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Blueboat (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 3:36 pm: | |
Are the lines still long at Moss? Any fish at Avila or MB? Thanks. Mike |
Andrew Dunn (Drew_2452)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 9:59 pm: | |
JOEP Thanx for the info what did you catch you limit on we are headed there this weekend. On 4-18-04 my son caught his first salmon out of Avila and now he has the feaver. Any pointers on Moss would appreciated Thanx. |
joep (Unregistered Guest)
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Andrew
I' ve slept in the parking lot in Monterey (breakers Cove) quite afew times without any problems. Slips are available @ Moss Landing for 2 bucks a ft. and fill up fast so get there early if you want to get one. |
joep (Unregistered Guest)
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Trailered up to Moss Landing Sunday morning. Left Santa Maria @ 1:30 A.M. Arrived there @ 4:30 A.M. The line to unload took about an hour. Headed out about 5.5 miles and fished the canyon edge. We got our limit (6 fish 12lb. to 20lb.) by 6:40 A.M. It was petty much a 35 minute chinese fire drill. By the time we felt organized we were done. I'd say it's time to get out there and fish. |
Andrew Dunn (Drew_2452)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 7:56 pm: | |
Question guys does anyone know if they allow you to stay overnight in the parking lot at Moss landing or do they have slips available. and last do they have public showers. any info would be appreciated. |
Paul Boe (Unregistered Guest)
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A great site for info on fishing out of Monterey or Santa Cruz areas is www.baysidemarinesc.com. They own the tackle shop near the launch ramp in SC and carry a very good supply of everything necessary for the saltwater angler. They also post info on the days catch on a daily basis. Try visiting their site before a run up there. |
Joe Koenig (Tex)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 4:24 pm: | |
Mel, or anyone who can answer
Moss Landing Looked like good times. Nice Fish.
I was wondering when the wind came up on Friday?
Swell ok?
thanks,
TEX |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 2:24 pm: | |
Friends:
So that there is no misunderstanding, when I said Larry Simmons was fishing "all by himself" ... I meant that his boat was fishing away from all other boats. I did not mean to say that he was fishing alone and caught 8 fish. When I reread that post ... I thought that someone might get the wrong idea there.
Mel. |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
Almost forgot to post the picture referred to in the message below.
Mel.
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Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 1:26 pm: | |
Friends:
Yesterday, Steve Moore and I fished on my boat in Monterey Bay out of Moss Landing. It was a zoo at the launch ramp. We got there at 6:15 a.m. and did not get into the water until almost 9 a.m. We went out to where the "fleet" was fishing about 4 miles straight out from Moss Landing. There were 50-100 boats there. We trolled around for about 1 1/2 hours and did not get a nibble. No one else was catching salmon either. We were getting discouraged. I called Larry Simmons on the radio and found out that he was fishing about 6 miles south of our position and was catching salmon. We pulled the gear and headed for his location. By time we arrived, he had finished his limit of 8 and was ready to head in. He was fishing all by himself, but said there were salmon at that location. He pulled alongside to watch us ... and we caught 3 salmon in less than 5 minutes. Then we trolled for another 10 minutes and picked up a final fourth fish. We were back in before noon.
A big THANK YOU to Larry Simmons for saving our day. On the way back in we could see that the "fleet" was still circling around in the same place .... catching nothing. Below is a picture of the salmon we caught yesterday (4-23-04).
Mel.
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Bob Hather (Windfall)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 23, 2004 - 9:48 pm: | |
I fished Morro B ay this afternoon off of shell mound in 175' of water for zero salmon. There still is a lot of bait out there. I saw no other boats. In Avlia three boats launched for one fish and the party boat had one fish. The ocean got better as the day went on. Its a good thing rockfish starts May 1. It appears that this will be the second year in a row that Monterey is the place for salmon.
Bob |
WILLIE RODRIGUES (Unregistered Guest)
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WE FISHED MOSS THURS-FRI IT WAS GOOD LIMITED BOTH DAYS BY 9. 3 MI. ON A 220 HEADING 50-70 FT DOUN MOST ANY THING GREEN. |
Michael Gorgita (Gdoggsb)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2004 - 7:39 am: | |
Moss Landing is in the middle of Monterey bay and is fairly protected. The best place for Butts is to run up to Capitola and bounce in 60-80 ft. Beware of big swells but I feel the weather is going to be good this wknd. Check the three day on WWW.weatherunderground.com before you go. Give us a report!!! |
Anonymous
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How is the halibut fishing up by Moss landing? Wishfull thinking but we're hoping to get some salmon and then try for some flat fish to round out the day. I'm looking forward to fishing in a new area but then again I'm a little concerned as it's North of Pt Conception and it's a different ocean up there. |
Paul Boe (Unregistered Guest)
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The thing about Moss Landing is that when returning in the P.M. be very aware and careful if the swell is up. The entrance to the harbor faces west and there can be an area that you have to traverse breakers of good size. When returning, be sure to read the wave sets and plan your entrance accordingly! |
anonymous (Unregistered Guest)
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I'm from Southern California, wanting to trailer up and give Moss landing a shot. I hear it's wide on the salmon right now. Is the area where they are getting the fish in the canyon a place that is protected or is the weather snotty there or??? Any help is greatly appreciated. I know there are different regs up there and will keep a good eye on that |
Michael Gorgita (Gdoggsb)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 10:32 am: | |
Hey Will just launch out of Moss Landing, go straight out and then a little east and you will hit the canyon. Its easy to find as all of a sudden it gets real deep. Look for boats and you'll find it for sure. The fish are in 300 feet along the canyon edges. You'll love Moss landing and you'll kill the fish too, then try some bounce ballin for butts inside.!!! |
Will of the Wisp (Unregistered Guest)
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Great website, really appreciate all the information relayed here.
About Moss Landing - Any suggestions for a first timer? Headings? Facilities?
Thanks!
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Bob Hather (Windfall)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 9:42 pm: | |
It sounds like the salmon bite improved in Avila today with the friendly guys on the Patriot catching 9 salmon for 9 anglers. Moss landing has been wide open with limits by 8:00am.
