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Tincan2 (Tincan2)
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Post Number: 65
Registered: 6-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 9:36 am: | |
Can anyone suggest a good reel repair guy? I have a Shimano Calcutta 400 and the thumb release broke, will not engage spool. Took to Virges where I bought and they said send it back to Manufacture. Dont feel like waiting 2 months for the reel.
Thanks |
R Marti (Rad_21)
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Registered: 9-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 9:15 am: | |
Back in the mid 90s when the city leaders were lobbying for Tidelands park, most recreational fishermen were against the idea because we used to use that area for overflow parking during some epic Salmon and Tuna runs. Back then we were told that the master plan called for a second ramp to be installed somewhere near Morro rock, I wonder what ever happened that plan?. Anyway, there was a guy running for office who claimed he was a boater and would vote against TL park if elected. Well he won with our support and then voted for the park. Turns out he was a Kayaker. Ten bones just seems like too much for here,we are not SB, there are no Islands off shore and Oprah doesn't live here. |
Darby Neil (Darby)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 9:07 am: | |
I never heard anything about parking fees either. Dumbest idea i've heard in a long time. My suggestion is what I said last month. Launch the boat and park across from Great American Fish Co. or on the street in front of Virg's. (or at bayside cafe if you're going hunting) Meanwhile your buddy drives the boat down to pick you up. |
Chip Tamagni (Fishfitr)
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Registered: 5-2005
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 8:52 am: | |
The city of MB makes quite a few bucks off us fishermen from food, ice, fuel, etc. I'm not taliking just the tax revenue but putting $ into the pockets of local business folks that will also spend that money in town. I, however, do not agree with charging for launching to the extent i will purchase my goods out of town just to get back at them. For god's sake, those restrooms are almost always dirty beyond dirty at 5:30 a.m. Every little increase of tax and use fees keeps turning this poor state into a socialist one. |
HARRELL KIMBALL (Catmakai)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 6:39 am: | |
WEATHER/SST/CHLOROPHYLL/ALTIMETRY/ALBACORE
Most of the forecasts agree that Sat/Sun is the best shot at prospecting for albacore.
So far this season albacore have been caught out of San Diego,Humbolt, and Monterey.
The temps where they have been caught are 60-64 degrees. And there may be something to this altimetry as the fish were all caught in the "target zone" as indicated in the article I posted previously.
Still to much cloud cover in our area to get defined areas to aim for. |
Jeff Horton (Seaweed)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 1:51 am: | |
For another 10.00 we can Launch at Avila and not have to contend with the entrance to the harbor. I could see 5.00 Just a thought |
Dave Pratt (My_three_sons)
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Post Number: 116
Registered: 4-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 9:25 pm: | |
I pay 90 bucks a year for my harbor parking permit in Santa Barbara, and then 6 bucks each time I launch.
The price of a permit goes up every year....of course. Not sure at all where my coin goes...it certainly isn't obvious....no noticeable improvements.
California....pay more, get less!
On a happier note, been picking away at the halibut down here along the coast....haven't had the time to partake of the island bite.
Surf fishing has slowed way down in the last two weeks, though.
Post-spawn, I guess. |
Cracka (Jim_g)
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Post Number: 320
Registered: 3-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 9:09 pm: | |
Back to work after 3 weeks off, off again Monday and Tuesday....hope to get my 4 and 6 year old on the water for some blues or shallow/kelp patches for reds....hope the wind cooperates...I will not take them unless its flat as a lake. |
Marty C. (Boatdock)
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Post Number: 64
Registered: 6-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 7:50 pm: | |
Evenin
Well we had 12 out today with 3/4 to full limits
25 lings and 9 halibut. Deke has some nice bait and we'll be down about 5:30.
Hugh call me at the shop in the am 595-7895
Good Fishin
Marty |
hugh mccaffrey (Inspect7018)
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 5:54 pm: | |
got a call telling me i had the wrong marti. was thinking of marti C. the boatdock. . Harrell. we have a mutual friend and found something in common with u.I spent all last year at VAFB. on the 5meterhigh bay project and slc 6. as the welding inspector.we can talk lobsters. |
HARRELL KIMBALL (Catmakai)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 5:41 pm: | |
More albacore.
