: any of several bony fishes (family Hexagrammidae) of the rocky coasts of the northern Pacific
especially
: a common food and sport fish (Hexagrammos decagrammus)
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Salmon and/or steelhead, bass (large or smallmouth), panfish, rockfish (including greenling, lingcod and rockfish) and catfish.
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oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2020
On rougher days, Noyo Jetty and Dog Park were good for smaller fish and Old Mill (especially near the Dynamite Shack) was good for rockfish, kelp greenling, cabezon and lingcod.
—sacbee, 23 Apr. 2018
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oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2020
On rougher days, Noyo Jetty and Dog Park were good for smaller fish and Old Mill (especially near the Dynamite Shack) was good for rockfish, kelp greenling, cabezon and lingcod.
—sacbee, 23 Apr. 2018
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“Greenling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greenling. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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