Bob |
Dan Nieblas (Chumbag)
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Could it be Ol Turkey ?? |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 9:44 am: | |
The fisherman in the photo below just had his 50th birthday. Do you know him?
Mel de la Motte.
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Larry (Admin)
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Hello...
We are adding some new features to fishreports.net
I have a task for the 'first' 3 people/guides who help me AND I will reward these 3 with free advertising for 4 months.
What I need is 3 articles / write ups on a merchant (restuarant, hotel, bait shop, etc.) in the Morro Bay area. This article will then be edited and posted here:
http://www.fishreports.net/local-fishing.htm
(click on Morro Bay)
Few requirements:
1) Please use personal experience and/or original writing. Do not copy and paste from existing website/print.
2) Must be at least 300 words
3) Just write a review or tell me whats good about the place your writing about. Tell me why I would want to go to or use this merchant.
4) Please write it in Word or Notepad or even just an email. Please do not just post it on this message board.
HOWEVER, please post a very short message, as so people can keep count who is submitted an article.... As In "Larry, one article sent in by me"
In Return, I will create a web page for your guide service, etc and place it under the Morro Bay Fishing Guides.
Thanks
larry@fishreports.net |
Anonymous
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Any one heard of rock fishing being closed till Aug 1 . I have been reading about it on the fishsniffer forum. |
Bob Hather (Windfall)
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The salmon bite continued very slow today. I was out of Morro Bay and fished in 250' of water off Buchon for nothing. I didn't hear of any boats catching salmon out of Morro even though there were large bait balls. Patiot Sportfishing is having some luck with six fish today. PSL Sport Launch had 12 fish for 24 boats.
Bob |
Roger King (Fishtales)
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I agree about the Fred Hall Show in Ventura. I worked the RFA booth Friday night and was very disappointed with the content. Being a small show anyway, it was only about half the usual size.
Roger |
Bob Hather (Windfall)
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It was a slow bite on the salmon today. Avila's sport launch had only 12 fish foe 48 boats. Morro Bay had just a handful of fish. The wind came up at about 1:00pm but Patrot Sportfishing caught a few in the afternoon. We finally got our boat back in the water after a month long repower. I'll be fishing Morro Bay Sunday.
Bob
Bob |
chuck (Unregistered Guest)
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Drove down to Ventura to the Fred Hall show, what a wast. worse show I've ever been to, not worth the 5$ to park and 7$ to get in. only one bldg of boats and one of exhibitors, slim pickings.Only benefit was the weather was great.
think twice if you are thinking of going. |
John Rowley (Outatsea)
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Thank you Mel, and all the others, for helping to keep us fishing. I hope the people who want to give us "marine protected areas" know that we already have a HUGE one because we are regulated out of the deeper water. That is a tremendous amount of lingcod and rockfish that is protected and has been for a few years now. sharon |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Votes: 5 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 9:19 am: | |
Friends:
This is a summary of our meeting with F&G Director Ryan Broddrick and Chief Deputy Sonke Mastrup yesterday.
Dr. John Stephens (Marine Biologist working on MIG report about last summers on-board rockfish survey), Bob Hather (administrator of this web site) and I went to Sacramento yesterday and met with Director Broddrick and his Chief Deputy Sonke Mastrup.
I think the meeting was very informative and productive. These gentlemen are on "our side" in the battles to protect fishing rights of recreational fishermen. They are very interested in working with us to get reasonable harvest quotas based on good data. We discussed a number of short range and long range problems:
SHORT TERM PROBLEMS
1. 2005-2006 will have one set of regulations. It will be almost impossible to stop the feds from setting short seasons with low harvest levels. Decision on this issue will be made at the June meeting of PFMC. The on-board survey data from summer of 2003 will not be published yet and there is no way this data will be useful for setting reasonable harvest levels. We may face 6-month rockfish seasons again like 2003. That would be horrible!
2. On a good note, PFMC may be willing to carve out a separate region here on the central coast from Pt. Conception to Pt. Lopez (up by Sur). DFG agrees that our area is gathering more information and data on nearshore fishery than any other part of the state. Maybe we can get better treatment in this region ... we will work in that direction.
3. The "Science and Statistical Committee" (SSC) of the PFMC is the real hurdle in these data problems. They are the ones that stand in the way of getting increased harvest levels and longer seasons of fishing. DFG is willing to go to bat against them, but they have been very negative toward California in recent years. Our new CRFS data system may not be up-to-speed this year by the June meeting so that the data from 2004 can be used at the June PFMC meeting to give us better harvest quotas. Broddrick and Mastrup made it very clear that the PFMC (federal regulatory body) is the main obstacle to getting increased harvest quotas.
LONG RANGE PROBLEMS:
1. DFG is very interested in working with our MIG group to do collaborative research to gather fishery information that will be used to create reasonable harvest quotas. They will use their own staff to work on the survey models to fine tune them before presenting the model to the SSC for federal approval. The initial report by Dr. Stephens should be ready in a month or two. However, it then has to go through "peer review" and probably will not be published for about 6-8 months. Only then will we be able to take this data-collection system to the SSC to seek their approval for using this system to gather data that can be used to create reasonable harvest quotas. As you can see, this will take some time .... but it is the only HOPE in the next 10-15 years of getting harvest quotas back to reasonable levels. In the meantime, we are going to see our harvest levels suppressed by 50% every single year because of the "data-poor" condition of DFG concerning nearshore fisheries. The short-term picture is very bleak ... but the long range prospects are much more promising. Whether party-boat operators like Patriot Sportfishing and Virg's Fishin can make it for the next few years is a problem....
2. If the MIG on-board survey gets published and gets approval from the SSC, then there will be an effort to export this data-collection system statewide. Some parts of the state do not have a "baseline" for comparison purposes ... and it could be many more years before they get reasonable harvest levels. Here on the central coast we had this same survey model used by DFG from 1988 to 1998 and we have a very good "baseline" for comparison purposes. Broddrick and Mastrup said that our area may be the first area to get back to reasonable harvest levels. They also said they supported creating "regions" of the state for separate harvest quotas. Steve Moore of Patriot Sportfishing has been pushing for a separate central coast region for many many years. I think his work is finally coming to fruition. We presented Steve's research from back in 2000 that shows why the region from Pt. Conception to Pt. Lopez deserves separate treatment from the rest of the state. The director certainly seemed in favor of a separate region here on the central coast. By the way, they will call this region the "SOUTH-CENTRAL REGION".