Humbolt Tuna Club reporting a few albacore caught about 60 miles out. No other details. |
R Marti (Rad_21)
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Post Number: 81
Registered: 9-2006
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 5:13 pm: | |
Devildog - You have some good points, but it sounds like a done deal. We don't get to ask for lights etc............. We had no input. |
Robert Grillo (Devildog)
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Votes: 2 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 4:49 pm: | |
OK, I will be the lone dissenter on this one. How many of you clean your fish at the cleaning station, throw the carcass in the trash and the city hauls it away? How many of you use the restrooms or the wash down? I pay $35 for parking when I’m at Santa Barbara launch. Most of the time it’s a hassle. The bathrooms are locked and no wash down that I know of. How about the lakes, what does that cost? I don’t launch from Avila because I don’t like to pay $30 to launch not to mention if it was a long day and I come in late I’m S.O.L. I would not mind if they charged a fee with a few request. Maybe the regular’s and\or county residents that already pay local taxes could get half off yearly tags to park. How about $50 tags for the year and the money go for lighting the fish cleaning station and parking lot? Look at the services that we have, if we get in trouble we have the Coast Guard and Harbor Patrol to save our bacon and do they charge us? Lastly, I really don’t want to pay a dime more for anything, times are getting tougher. However, there is no free lunch and I appreciate what we have. My two cents. |
hugh mccaffrey (Inspect7018)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 4:47 pm: | |
marti. great posts on the morro bay dilemia. if the work takes concrete inspection i should be able to volenteer my services. p.s. hows my 6 horse yamaha running. will be down there this weekend and maybe we can take a look at my 50 horse. we talked last weekend about possible dog gear going out. |
Andrew Dunn (Ibfishkiller)
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 4:01 pm: | |
The MPA did alot to generate business for Morro Bay right. So this should help out the same.I know that Morro Bay used to be my favorite launch but if I have to pay to launch you will see me at PSL alot more. When I do launch out of Morro Bay I will make sure I park in the residential till they start to charge for that. Even though I do not live in Morro Bay I would have thought that the city councel wouldn't want to make anything harder than what the MPA did for the local businesses. I hope I didn't piss anyone off just trying to vent. |
Deke Wells (Baiter)
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psl bait report........plenty of sardines for the next few days; will keep you posted, open daily at 5.00 am phone # 805-801-0970.Deke |
R Marti (Rad_21)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 2:41 pm: | |
Thanks for the come back Gene- I would have supported the idea of a fund raiser and even found some local concrete contractors to donate time and money to repair the ramp. An across the board $10 parking fee is not going to be fair to those who use the ramp for their livelyhood. Will there be exemptions? |
Gene Doughty (Landsea_interface)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 2:23 pm: | |
R Marti The idea of charging for parking at the M.B. boat launch has been around for several years. This time it was presented in oh, Oct. or Nov. last year and later brought up again in Jan. I think. All meeting are broadcasted on public television . There was very little opposition to the idea. I like the idea of parking infront of thoes who supported the fee, I beleive I voted against it. The launch ramp does need maintance work, a lot of the concrete will have to be repoured soon, who will pay for it?. I'm glad that there is this discussion. let the officials know how you feel. |
R Marti (Rad_21)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 2:19 pm: | |
"A lot of this came about because several boater would leave their trailer/motothomes down there for days/weeks on end. there is just so much room and that was not acceptable."
Why not ticket these guys instead of taking it out on everyone?
Now we're going to have deal with the ticket cops along with the DFG reps that count our fish. That is alot of BS for a ten fish limit.
Might not be worth it to some. You can also bet on seeing "no parking" signs popping up on side streets.
Just another nail........... |
R Marti (Rad_21)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 2:01 pm: | |
It would have been nice to some sort of representation on that Harbor advisory board so that we could have at least expressed our concerns.
I am sure that alot of people on this board would have rallied against it. Why were we kept in the dark untill it was a done deal?
Maybe Gene or someone can explain to us better. |
bob may (Bodean)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 1:47 pm: | |
federal waters start 3 miles off shore and so it appears from what has been posted that as long as you are not fishing for palegic species and stay within 3 miles from shore you are not requiered to register. |
Jeff Bishop (Jeff_b)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 1:38 pm: | |
just another way to keep fisherman/sportsmen from doing what they love, thanks policy makers for a new way to hate you. |
Chip Tamagni (Fishfitr)
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Votes: 3 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 1:03 pm: | |
I wonder about the kayaks. Are they going to have to pay this also because they should as they too are launching a boat. What about the small sailboaters? Talk about taking the ability to recreate away, this is insane. Let's find out where all the council members live and park our boat and trailers in front of thier homes all day while we fish. Typical liberalism. Tax more and create a bigger government. SOB's |
Gene Doughty (Landsea_interface)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 12:34 pm: | |
From My brother's web site
Synopsis: Conditions are favorable for a transition from ENSO-neutral to El Ni�o conditions during June − August 2009.
