rodney]

Pic posted for BwiBwi.

[No_way]

The body shape is exactly right, though the colour of the 5 I saw pulled out was quite a bit lighter.  I guess that that's it.  Thank you very much, and sorry for the all the trouble.  I just wanted to be sure.  Kelp greenlings it is.  I guess they are quite common fish then.

[BwiBwi]

No problem. I've fished herring at the Cates Park in Nov. Do you recall when you saw herrings at Jerico?

You can fish for them the hard way, one by one with mussel or you can do it with herring jig, and then there is the cast net or dip net way for catching herring.

[No_way]

No problem. I've fished herring at the Cates Park in Nov. Do you recall when you saw herrings at Jerico?

You can fish for them the hard way, one by one with mussel or you can do it with herring jig, and then there is the cast net or dip net way for catching herring.

The herring were there just on wednesday (two days ago), and by the BILLIONS!!  Is this an unusual time for them to be there? At this point I won't swear that they were herring (given my less than stunning fish identification of late), but i'm pretty sure.

[Fish Assassin]

Smelts ?

[BwiBwi]

It's really hard to tell. In Indian Arms there is a number of spots where herring spawn end of Spring beginning of Summer.
Hmm, since Cates Park is closed to fishing, may be trying at Belcarra during the weekend 

[No_way]

I guess it could be smelts, how do you tell the difference?

[BwiBwi]

smelts is more brownish in colour and has small mouth and small scales thile herring has a bigger mouth and big silvery shiny scales which fells off easily.