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Grey whales will most definitely breach like that. I've seen it many times. That is a humpie, though. The long pectorals are the giveaway....greys have short, paddle-shaped ones.

I've been getting dodos and yellows off the paddies with a 1oz. Lazer Minnow, get rid of the treble and put on a 2/0 owner aki, fish on 10-15# spinning gear. Color of the lure doesn't matter at all, they're keying on the size

I've had good luck on dodos and yellows with small, 1oz-2oz. lazer minnows or a comparable lure when they won't look at bigger irons. Just make sure to replace the factory trebles with a quality single hook. I like Owner Aki 2/0 or 3/0. Tons of fun on a 15# outfit!

Read the regs! Illegal to use or POSSESS any invertebrates (that would be sand crabs) within the Swami's/Cardiff MPA. I used to run Blue Water Tackle in Solana Beach and had more than one customer get ticketed there, even though we tried to warn everyone.

Use of live sand crabs is illegal within the entire Cardiff MPA, not just Swami's

Read the regs. "It is unlawful to possess any living marine resource within a Marine Protected Area". I ran a tackle shop in San Diego area for several years and had more than one customer who got cited for doing exactly what you're talking about...collecting sand crabs outside an MPA and then...

Yep, that's a brown. You can tell by the brown spot on the gill cover, kinda where their ear would be.

Just trying to prevent shady behavior. Like someone using my info to illegally collect them. Not that anybody on this list would ever do anything illegal.....

PM me and I'll share my experiences capturing them when I worked for SIO. Not really the sort of info I want to put out there publicly.

Wow! That shark was Swell!

Redrum Baits. Local guy. Not a poacher

Stealing your "picking"??? Now don't go getting senile on us, Gunny.

Looks like finbait!

Tastes like chicken. Well....cock.

Definitely not Herschel Walker's

Sold

8 hi-speed trolling plugs. 7 Halcos, 1 Yozuri Bonito. New or like new condition. Includes utility box for storage. $60. Located in Oceanside CA. Cash only.

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"Cheap-ass" except for the price tag!

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Avet EXW30/2 w/80# braid on Daiwa VIPA660XH 6' 40-100# 2-roller rod.... $395 Trinidad 30 (gold) w/65# braid on Calstar BWC270DH 8' 15-30#.....$395 Penn Spinfisher 8500 w/65# braid on Seeker Hercules 7' 50-100#.....$395 Penn Conflict 5000 w/20# mono on Daiwa Proteus-B 7'6 Heavy.....$175 All...

It's you.....

Just to clarify...red urchins that are harvested for uni are the larger ones with long spines and come in colors from red to purple to almost black. Purple urchins are small (2"-4"), they're always lavender colored and are not a source of uni. The small purple urchins attack kelp hold fasts...

Anybody can pee in their wetsuit. It takes a real man to shit in his wetsuit. And a real asshole to shit in somebody else's wetsuit.

Looks less like a sneaker and more like some type of "sole"....

Wooly Sculpin (Clinocottus analis)

Never been a verified attack on a human by an orca in the wild (despite what Hollywood might like you to think), but in captivity, now that's a different story. I guess if you were getting a thermometer the size of a baseball bat shoved up your ass every couple weeks, you'd get a little grumpy too.

Olive Rockfish, aka "Johnny bass". That's a biggie!

Sheep crab is correct

The females have a much smaller brain and a much larger mouth

Looks like a Fathom 400?

Persistence pays off! Well done!

For sure, Red Brotula.

Just an FYI - if you handle barracuda at all, they will die. Unhook them in the water and let them swim off. I learned this the hard way when I was a collector for SIO.

Don't handle barracuda at all or they will die! Release them untouched, keep them in the water. I learned this the hard way when I was a collector for Scripps. It took us many tries to figure out how to collect them for the aquarium to display.

Yeah, it's a spar buoy for sailing. There's another one a couple miles south.

×2! We used to fish 800' or deeper up in Oregon with a power handle and a rail plate on Penn 3/0s and 4/0s for black cod and other deeper! It's still available a workout but those are good hacks to help out.

Not a yellowtail. That's a green jack. Deeper body, tail color different, no lateral striping, eye different, etc....

I keep one on hand ready to go whenever rockfishing. Its now a law in Alaska and (I believe) Washington. Will probably be law here too pretty soon. It's what's known as " taking care of the resource", something we all should be down with.