ENSO-neutral conditions persisted across the equatorial Pacific Ocean during May 2009. However, sea surface temperatures (SST) increased for the fifth consecutive month, (Fig 1 )with above-average temperatures extending across the equatorial Pacific Ocean by the end of May Accordingly, the latest weekly SST indices ranged between +0.4� to +0.5�C in all four Ni�o regions (Fig. 2). Subsurface oceanic heat content anomalies (average temperatures in the upper 300m of the ocean) also continued to increase in response to a large area of above-average temperatures (+2� to +4�C) near thermocline depth. These surface and subsurface oceanic anomalies typically precede the development of El Ni�o.
There continues to be considerable spread in the model forecasts for the Ni�o-3.4 region All statistical models predict ENSO-neutral conditions will continue for the remainder of 2009. However, most dynamical models, including the NCEP Climate Forecast System, predict the onset of El Ni�o during June − August 2009. Current observations, recent trends, and the dynamical model forecasts indicate that conditions are favorable for a transition from ENSO-neutral to El Ni�o conditions during June − August 2009. hooray for so-called global warming-- maybe the yellowfin and dorado will move in-- - |
Gene Doughty (Landsea_interface)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 12:29 pm: | |
MEL AND R. A lot of what you say is true, I should have posted the proposed changes some time ago. that being said, I'm not sure that this can be stopped. It may have already been approved by the Council. All fees generated within the tidelands trust lease sites have to stay within the harbor funds . None can be shipped up to the general funds. so most of this $$$ will go towards harbor maintance and support. As finally recomended to the Coucil there would be a Iron ranger at the entrance or a computer credit-card ranger that would receive $$ and then a stub would be posted in windowsheild.
A lot of this came about because several boater would leave their trailer/motothomes down there for days/weeks on end. there is just so much room and that was not acceptable.
There is no restriction from parking your truck/trailer at other locations, I know, it seems silly to me. can you imagin docking your boat, then walking up to a residential street for your truck then driving down and waiting to reload your boat, snafu. I'm not sure that the $ recovered will pay for itself, thoes computer machines are expensive. I feel sorry for the local couple who just want to enjoy the bay for a few hours, |
R Marti (Rad_21)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 11:14 am: | |
The parking fee is going to be another city of MB fiasco.
The home owners above (Morro Shores)are going to complain as soon as they have 30 trailers on their street. Also is it all year around or only when fishing is open? How about the commercial guys that use it 24/7? How about the valley motor home guys that use it as a free campgound? How about the trolley? they should pay just to drive through and cause congestion. Are trailers legal to park around town? This will really help Avila and other ports, as alot of boaters will go spend money there.
Welcome to Morro Bay. lol |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Fishinaddict)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 10:56 am: | |
Gene: I don't attend Morro Bay Harbor Advisory meetings ... and I suspect that most other boaters do not either. I have not seen any mention of these fees on this web site where most boaters talk fishing.
Regardless, I am wondering about imposing $10 for parking. Will they have parking meters installed in front of each slot? Do they mean that you can launch for free and then drive down town and park in the middle of town? How about driving over to the parking lot by Virgs'? Will they start charging for that lot also?
I can understand a small kiosk where you pay a couple bucks and then get a receipt that you put in the front window of your truck while fishing ... but charging just for the parking doesn't sound right. Many people will then park 5-6 blocks away ... and we will all wait in line while someone is holding the boat waiting for someone to walk back from their truck and trailer. Doesn't make much sense.
Mel |
mike manning (Tallyho)
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NOAA to Create Saltwater Angler Registry in 2010
Final rule gives states more time to implement local data gathering
December 23, 2008
NOAA’s Fisheries Service released its final rule today to create a national saltwater angler registry of all marine recreational fishermen to help the nation better protect our shared marine resources. A requirement to establish a registry was included in a statute approved by Congress in 2007.
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“Better national surveys of the more than 15 million saltwater anglers will help us demonstrate the important contributions of recreational anglers to both local economies and to the nation’s,” said Jim Balsiger, NOAA acting assistant administrator for NOAA’s Fisheries Service. "The registry will help us gather comprehensive data to ensure sustainable fisheries built on the best available science."
