what kind of fish is this?

[kodiakcombo]

About 100ft of water today Old Harbor, rocky bottom in a bay http://youtu.be/iIGTLiRc9lQ

[kasilofchrisn]

Looks like a wolf eel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_eel

[dieNqvrs]

Yep, wolf eel. I caught one out side of Kodiak city a few years ago in 120 ft of water. Coolest looking fish I have ever caught.

[Deak]

Wolf fish? It looks meatier than an eel...

[Garyak]

Yep, wolf eel. I caught one out side of Kodiak city a few years ago in 120 ft of water. Coolest looking fish I have ever caught. [ATTACH]79929[/ATTACH]

I've caught several of them out in front of Pigot Bay in PWS...but none of them as large as the one pictured. I let most of them go but they do have nice, long filets but they're almost too mild in flavor for my taste. The toothy buggers have a will to live and will bite you if given the opportunity.

[ramhunter]

looks like a wolf fish, not a wolf eel, we have caught a few wolf eels but never have caught a wolf fish!

[Bullelkklr]

I caught a wolf fish a bit bigger than that on the East side of Knight Island. The larger ones that are brown are females I guess. We let her go, but I ate one that I caught on the East coast off of Plymouth Rock and it was very good.

[Bullelkklr]

We had lots of time, but got terrible pictures. It was kind of weird, while I was trying to unhook her, the porpoise circled and circled the boat like I have not had them do before.