Well, I have rambled on long enough. Things may look bleak in the short run, but are much more promising in the long run. I will say that the biggest threat on the horizon to coastal fishing is the effort by left-wing extremists to create a separate "cabinet level" department in California that will be committed to creating "preserves" up and down the coast. Their ultimate goal is to eventually stop all ocean fishing. We must fight this issue tooth-and-nail until it is defeated. Marine preserves are not necessary and not effective in improving fisheries.
Keep up the good fight.
Mel. |
Anonymous
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Votes: 4 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 6:04 pm: | |
fished on Sat. April 10 and the fish and game were out there checking. The funny thing about them was that they were in an unmarked boat which look like someone fishing. The fishe and game really are tryinbg to catch you doing something wrong by being sneaky about the way they catch you. They should be in a fish and game identifiable boat and be wearing a uniform. They should be out protecting our rights and the rights of others. |
bluewater bob (Unregistered Guest)
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We were stopped by the F&G on the way back in the harbor at Avila on Tuesday and checked for fish and licenses. I hear they are out chasing down boats today and making everyone pull their downriggers to look at hooks. Isn't it nice they have so much time to harass a handfull of boats to make sure we don't use an extra rod or don't have a barb filed down enough? Don't you wonder where all this regulation is going to end. The F&G keep raising fees and lowering what we can catch and make it harder to fish. |
tally ho (Unregistered Guest)
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report from avila---fihed mon&tues. Limits both days on salmon 170 ft water 65 ft on downrigger flasher and purple haze hootchie. lots and lots of bait the fish were full of anchovies. the area is outside the red lite MIKE |
Blackie Jr / killer B's (Unregistered Guest)
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I went out of MB on Monday for a big nada. Late start probably didn't help, but it was real scratchy. Sounds like the guys out of port are doing much better. |
Rory Forsythe (Pluto)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 8:31 am: | |
Caught our limit on Monday(4 For 2). We were using 8" Dodgers with grenn/white or White/purple haze. 180' of water 60'to70' down, South of the red light.
Use strong/tight line holders on your down riggers to set the hook. I lost a few fish, until I figured this out. |
One fish Fred (Unregistered Guest)
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Are Fish measured from nose to the croch of the tail or to the finns??? |
Bob Hather (Windfall)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 12, 2004 - 9:21 pm: | |
Lots of limits of salmon brought into Port San Luis today with 70 salmon total. The line to launch can take quite some time as there were 34 boats launched. Del has been opening at 6:00. |
mike (Unregistered Guest)
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A group of us went rock cod fishing at the islands.
I caught a fish with a tag and a phone number requesting information about the fish. The DF&G promised a reward. The DF&G already rewarded me by letting me throw back a 27 inch lingcod. |
Jim Lewis (Jimmer)
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We went out of Morro Bay Saturday at 6:00am and in the first hour caught 3 shorts,1 legal , and then nothing for 7 hours,at around 2:30 we lost a fat one at the boat,a real heartbreaker!The first fish came on green crock's and the fat boy came on bait behind a dodger.We were boarded next after Rafael on the Mango and they did the same thing:checked hooks,measured fish,checked licenses,and pulled all the trolling gear up for inspection.It sounds like Bait is the ticket out there right now along with green anything,trolled at 30-60'.The weather looks great for sun-Mon-Tues.
Bloody decks forever!! |
mike martines (Sweetpea)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2004 - 12:51 am: | |
Fished Fri., with the fleet south of the red light, about 15 hookups, 4 keepers to 20 lbs, lots of shakers. Watch for surface birds and bait on top or the bottom, tide change seemed to matter. Bait worked best for us, but others did well on hardware and hootchies. Fish were high early and went down as the day went on....................usual deal, Mike |
clark (Unregistered Guest)
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steve and i fished out of port san luis pismo area 150 ft of water 50ft deep for a 24lb 13lb and 8lber green croc for 2 and bait for 1 |
Rafael Marti (Mango)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 8:18 pm: | |
We headed out of Morro Bay today the water was the right color and the conditions were close to glassy.
After trolling the area out in front of the rock for about three hours though, we were ready to hang it.
Around 10:AM we were approached by the Fish and Game.They boarded us and checked our gear for barbed hooks and the usual stuff, then we were on our way.
About five minutes later in 180 feet of water north of the rock we put our first fish on.
Then about a half hour later we had a double and nailed them both on straight baits.
Started trolling towards the rock looking for our last fish but had a couple of shakers.
Great day on the water.
The DFG can board us anytime |
Anonymous
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Anybody know how Morro did today ? |
Anonymous
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What are the gps #'s for the red light bouy or better yet the area where the salmon are being caught? Thank you very much!! |
Bob Hather (Windfall)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 7:08 pm: | |
We saw a number of boats that came in late that had limits. Domingus had 8 fish, Struthers had 3, an other had 4, we were stuck at 3. The bite seemed to pick up at 3:30. The large bait balls of six inch anchovie were holding lots of fish. I saw sealions take 3 fish and we released seven salmon that were 3 or 4 puonders. Green crocks worked best for us and the fish came at all depths. Thanks to Charlie Cabassi who took me out on his 21 Angler. My boat should be finished with its repower by mid week.
Bob Hather |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 09, 2004 - 6:22 pm: | |
Friends:
A lot of private boaters out of PSL this morning. I went with Steve Goodman and his father Noel who is visiting from Chicago. The picture below is of them with a 20 pound salmon. We got two nice fish and were in around noon.