The improved quality of recreational fishing data achieved through a national saltwater angler registry will help demonstrate the economic value of saltwater recreational fishing, and will provide a more complete picture of how recreational fishing is affecting fish stocks. This kind of information is essential to NOAA’s goal to end overfishing as required under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. All recreational anglers who fish in federal waters will be required to participate, with some exemptions for those already registered in their states.
The registry is the product of a major recommendation to NOAA in a 2006 independent scientific review by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. The NRC found that NOAA needed a comprehensive list of everyone who fishes recreationally in marine waters to improve surveys of saltwater anglers used to help manage and rebuild fish stocks. The NRC recommendation became law in 2007 with the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the primary federal law that enables NOAA to manage ocean fish stocks.
The final rule requires anglers and spearfishers who fish recreationally in federal ocean waters to be included in the national saltwater angler registry by Jan. 1, 2010.
Beginning January 2009, NOAA will exempt anglers from the federal registration rule if they are licensed in states that have a system to provide complete information on their saltwater anglers to the national registry.
“NOAA wants to work closely with the states and anglers to better capture the contributions and effects of sportfishing,” said Balsiger. “We expect that this additional year will allow a number of states to put in place systems to register their anglers annually and provide this information to NOAA.”
NOAA had originally proposed that registration be required beginning Jan. 1, 2009, but based on public input decided to give states another year to put in place their own data collection systems.
If anglers are not licensed or registered by a state that has been exempted and want to fish in federal waters, they will be required to register with NOAA. They also must register if they fish in tidal waters for migratory fish such as striped bass and salmon that spawn in rivers and spend their adult lives in estuaries and oceans. However, those who fish recreationally for these migratory species inland of tidal waters need not register, according to the final rule.
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Federal saltwater angler registrations will include an angler’s name, date of birth, address, telephone number, and the regions where they intend to fish. This information will be used by NOAA to conduct surveys on fishing effort and amounts of fish caught. Once anglers have registered, they may fish anywhere in U.S. federal waters, or in tidal waters for anadromous species, regardless of the region or regions they specified in their registration. The registration will be valid for one year from its date of issue. Anglers must comply with applicable state licensing requirements when fishing in state waters.
Saltwater anglers will be able to register online or by calling a toll-free telephone number that will be publicized, and will receive a registration certificate. Anglers will need to carry this certificate (or their state license from an exempt state) and produce it to an authorized enforcement officer if requested. No fee will be charged in 2010. An estimated fee of $15 to $25 per angler will be charged starting in 2011.
Anglers who fish only on licensed party, charter, or guide boats would not be required to register with NOAA since these vessels are surveyed separately from angler surveys. Those who hold angler permits to fish for highly migratory species, such as tunas or swordfish, and those fishing under commercial fishing licenses will also be exempt. Anglers registered or permitted to fish in a formal state or federal subsistence fishery will also be exempt, as will anglers under 16.
NOAA received nearly 500 comments from anglers, state officials, and fishing and environmental organizations on its proposed national registry rule during the comment period from June 12 until Aug. 21. The registry is one component of the agency's new Marine Recreational Information Program, an initiative to enhance data collection on recreational catch and effort.
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Kari Graton (Kari_g_kg2)
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A good question to ask is Why? Municipalities are trying to up user fee's all over the place in order to meet budget shortfalls due to the poor economy and a low generating revenue base accordingly. How would charging a user fee to boaters a)make boating better? b)where would the funding go?( general fund slush money to be spent on something not related to boating?) and c) would the charging of fee's drive boaters elsewhere, or cause them not to launch at all, thus costing the city other revenues generated by boaters frequenting other local busness.
Seems we have to learn this over and over again, and it never quite sinks in. |
Gene Doughty (Landsea_interface)
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Mel. where were you when this item was in front of the Morro Bay Harbor Advisory Board meetings? This has been aired several times with very little public comments. The fee is for parking, there can be no fee charged for launching, only parking. I advocated a fee of $5 per stallper day, but my motion failed. they were talking of $15-20 a day for parking. You may park on the street for free. I still feel that the locals should be able to launch and park free, but I need support. contact the City Council or Harbor Department. I beleive there is some stalls that will be on a hourly basis for the users who just want to use their boats for a shorter time. Gene |
Melvin A. de la Motte, Jr. (Fishinaddict)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 8:46 am: | |
ALERT ALERT ALERT
I have heard that the City of Morro Bay plans to impose a $10 per launch fee in two weeks. There were no public hearings on this issue and no public input.