Others stayed later and reaped better rewards. Patriot Sportfising sent out 30 anglers who brought in 30 salmon. Top fish is claimed to be 27 pounds. I talked to Bob Hather at 4 p.m. and he was still fishing. He had 2 twelve-pounders and a nice 20 pounder. He and Charlie Cabassi were trying to get that last elusive salmon to fill out their limit. Maybe Bob will post tonight to let us know if he got that final fish. Let's have some of the rest of you guys informing us on how you did today ... Puglisi, Martines, Domingus boys, Nielsen... etc.
Well, it is not a "hot bite" by any means ... but it looks like a better start than the last few years. I think that all these "shorts" suggest that there will be a few more waves of fish coming through ... and there seems to be more bait than last year.
We caught our fish about 3 miles south of the red light bouy in about 150 feet of water, trolling down 100 feet. One on a green-crock and the other on straight bait.
Let's hope this salmon season turns out to be a winner. The weather turned out to be nice today.
Mel.
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Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 4:33 pm: | |
Friends:
Slight correction to Bob Hather's post. Now the "Mallard" is also out of Port San Luis (Steve bought the boat from Darby). Patriot Sportfishing send out two boats today with 32 anglers and returned with 25 keeper salmon. Don't know how they did up at Morro Bay. Weather got nasty around 11 a.m. Most fish caught on green crocks and hoochies fishing at 40-80 feet. It was an early morning bite.
A few private boaters will be going out of PSL tomorrow. We'll let you know how we did.
Mel. |
Bob Hather (Windfall)
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By 1:00 today the Patiot out of Avila had 14 salmon fishing off lower Pismo in about 150 ft of water. Most fish were caught 60' down. The Mallard out of Morro Bay is doing very well also. Weather is suposed to be good this weekend. |
HARRELL kIMBALL (Catmakai)
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Mango;
I just clicked on the link at the top of this page and got the latest report which was last evening. John updates every afternoon. You can also call 545 3768 for the recorded forecast. |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
Okay, here is the scoop (I think). From Pt. Conceptcion to Pt. Lopez (slightly south of Pt. Sur), we will be able to rockfish during May, June, August, September, October, November, and December (or until we reach overall harvest quotas). So, we will be closed in July only once we re-open on May 1st. Above Pt. Lopez, they will be closed until August 1st and supposedly will be able to fish the remainder of the year. The CCFCC will be meeting to discuss whether we will seek an injunction against DFG over that one month closure. .... I will keep you posted.
Mel. |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Harrell & others:
I have heard it rumored that the PFMC is going to close rock-fishing until August because of projections from last year suggesting that we will go over our harvest quota ... and because political pressure from those in Northern Calif. are pushing to save the fall season (at the expense of losing rockfishing until August ... which is very harmful to Central Coast fishermen)
Has anyone heard or read any verification of this rumor?
Mel. |
Rafael Marti (Mango)
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Harrel is there a web address or phone # for that P G and E weather report,I tried their website but couldn't get anything current. |
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SHUT UP!! |
HARRELL kIMBALL (Catmakai)
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SALMON/WEATHER
First the 2 pole question; You can only use one pole if you are fishing for Salmon and it doesn't matter if you have any fish on board or not ! If you are really fishing for Salmon and try to convince the warden that you are not, Good Luck !
Went out of Avila today for Salmon and had over a dozen strikes for two legal fish. Did farm one legal but there is a lot of shakers out there and all the ones we released were kings not silvers. The two fish that we cleaned were eating anchovies and we saw a lot of bait balls mostly near the bottom that we asssumed were anchovies. The water has turned the coffee color that is real good for salmon. Patriot ran a crew (4) trip today for 8 fish 15-18 lbs and Portside Marine reported 8 or 9.
Weather: The forecast for today was so bad that we almost canceled but figured it is better to get blown off than sit home and wish that we had gone. As it turned out the weather was great untill noon and then it came on like gangbusters !When it comes to fishing the inside waters the the PG&E report by John Lindsey is the only forecast that is close to the actual conditions. |
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Not sure, No it is not illegal to fish with two or more poles,or barbed hooks when there is nothing in the boat,( a halibut in the box would help your case) but that does not mean you won't get a ticket,go to court twice, once to pled, twice for the hearing. Then you get to pled your case to the judge and hope he lets you off. It's your choice, I would stick to one pole if you are fishing where the salmon seem to be. |
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Are two rods per person legal until a salmon is in the boat? |
Jim Lewis (Jimmer)
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That's a good point bob about releasing the shorts,with so many shorts comming this year we want to make sure that those little guys make it 'till next year when there nice and plump! we try not touching the fish at all to protect the slime layer and like you said ,just turn the hook upside down to let the fish fall off. I think there is a good survival rate with this method barring a hook in the eye or a torn gill plate.
Bloody decks forever!! |
Bob Hather (Windfall)
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Today was the best day yet on salmon. I heard the Patriot had 6 legal fish and a bunch of shakers and three boats out of Port San Luis caught 7 salmon (not confirmed). When catching a shaker try not to use a net and release the fish by just turning the hook upside down so he be in good shape for next year. I also learned that an other el nino cycle is developing and is probably why the albacore are already only 70 mi off of San Diego.
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Mike Blackstone (Blackie)
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Well it looks like some fish were caught, was just great to get out on the water again, Blackie jr and I, hooked up early in the morning bigest damm salmon I ever had on, really it was a salmon but a seal picked it up half way thru the battle,,, SCORE SEAL 1- ME 0. Son hooked the next one, nice fish had it at the boat but lost in the neting process.
Both fish came on a green hot spot flasher with a hoochovie and bait. good luck to all
BLACKIE/SR Killer Bs |
Jim Chandler (Onporpoise)
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Went out of Santa Barbara opening day for Salmon.
The weather was great, the water was great, and the fishing was great.
We caught two nice fish by 10:00 AM ,then about two hours of nada so we went home.
We were fishing in about 200 feet of water, about 140 feet deep, rotary killers with flashers were working fine.
The fish and Game guy at the ramp was really cool, he went about his business, without being a jerk, like we have seen in the all or past.
It’s been a while, what a great day.
Onporpoise
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Thanks for the reply Windfall on Capt. Smittys port of entry. Also thanks for the input on Morro Bay Salmon activity and pointers.