The city says they want to help the fishing community ... and then they plan to stab us all in the back.
Someone needs to dig into this issue and find out when the City will vote on this issue and we need to have boaters present to present our views.
When Moss Landing first started charging fees, it was $2 per launch. Later, when they paved and upgraded the launch facility to a first-class operation ... they bumped it to $5.
Jumping to $10 per launch is excessive. Folks ... we have to respond to this. Jeremiah O'Brien of the MB Commercial Fisherman's Assoc. says his group will support our efforts.
Let's use this site as a sounding board to get views and then send a bunch of people to a council meeting to present our views ....
Mel de la Motte |
HARRELL KIMBALL (Catmakai)
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Altimetry;
Very interesting article.
http://www.allcoast.com/plug/cleanwaterorgreenwater.cfm |
Jeff Bishop (Jeff_b)
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Jim, congratulations on a great trip.I'm curious about the tackle they use up there & price of the charter/guide & how many hours a day you fish.I want to pull on one of those beast someday. Thanks for the report. Jeff |
Nick Chamness (Twinfin)
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Oh yes...bonito are back..lets hope they stick around! |
Timothy Foley (Tree_doc)
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Thanks for the info, Marty! We'll see you in the a.m. |
Jim Nailen (Seeker)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 6:56 pm: | |
Went up to portland for the annual sturgeon trip - never thought we could do better than last year, but we did. Brain Boatman, Steve Goodman and myself went for 3 days, and caught 14 over-sized sturgeon from a small of 225 to the big ones (3) at 450#'s. We had 2 out of the 3 days of good to great fishing.
First day was 4 fish from 250 to 450, with Brian getting the big one, and Steve getting two. Day two was a bust for nothing, but day three was un-believavble. We had fish going from 6:30 am til we left at 2pm.
We broke a couple of the guides records, by catching 10 in one day - past record was 7, and landing a double. He had two other doubles in all his time guiding, but never had heard of a guide landing a double. We got ours in, which was a 250# and Steve's which was a moster 10 foot long and 450#'s.
Un-believable 2 days of fishing with a total of 14 fish for the 3 of us. Steve & Brian both got 5 each, and I got stuck on 4 - but that means I'm up first in the rotation next year !! Pretty bad when you call an 8 foot, 250# fish a "small One" !!!
I have Mark Hilliard trying to post picks on gaff&guns - so if you can - take a look. The pics do not do these monsters justise - 10 feet long and 450#'s and they jump completely out of the water 2-3 times.
3#rd year in a row of great trips, that only got better each year !!
ALL Kiss and realease monsters ! |
Marty C. (Boatdock)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 6:29 pm: | |
Been pretty slow last couple days. Only 6 boats
but , nice limits of bottomfish. Only 4
halibut and a couple Lings. Good news though
Deke LOADED the boat with bait today. He has
4 full receivers. I heard that Patriot captains
saw jumping bonito 5-6 mile out of the harbor
on their way to Point Sal today. I don't know
what to think about this weather, they call for
variable and it blows 20? Well I'll be down at
5:30 and we do have a minus tide again but, it
really hasn't been a problem to get out.
Good Fishin
Marty |
Robert L Bishop Jr (Rob_bishop)
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Cracka ,well all i know is the spongebob marathon every afternoon and my grandson watches every minute on my 50 in big screen , and as far as the omg words you posted before ,unless you are on a remote island with no television, internet ,or other people around your kids are going to hear those words ,unless you make a big deal out of it there not going to think anything of it ,its just a part of life |
Timothy Foley (Tree_doc)
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Too late to call Marty and the number I have for Deke is wrong!
Anybody have the skinny on the bait at PSL? We're running tomorrow and setting our plan. |
Cracka (Jim_g)
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I chanced across a plastic pourer/manufacture that was going out of business so I bought all the salt water stuff that he had....but the problem is that I have a boatload of colors that I dont like (maybe cause I dont know any better) but usually wind up using whites, orange, black...the pickle is this, do I keep em or have a garage sale and just order a bunch of my standard colors?