Looking at all the other message boards this one is the only one with active member participation.
Going out this weekend will give input to activity also Thanks everyone. |
Michael Gorgita (Gdoggsb)
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Morro Bay Two day report...Spotty fishing, fish on spots of bait netted some guys up to four fish, we had three salmon to twenty + and four shorts on saturday. Sunday was worse with only one salmon and one short...fished till 1:30. Fish came mostly on bait and rotary killers..other guys caught them on hootchies. All fish caught between 45 and 80 ft on the downrigger with sixty ft the best. Good luck |
Bob Hather (Windfall)
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The report from Capt. Smitty below was from Halfmoon Bay. Reports out of Monterey averaged about one salmon per rod.
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Jim Lewis (Jimmer)
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Morro bay salmon opener was just "ok" for us,we left the side tie at @5:15 and started trolling at 20 fathoms , after 25 min. we picked up a shaker then 10 min. later a hookup on a 16 to 18 lb King. That was it for the rest of the day for any keepers as we ended up with 1 legal and 11 shorts with some silvers. JIMMER , TSUNAMI |
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Captain Smitty are you still launching out of Half Moon Bay? |
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Captain Smitty:
Sounds like a great day fishin. Were did you launch out of? |
Bob Hather (Windfall)
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April 3, 2004
Ahoy there one and all!
Today was the opener of the salmon season below Pigeon Point. I am sure there were many a restless night’s sleep on Friday as everyone was full of anticipation of the season opener. While heading down to the harbor this morning I saw the big moon shining off the ocean which was a signal to me for a smooth day of sailing. After the coffees and swapping a few stories we were underway and heading south. The trip heading south was great. Weather and seas were calm and we were able to make full speed taking under two hours to get to our destination.
Listening on the radio on the way, I heard some of the boats talk about “one here and one there.” Then a private boater named Ken came on the radio telling us of a wide open bite. I was just a couple of miles above him and my course was right on target! So when we got to the neighborhood and started to slow down everyone was set and ready with the fever of hooking up!!
Getting the gear set and making sure that no one was tangled right off the bat, both Zack and I were busy helping get everyone in the water. Well, we got all of the gear set with no action for about ten minutes. Then I hear “FISH ON!” from one of my good regular customers Jim!! Emerging from the cabin I see his rod thumping with a fish! Then I look and see another rod take off! I love krill fishing with multiple hookups!
After landing those two we were busy with getting things set and then another quad starts ripping lines! TOTAL PANDIMONIUM!! Lines going over and under and everyone scrabbling to either get out of the way or get to their pumping rod!! I worked right along side Zack, my deckhand, who was a trooper helping keep things straight. One of the things I really like about my boat, the Riptide, is the stern steering station so I can be right out in the middle of the action - making bait, steering, giving advice, coaching, untangling and scooping fish! I love to be in the middle of all of the action! Scales were flying, fish were screaming line off reels, people were trying to keep up with their fish flopping on the deck while others were putting their lines back in the water to hook another one – all while those who did not get a bite wait their turn! And they did not have to wait long! At one point, we had up to 6 fish on at once!
Around 10:30 we were down to the last fish and boy was I glad! I was covered in fish scales, slime from the fish, bait juice and one heck of a lot of sweat!! We were ready to head home! Upon looking at the fish box there was no room for any more fish! They were spilling over onto the deck! We probably had about a 10 pound average. I think a total of about 10 shakers. We ended the day with 18 limits of some really scrappy fresh fish! I know there will be some full bellies tonight and many of my passengers heading to bed early from their morning workout!
If the rest of the season is anything like this amazing beginning we are in for a great season!
Thanks everyone and let’s make it a whopper of a year! Tight lines!
Capt. Smitty
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Bob Hather (Windfall)
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OK here is what happened on opening day of salmon at Morro Bay. Most of the boats caught shorts that were released. There were over 50 boats launched and my guess is that about 20 legal fish were boated. The sizes ranged all over the place with several 20 pounders and one weighed in at a whopping 30 lbs. There were schools of 5 in anchovie scattered about but no major concentration. The bite was best in the early morning. We released 2 shorts. I saw a boat next to us loose a very large salmon right at the boat after a very long battle. Monterey had mixed reports with a lot of shorts as well. Santa Barbara had a good day with some limits by 7:30 am. Port San luis had 6 salmon for 34 boats.
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Rory Forsythe (Pluto)
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C'mon don't leave us hangin', where are the SALMON reports? PSL or MOSS.
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Valhalla / Jack (Unregistered Guest)
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Any sightings or concentrations of bait around Morro?? Any Salmon? |
Mike Blackstone (Blackie)
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IT SURE QUIET OUT THERE, ANYBODY HEAR ANYTHING ON THE SALMON OPENER, BAIT IN THE AREA , WATER TEMPS??? POLES GROWING COBWEBS, GOT TO FISH.
BLACKIE SR / KILLER bs |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
Our flight to Sacramento today was aborted. We were in flight for about 45 minutes and the plane developed engine problems and we had to return to SLO. However, we were able to have a conference call with Director Ryan Broddrick for about 45 minutes.
He was very receptive to our proposal of a state-wide collaborative project gathering essential fishery information by on-board surveys similar to the study performed by the MIG group here on the central coast with the assistance of Cal Poly. Our idea is to get cooperation from other party boat operators up and down the state to gather fishing information. We would use graduate students from universities up and down the state to gather the data and their marine biology departments to crunch the data. We would like DFG to approve the project and utilize the data to create reasonable fishing harvest levels for recreational fishermen. We are also going to seek the approval and support of the federal government (PFMC) on this project. We will be meeting with representatives of NOAA (oversees the work of the PFMC) tomorrow night.
We are going to have suppressed fishing levels for many years to come unless we help the state and federal government in efforts to gather fishery information. The CCFCC is committed to helping gather this information.
Mel. |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
Dr. John Stephens (Cal Poly), Bob Hather (Administrator of this web site) and I will fly to Sacramento to meet with DFG Director Ryan Broddrick tomorrow. We are hopeful that we can get approval and cooperation from DFG in exporting our Central Coast on-board survey program (Initiated last year by MIG group) exported to northern and southern California. This survey program gathers essential fishery information and was developed originally by the DFG in 1988. With the budget crunch by DFG and their need for more fishery information ... this should be a win-win situation for DFG ... especially if they don't have to pay for it. We need DFG to become aware of the flourishing health of the nearshore fishery. This is a step in the right direction.
I will let you know how the meeting went.
Mel. |
Dustin DesJardins (Farmerd)
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Weekend fish caught as close as 65 miles from Deigo ... puddlers with mix of medium grade bluefin to 60lbs on the paddies. Will be keeping an eye on terrafin as soon as May ...could be a stellar year.
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We just finished the last jar of canned albacore and I need to maintain my daily minumum requirement of mercury. So I need to know who will estimate the first catch of albacore from our local area--Avila/Morro Bay.
I bought a Torium and need to break it's "cherry" on some albies.
Who give his best guess when the bite will be on?
As already been posted, the albies on being caught 100 =/- miles south of SD. |
John Carvour (Agent_86)
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What is the low down on tray bait availability?
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SHOW ME THE $ (Unregistered Guest)
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I agree Mike and they might as well make my boat payment for the months I'm not allowed to fish seeing how I bought my boat for the purpose of fishing for rockcod and lingcod. |
Mike Blackstone (Blackie)
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I think the DFG needs to give all us OCEAN anglers a refund on our licence fees this year , theyneed to pro rate them as to the amount of time we are able to fish, what a bunch of mindless bullsh-- , migh as well sell the boats too.
PISSED OFF BLACKIE/sr |
FirstMate (Unregistered Guest)
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Great call.. lets only take female Lings to get the numbers back up..Now all we will catch is Gophers and Lings and have to through them back for the guls, and have the great data system tell us that there is to few left to keep. What the hell are they thinking? |
gene schwartz (Geno)
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I THINK YOU GUYS MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE STARTED CATCHING TUNA DOWN HERE IN SAN DIEGO. SEVERAL PRIVATE BOATERS CAUGHT THEM 70 TO 80 S.W. OF PT. LOMA THIS WEEKEND.THIS IS THE EARLIEST THAT I REMEMBER.GENO |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
What can I say? My trip to Tacoma for the PFMC meeting was a nightmare. California’s delegation got “steamrollered”. The CDFG staff was ill-prepared and unorganized. It was clear right off the bat that the other states were anxious to punish California for closing down the lingcod and canary rockfish angling at the end of last year. If you recall, California supposedly caught so many lings and canaries last year that it caused a closure all along the west coast. The other coastal states have now gotten their revenge.
The PFMC voted to reduce lingcod take in California from 2 fish down to 1 fish. The length limit has been increased to 30 inches and there will be NO RETENTION of any lingcod in November and December (if we’re still open at that time). All of this comes in spite of a new lingcod stock assessment that shows the lingcod are thriving.
Other states recognized years ago that federal MRFSS data is garbage and have developed their own data gathering systems. Not California. Last year we got hammered by MRFSS data and now we are starting to pay the price. The new data gathering system called CRFS … is getting off the ground very slowly. I think it is “under-funded.” I think that MRFSS data will again be used to close all recreational rockfish angling later this year.
In spite of another favorable stock assessment on black rockfish last year, California substantially exceeded its harvest level for this species (again based on MRFSS catch data). The PFMC is asking the California staff to come back at the April
PFMC meeting in Sacramento with projections on when they will reach the harvest level for black rockfish. The specific language from the resolution passed by the PFMC directs California to: “… develop more restrictive management measures to reduce recreational harvest of black rockfish in 2004.” Reading between the lines, the PFMC is looking for a closure of recreational fishing early in the year to guarantee the PFMC that we will not exceed our black rockfish harvest level for 2004. I am predicting here that based on the black rockfish harvest level projection … PFMC will order California to close down all groundfish angling at the point in time where we are projected to surpass the harvest level on black rockfish. We will be lucky to get past July and August before we get shut down this year. As I have said here before, you better get your rockfish angling done early this year … before we get closed down.
We really are in a crisis situation that may last for many years. We have a bad data-collection system on “catch data.” We have a state budget that does not provide hardly any money for gathering scientific fish information on the health of the nearshore fishery … so the state and PFMC use a precautionary approach to fishing that involves suppressing fishing by 50% as long as we are in this “data-poor” condition. As I have said before, this is likely to last another 15-20 years. Members of the CCFCC are going to meet with DFG Director Ryan Broddrick next Tuesday. We will be promoting more collaborative research by groups like the MIG group which in involved in an excellent on-board fish survey off the Central Coast. We need to export this program north and south so that we have essential fishery information upon which we could fashion reasonable harvest levels.
I will let you know the results of the meeting with Broddrick next week.
Mel.
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Here is an interesting article passed on to me by Jay Elder.
The Associated Press
(Published: March 12, 2004)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A 19-year-old fisherman is recovering from an encounter with a sea lion that leaped out of the water, grabbed him as he worked on his grandfather's docked boat and pulled him into the harbor at King Cove.
"It happened so fast, I forgot what I was doing," said Ray Dushkin Jr., who was not seriously injured in the abduction Tuesday.
Dushkin spent a few moments beneath the water's surface before the hefty animal let go. Dushkin's left buttock sports an inch-and-a-half scrape, but no bite mark, he said. His coveralls were torn through, as were the pants worn beneath them.
About 4:30 p.m., Ray Dushkin Sr. was standing on the top of the bridge and asked his son to hand him the hatch. Young Dushkin was standing two feet from the edge of the boat. Several sea lions were in the area.
"The sea lion was just swimming around the boat like they do always when the boats are delivering fish," Ray Sr. said. And just like that, the creature - estimated about 12 feet long and between 1,200 and 1,500 pounds - leaped a half dozen or more feet out of the water and grabbed his son.
"He went over like a rag doll," the father told the Anchorage Daily News. "The only thing I was thinking is, that sea lion was taking off with my boy, and I'll never see him again."