Rob Bishop...that was funny...we watch a lot of sponge bob and hanna Montanna around the house with my 3 little ones. |
Robert L Bishop Jr (Rob_bishop)
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Dustins colors are pretty accurate but the strawberry shortcake pink is the wrong shade to go with the spongebob yellow ,here are a few more choices , patrick pink , mr crabs red and larry the lobster cooked orange ,yes i have grandkids |
jeffrey stulberg (Good_karma_ii)
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I like all of Dustin`s swimbait/scampi colors,but have also had great success with big rockfish,halibut and lings on the "pink lemonade" swimbait with a white or red leadhead....Jeff |
Dustin DesJardins (Farmerd)
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White Scampi, White Single Tail and RootBeer Scampi ... only plastic needed! Iron I would let my kids paint. Strawberry Shortcake Pink and some SpongeBob yellow is my Fave. |
ethan arrington (Fishkiller12672)
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Devildog is that a golden eye your holding there? |
Tim (Tim)
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It would be nice to be able to edit your posts on this site, like on some of the others. Thanks for the reply! Tim |
Cracka (Jim_g)
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Sorry Tim, sometimes what I think is funny after a long day, arent as funny when I read them the next day.... |
Eddie Wong (Jigstrike)
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wow!! devildog that Red is a beast. Thanks for sharing. |
Tim (Tim)
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Hey Cracka; Please keep your potty mouth to yourself! My kids read this forum. Thanks; Tim |
Nick Chamness (Twinfin)
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Has Deke relocated the bait? |
ag (Pickle)
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cracka my favorite color is white and if u can get ahold of some big hammer swimbaits the REDRUM will always catch somthing. theres a store called been there caught that in santa maria that has them all. i think tackle warehouse in slo carries them too |
HARRELL KIMBALL (Catmakai)
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SST/Chlorophyll/weather;
Too much cover for any good shots this morning. There were some pretty good color and tempbreaks over the weekend inside of 50 miles. The weather on the outside is not bad but probably not comfortable for fair weather sailors like myself. The computer models indicate pretty good weather for prospecting on monday which ,of course, is subject to change without notice. |
Cracka (Jim_g)
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General Question: Any advice on how to decide which color scampi to throw at any given time for rock and ling cod? I have a few colors that I am confident with but always seem to wonder if the color thing is just to catch the fisherman or the fish....God knows I have collected tons of colors over the past few years. |
Kari Graton (Kari_g_kg2)
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Doug does a great job with the bait, he always takes care of me right. I tease him sometimes if I miss my spots, or go the wrong way, but the bait is always good . After all, he's out there making it while I sleep. Thanks for being there with it guy's. For everything the fishing industry is going through on both ends, it's amazing you even keep the boat going Darby. Good job. And thanks for the compliments on my little boat Sunday................. |
Robert Grillo (Devildog)
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Sun report, bragging:
Ran straight to the cape, limits in under an hour. I have not seen this size reds (damn near every one) since I was a kid riding on Virge's boats. Weather was great until we made the turn at the lighthouse. INFO: Bite was ok with bait. I switched to rootbeer swimbaits and it turned on. Hit the bottom, count to three and pull up another toad. If one or more of you want to buddy boat to cover more area and go scout outside give me a day or two heads up and I'll run with you. P. S. Jimmy, your boat is faster with the new motor, I'll give ya that, but not a cigar. How much was the next size up? |
Jeremy Peterson (Jeremy_p)
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Carl,
Unfortunately they were not Albacore. However, they were some of the biggest reds that I've seen in a while, and definitely the biggest that the other two on my boat had ever caught. Sorry for the confusion.
Jeremy P |
HARRELL KIMBALL (Catmakai)
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Stacy;
Now I understand your original question. Don't see how it could help us find albacore but maybe it could, if you knew what you were doing. I will just stick to color and temp as I don't need any new educational challenges. My RAM is full !
Robb: The clouds are " masked" on all the SST/chlorophyll data by the software they use to process the data.I think the raw data comes down from the satellite in gray scale and the color scales and masking are added in the processing.
Don't know of any site except Tempbreak that puts the flashing indicators on a location where fish have been caught. |
Stacey Meacham (Stacey)
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harrell,
I swiped this info on altimetry from the terrafin site, I haven't dedicated any time to study this yet:
Update Frequency - Please Read This! - Altimetry charts are updated daily Monday - Friday. Altimetry data is about 24 hours delayed, so the images will normally be 1 day behind.
What is Altimetry?- Altimetry satellites calculate the distance from the satellite to the surface (ocean or land) by measuring the round trip time of a radar pulse. Based on this, ths surface height of the water can be determined.
Interpreting the information - The charts that we are producing at this time show the Sea Suface Height (SSH) Anomaly, measured in centimeters. The general concept is that the oceans currents and eddies will push the water to different levels. Warm eddies will be higher than the basic level, while cold eddies will be lower than the surrounding water. The areas between these highs and lows would have stronger currents and are likely to have more activity. It's important to realize that this data is looking at the ocean on a very large scale. You are not going to see the subtle changes and edges that we look for in the much smaller scale SST and Chlorophyll charts. But, the altimetry data can give a good overview of the bigger picture and the general movement of the waters. When we have a long stretch of cloud cover that prevents us from getting and useful SST data, this can at least be a good reference to what is happening out there, since this data is not affected by clouds. Be sure to try the Loop Tool to get a feel for how the waters are moving.
If you would like to do some further reading about satellite altimetry, here are some links listed below.
Operational Applications of Satellite Altimetry (pdf presentation)
Radar Altimetry Tutorial
Altimetry - Ocean Applications
American Samoa Albacore Fishery Analysis (pdf presentation)
Texas A&M Quarterdeck article Whale Watch
Texas A&M Quarterdeck article sidebar explaining Spin Cycles |
Gene Doughty (Landsea_interface)
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Albacore On . Santa Cruz received a report of one boat reportedly hooking 8 and landing 6 albacore at the Davidson seamount on Saturday 6-7. They started off with a quad and put a half dozen in before the fish went down. the word was there were big piles of breezers and jumpers in the area--June 7
Frank on the "Sea Angel" who was out all day yesterday searching for Albacore. They ended their trip with 6 Albacore and 2 fish that came off. They were fishing about 69 miles from Santa Cruz at 36'05/122'54.- |
JG (Jeremy000)
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Darby and Doug,
Just wanted to point out that most people who are satisfied with your service aren't going to come on here and let you know about it. It's just people who like to complain that take the time to make a post.
It was one of your sardines that landed the Bonito that I caught yesterday.
You can't fish without bait. Keep up the good work. |
Randy Johnson (Blueeyesfisher)
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Radio wattage (power) is limited by FCC rules. Marine VHF radios are line of sight. To talk farther the antenna needs to be mounted higher. Admiral should definitely reach farther than one mounted on a normal boat's top. Shakespeare has a FAQ site to answer questions. This is the link to find most of your answers.
http://www.shakespeare-marine.com/faq.asp |
Darin Lake (Blue_maverick)
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Good afternoon, well we made our way down to the cape Sunday to do a little rockfishing. Had my 9 year old daughter with me and what a blast. I get more excitement watching her real those fish then me catching them myself. Well we did pretty good we had three limits of nice vermillions, olives and some blues. The water was flat all the way down there but I didn't leave in time and wind picked up and made our trip back very uncomfortable. Just a quick story, on one of my drops I hooked into a nice fish and was bringing it up when it felt like I had hooked the bottom. I continued to pull on it and it was moving so I know it wasn't the bottom. I thought I might have a real good fish on until my line started moving out away from the boat and that is when the dam sea lion popped up with my 5 pound vermillion in his mouth. He had also found away to hook himself. He decided to dive down again and started to spool me so I had my friend chase him with the boat so I could at least get my braided line back. We chased him for a while until he got tired and came up again right in front of the boat. I tried to yank the fish and lure from him but to no avail and ended up losing a little line and $8.00 jig. Probably pretty humerous to watch. I have never had a sea lion take a rock fish before, now I know. I at least got to try out my new Shimano Calcutta reel and Tescata rod. The drag works fine! |
HARRELL KIMBALL (Catmakai)
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Jim;
Check your radio/antenna with a VSWR/power meter. If you can't locate someone with one in your area I have one that you are welcome to borrow. |
Darby Neil (Darby)
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Craka - Most radios put out the same, like 20-25 watts. Check your antenna cable connections first. They must be perfect. Otherwise try a better antenna. What db is yours? I got 9db for the Admiral and we could reach 60+ miles most days when it was new. Before you buy one I may have an old 8db Shakespear Galaxy 5230 you can have. |
Darby Neil (Darby)
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Jeremy - Thanks, we sure appreciate that. The tide was so low that morning we were sucking mud into the tank so we pulled off the dock and waited for higher water. I was worried we hurt the little kritters. Glad you had a great trip.