Then the sea lion let the young man go. Ray Sr. helped Ray Jr. climb aboard the boat.
The younger Dushkin was examined at the local clinic and given antibiotics.
Copyright © 2004 The Anchorage Daily News (www.adn.com)
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Eric Reenders (Otterdiver)
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PFMC bad news.
Latest word out is we're stuck with the 1 30" fish limit and we can't keep them in November or December. All based of data everyone agrees is garbage! Time to try for an injunction again? Seems we have a judge that may be sympathetic and agrees that the data is garbage...
Eric
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Michael Gorgita (Gdoggsb)
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Blackie, the ocean enhancement stamp was started so we could pay for the seabass hatcheries and I think the salmon hatcheries too. I don't know for sure but I think both hatcheries are not producing at this time..so if thats true why do we still pay??. Of course I could be wrong so maybe someone in the know will comeback and comment. By the way is there any news of salmon in Morro yet. I'm going there for the openner...there has been incidentals caught here in Santa Barbara. Be sure to have your stamp if you fish for rockfish below Pt. Conception. |
Blackie Jr / Killer B's (Unregistered Guest)
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Louis, Thnks for the info on fishing down south. What is an ocean enhancement stamp? We went out on a cattle boat to just south of Anacapa Island on Thursday. The weather was outstanding and we caught limits of mostly reds with a few nice boccacio. The lings were scarce but it may have been the 300 foot depth we were fishing in. Next time we will take the Killer B's down and make the run on our own. They also had some nice live bait down there. The word is that the sea bass should be in in the next month. See you guys on the water down south. |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
There is a federal PFMC meeting in Tacoma, WA this next week. I will be flying up there Tuesday morning and will fly back on Friday.
There are some serious issues that will be discussed at these meetings. The whole issue about reducing lingcod take and increasing size limit to 30 inches will be discussed. Recent science suggests that the lingcod are doing very well. However, there are a lot of left-wing extremists who are shouting that the lingcod harvest levels need to be lowered ... (reason, science and common sense do now always prevail).
Secondly, there are some recreational fishing groups that might be suggesting reducing the sack limit on rockfish to less than 10 fish. Their theory is that this will keep the rockfish season open longer. I am strongly against this proposal. Let me tell you something that is FIRMLY IN CONCRETE. When the government takes something away and gets the angler use to dealing with a lower limit THEY NEVER GIVE IT BACK! With no science or evidence at all, the feds and DFG made fishermen reduce their sack limit from 15 fish down to 10 fish. There was zero science and zero data from the nearshore fishery to justify this reduction. You can bet that regardless of the science in the future ... we will never get to go back to our 15-fish sack limit ... NEVER! The same thing would be true if the sack limit was reduced below 10 ... we would never go back to the higher level ... no matter what the science and data shows about the health of the nearshore fishery.
If you are opposed to this suggestion, send e-mails to Bob Franko at: hmbreport@comcast.net
If my computer is working while I am in Tacoma next week ... I will keep you posted on what is happening.
Mel. |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
Just a brief report about the luncheon with DFG Director Ryan Broddrick at the Fred Hall Boat Show in Long Beach.
It was a very pleasant and informative luncheon. Director Broddrick said all the right things. He sounds like he will be a "breath of fresh air" to all of us fishermen. He sounds like he is one of us. I think he will really be a friend of fishermen and hunters. He actually knows what he is talking about. He was originally a game warden and worked his way up through the ranks until he was a deputy in the department. Now he is the head man.
I am optimistic about the future with Mr. Broddrick at the helm. He seems to have an open mind and is willing to meet with concerned fisherman at any time.
My first impression was a very good one.
Mel. |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
I just received good news from Deputy Director Sonke Mastrup of DFG. He said he was calling on behalf of Ryan Broddrick. He said that the DFG is NOT GOING TO ASK THE COMMISSION AT THE REDDING MEETING ON MARCH 4 TO CUT THE LINGCOD LIMIT DOWN TO ONE AND INCREASE LENGTH LIMIT TO 30 INCHES! He says that DFG is going to wait until the matter is settled at the PFMC meeting in Tacoma, WA on March 10th. So, our pitch to TABLE this issue has been successful!!!!
This is good news. I really think that our new director is moving in the right direction.
Mel.
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Blackie Jr / Killer B's (Unregistered Guest)
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It is my understanding that the area south of point conception is open for bottom fish during the next two months. Does anyone have any info on fishing the south end of the state. I would appreciate any info on where to launch and areas within 20 or so miles of the ramps. Is it even worth trailering the boat south to fish these areas? Thanks in advance for any info. One more question, When do the halibut start comming into the MB area? |
Huck (Unregistered Guest)
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For the local guys, land purchase forces sale of my boat. It's a 2000 Trophy 2002. Check them out on http://www.trophyfishing.com Lots of extras, near new boat. $21,000 Call Ken 661-589-8888 email kbhuckeba@pacbell.net |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Rob:
Thanks. Even a blind dog finds a fire-hydrant onces in a while.
See all you guys down at Fred Hall this week.
Mel. |
Robert L Bishop Jr (Rob_bishop)
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Mel Congradulations on your hole in 1 |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
Well, that turned out to be a mess ... at least of your attachment turned out like mine. Mine was all hyrogliphics ....
Here is the letter just included in the body of this posting.
Mel.
Protect Your
Right to Fish
CCFCC
Central Coast Fisheries Conservation Coalition
1239 Higuera Street
San Luis Obispo, California 93401
(805)544-2424
February 27, 2004
California Fish and Game Commission
Robert R. Treanor, Executive Director
1416 NINTH Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Re: Item #2 at March 4, 2004 meeting of Commission (DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY ACTION TO AMEND SECTION 28.27, TITLE 14, CCR, TO INCREASE THE SIZE LIMIT AND DECREASE THE BAG LIMIT FOR LINGCOD).
Dear Executive Director Treanor and members of the Commission:
None of our Board members can make it to the March 4, 2004 meeting in Redding, California. Therefore, we are requesting that Mr. Treanor make copies of this letter and supply it to all members of the Commission. We are also asking that this letter be made part of the “administrative record” of the Commission meeting. Mr. Treanor, please respond to our organization with confirmation that this letter will be made part of the administrative record of the Commission meetings of March 4-5, 2004.