Arron - I love those bait bags. Otherwise, go wider and round. Small diameter and deeper wells are not as good. Someone mentioned the panga fleet in Mex using the forward part of the boat. That works well because it's a big area, even though it's not very deep. That's ideal. Use white or semi transparent material so lots of light gets in and put a light in if running at night. They need to see the sides so they don't bump their noses. That kills them too. I've used submersible led bait tank lights that mount in the tank wall. Virg's or Marty can order for you for about $11. I put them in the bottom on the Fiesta tank to backlight the bait from the top. Then wired them into my running light switch so no one forgets to turn them on. But for a small boat I still love the bags best. They save space and work better than anything I've used. |
Cracka (Jim_g)
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General Question, I have a Standard Horizon radio, is there anything that I can do to boost its power / range....Fished with Devildog yesterday and could not reach him once he got a few miles in front of me...
I also got a generous scoop of bait in Morro, thanks guys. |
Tsunami (Carl_moore)
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"but the majority of our fish were still caught on the dead stuff".
Albacore I presume?
How many?
Any info greatly appreciated. |
Jeremy Peterson (Jeremy_p)
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I wanted to take a moment to share a recent experience I had with bait out of Morro Bay. On my way out Saturday I stopped by the bait receiver and while I was waiting on another boat to get bait, Doug pulled up in the bait boat. He asked if we were waiting for bait and then, in an attempt to save us time, sold us bait fresh out of his tanks. Having had no time to cure, I was curious how long it would last. My crew and I then headed northwest in a half-hearted attempt to find warm water, and then made our way to the Cape. When we stopped to fish I opened the live well fully expecting to find a good percentage of our bait dead. I counted TWO dead fish. Over 60 miles of running with only two casualties is fine by me. Of course within minutes our bait pump quit and it all died, but the majority of our fish were still caught on the dead stuff.
To doug and the rest of the bait crew out of Morro Bay, on behalf of myself and the two others fishing with me Saturday, thank you for all of the hard work that you guys put into making bait. It was the trip of a lifetime for two young men.
Jeremy P |
roger cabonce (Rogcab)
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aaron, check out aqua world bait bags. if you're limited on space, these work great. key is to get the right water flow. i got mine from livebaitlarry.com |
Tsunami (Carl_moore)
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How about an albacore report? Any boats go out? |
Aaron (Aaron_floyd)
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After a couple of recent catastrophic events with live bait, I'm looking to get a new live well setup. No problems with the bait when purchased but my current modified ice chest system is sending the bait through a tumble cycle of square corners and lost scales. Does anyone have any comments on the Kodiak bait tanks or any other suggestions on a new system? I have a 17' Montauk so size is a somewhat limiting factor. Thanks in advance for any feedback. |
Jeremy Ghent (Jeremy000)
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Just following up NE (mtnboater)'s post. This was my first time fishing in the Pacific but I was dropping a sardine and probably had 10-15' of line out when something hit. I set the hook and then it started spooling. Very fun fish. It was 31" long and weiged 11 lbs.
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NE (Mtnboater)
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Fished the Ab Farm on Sunday for a big zero on the halibut. I saw 59 degree water on my graph and when I hit the ramp a small Yellow Cape Cod style boat was unloading a cooler with a Bonita in it! I watched them motor by me outside the Farm and they reported catching the Bonita on a sardine while rockfishing outside the Farm. They reported trolling a few Rapalas looking for more Bonita with no luck.
First Bonita I have seen caught that close to shore.
Just thought I would spread the word. |
robb e (Plan_b)
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harrell- i get a little flashing round marker, at the location of a new report for tuna or an offshore report. there hasn't been many lately,and, right now, its been primarily on the southern calif sst map, but it does show up on the central calif and morro maps when there are new reports.it changes color from red for a new report to a yellow for an older report.
somebody at tempbreak must pick this up and attach it.it's a great feature.
nice job steve! |
Gordon Rivera (Kermit)
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Steve McGill, not looking for exact spot but where those flatties off MB? Nice fish.
Was on Steve's (fishmaster) boat on the open bite day (5-29)at PSLO for two limits, glad others had luck there as well. |
HARRELL KIMBALL (Catmakai)
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Matt; If you haven't committed to that deal find out what the boat is worth without the Ficht. That motor has a horrible reputation. When Bombadier took over Evenrude the first thing they did was dump the Ficht and design the E-tech which has a much better reputation.
Ray; Had many run ins with Herschel even beat him once but the score is still in his favor. |