We are requesting that the proposed amendment to section 28.27, Title 14, CCR concerning lingcod be tabled until after the meeting on this same subject in Tacoma, Washington by the PFMC on March 10, 2004. We believe it is likely, after receipt of the new lingcod stock assessment by NOAA, the PFMC will increase the harvest level for lingcod for the year 2004. In that event, it would be inappropriate for the Commission to take action that would lower the harvest level and increase the minimum length on lingcod. Please consider the following facts:
1. The data upon which the lingcod harvest in 2003 was based (MRFSS data) is certainly suspect by everyone’s account.
2. The 2003 PFMC Lingcod Assessment Study (which will be submitted for approval to the PFMC on March 10, 2004) suggests that the lingcod rebuilding plan is going very well and there is no need to increase size limit and decrease bag limit for lingcod.
3. The PFMC already recognizes this new science and is proposing that the lingcod harvest level for 2005 and 2006 be doubled from 700 mt. to over 1,400 mt.
4. This Commission is obligated to consider the “best available science” in making any in-season adjustments. The approval of the 2003 Lingcod Assessment Study by the PFMC on March 10, 2004 will certainly suggest that harvest levels should immediately be increased for nearshore fisheries, not lowered. It would be ludicrous to increase size limit and decrease bag limit for lingcod in the face of this new science. There is a reasonable likelihood that the PFMC will increase the 2004 lingcod harvest level with emergency action at the March 10, 2004 meeting.
5. On a practical level, most of the lingcod being taken in California are from Northern California. North of Pt. Conception will be closed to recreational fishing in March and April. Therefore, no harm is done by tabling this action until after the March 10, 2004 meeting by the PFMC in Tacoma.
Sincerely,
/s/ Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. /s/ Harold Davis________________
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. Harold Davis
President of CCFCC Board Member of CCFCC
/s/ Steve Moore___________ /s/ Darby Neil__________________
Steve Moore Darby Neil
Board Member of CCFCC Board Member of CCFCC
s/s Robert K. Hather_______ /s/ Mike Stanton________________
Robert K. Hather Mike Stanton
Board Member of CCFCC Board Member of CCFCC
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Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
Immediately below is the letter from CCFCC directors to the Fish and Game Commission about the lingcod issue that will be considered at Agenda Item #2 at the March 4 Commission meeting. I suspect that the signature portion of the letter at the bottom may be scrambled in this web posting, but I think you get the picture. I am going to try to upload this letter as an attachment. If it works, then the signature lines should turn out okay.
I invite all of you to send similar letters if you are so inclined.
Mel.
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jocelyn jodar (Jocelyn)
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If you ever caught a 30" ling and it was a female you would have seen the roe she had, just think how many eggs a 30" female is going to spawn....Hummm....sounds like someone at the feds and DF&G doesn't understand REPRODUCTION.
Tight Lines
Jocelyn |
Robert Philip (Ophiodon7789)
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I jsut found this great website on fish. It's called WWW.fishbase.org. I looked up lingcod and found out very interesting info. Of most importance, is the fact that Females and males mature at age 3-5 years, 24-30”, and age 2 years, 17-20” respectively. Lingcod males reach a maximum size of approximately 35” and females 47”. I looked around at some other fish government and fish science sites and found that the vast majority of big lings, ovr 30" are female. Now given that I don't have a colelge education, basically I take this to mean that the more fish we take over 30" are going to be female...Boy, this this new size limit sure sounds like good science to me...and I have bridge to sell too. |
Eric Reenders (Otterdiver)
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Melvin
I for one would appreciate the info. I'm sick of trying to fight the DFG. All the DFG is doing is rubber stamping what's dictated to them. I'd love to take the fight to the feds.
Eric
www.hanfordhomeprices.com
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Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
It would be helpful to contact PFMC on this issue because most people cannot make the trip to Tacoma to speak to the issue.
Would you like me to get some key addresses for a mailing compaign ... and would you like me to suggest some key "bullet points"?
Mel. |
Eric Reenders (Otterdiver)
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Melvin
Do we need to start calling/writing the PFMC?
Sick of this garbage and ready to fight!
Eric Reenders
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Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Friends:
Friends:
I just got off the phone with John DeVore at the Pacific Fishery Management Council.
He could not “guarantee” it, but his prediction was that the PFMC “Scientific and Statistical Committee Groundfish Subcommittee” will approve today the 2003 Lingcod Assessment performed by NOAA scientists. The report will then be forwarded to the PFMC to be considered at their meeting in Tacoma on March 7-12, 2004. Approval of the lingcod stock assessment is scheduled for Wednesday morning, March 10, 2004.
It is important to know that this lingcod assessment is very favorable to recreational fishing and will be used to support a TWO-FOLD increase in the ling cod harvest level for the 2005-2006 seasons. The report suggests that the rebuilding plan for lingcod is going very well (in spite of our large harvest last year).
DeVore agreed that it is appropriate for members of the public to argue to the PFMC that this same “new science” on the lingcod should be used to increase the harvest level for lingcod in 2004. Public comment on “in-season” adjustments on groundfish is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, March 10, 2004 in Tacoma. Every fishing group should have representatives there to argue against the current suggestions about lowering the daily take limit to one and increasing the size limit to 30 inches. That idiotic suggestion flies in the face of the best available science.
In hindsight, I suspect that my suggestions yesterday about a letter-writing campaign directed at the California Fish and Game Commission would probably be a waste of time, since they just copy whatever the feds recommend. Our first and strongest attack has got to be at the March 10, 2004 meeting in Tacoma before the PFMC.
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr.
President of CCFCC
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Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Righttofish)
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Carl Moore:
Hey, it was nice to meet you. Thanks for coming down here for our dinner. Your support is appreciated.
You're right ... not every fisherman drinks Budweiser ... maybe Sam Adams or Firestone next year.
Mel. |
Letter to Fish and Game Commission