"Salmon grouper" is a slang name for Bocaccio, which is a Rockfish.

Do you freeze your rockfish before turning it into ceviche? Just curious because of the many parasites they can have.

Any RF that's red is a Red!

I did some homework on this. "Clam guns", normally used for razor class, and shrimp pumps are still legal. What's banned are 2-man-operated pumps, where one guy pumps while the other guides the business end.

I've eaten them in Mexico years ago. Just like grouper...excellent! Tha 40-50# fish are the ones to eat..

Somebody please define what a "short" rockfish is?.....

What? No "floating hazard" pics? :D

Trim the foam lengthwise so it's only on the top 1/2 of the flyer and slip a 1-oz. rubbercore on the sub-leader between the single and treble hooks. Problem solved.

I'm putting all my money on you to catch a 264-lb. swordie tomorrow. (See date on weigh-in board)

Apologies for posting on the reports forum, but couldn't find anything related. Looking for recommendations for a fish-smoking service. I'm in oceanside but suspect I'll have to go to San Diego for this. Little help please?

There's 100 of giant seabass there

Photos are only required by trolls. Real fishermen believe you.

Summonanitch!

That is truly a fatso!......And a nice bluefin, too....

Wow! What a henhouse! You girls need some chardonnay and Jack Johnson music.

All San Diego lakes closed today indefinitely

I just looked at the regs just in case I was wrong (it's been known to happen!....rarely). Show us some evidence for your "Lol no".

Thanks for the report!

You can fish as many rods as you like.... .....but only 2 hooks per rod

Daiwa North Coast salmon and steelhead rod, 2-pc, 8'-9', med-hvy or hvy. Under $100

Do a little homework before you eat raw or marinated rockfish. There's a whole slew of parasites that are only safe to eat if they've been cooked to 140° or frozen for at least 48 hrs. Parasites that will make you VERY unhappy!

www.bajasursportfishing.com

I had a reliable report from a friend who went about 10 mi off la jolla on Tuesday, looking for patties holding yellows. He saw 30# yellowfin jumping on bait. No big foamers but lots of activity. Couldn't get them to go but all he had was bigger irons. Looked like they were on the small chovies.

Salmon heads....not the Ginsu

I cut mine in half lengthwise (Ginsu blade!). Solana Beach tackle shop has them

That's a sunset behind Tetons! ;)

Fresh topshot every trip.... $5-10.....kinda worth it considering all the other expenses

There's only one. Everyone is just keeping it a secret from you.

Thought there was 18" minimum size on stripers up north! :p:p:p :frehya2:

I have solid proof (I read it on the Internet!) that the catfood industry is driven by all those bastards using it as chum for making bait. Yet another reason fishing needs to be more tightly regulated. Artificials only! No more bait-fishing allowed! Mitch McConnell, help us out on this one....

Thank YOU and everyone involved for YOUR service!

Is the ramp closed too this weekend, or just the parking lot?

Might do yourselves a favor and read the regs abouts baiting white sharks.

Just checked swell again. Never mind! o_O

Just got off windy.com, doesn’t look so bad at all. Is there some weird tight swell I don't know about?

Heading out early Sunday. Any signs today in domestic waters? 9? Ridge? 43?

X2...try a halco or daisy chain along with

Probably charge you $$ just for gut-and-gill!

He's obviously never had thresher done right! Better than swordie if you know what you're doing.

Aye!.....aka: "Elvis"

4-foot sardines?!?!? That IS healthy! :p

Saw plenty of Mola pics. Here's what a white looks like....

Nice lasso job on the leo, cowboy!

That's an awesome screen grab off the furuno!

Hot Sarcastic Fringehead bite ?!?!?

Orange ya glad ya got some? :rofl:

No minimum size....

Kelp rockfish aka: "dumb bass"

I'd guess it's something along the lines of: "catch starry rockfish, grill, eat".....:D

Welcome to the big, dysfunctional family!

Ha ha! That's pretty funny! Didn't even notice that was almost 10-yr-old post! I think you're right about the scale too. On second look, it looks like just being used to prop the mouth open.

Might wanta edit those pics. Fishing regs prohibit gaffing any undersized fish. Not preaching, just trying to help everybody stay legal and out of trouble!

Nicely done on the 30#! Beautiful fish there!

× 2 !!!

I caught a fsh with no eyes once

Sacrilege !!! :D

I'm with you on that! I fish yellows on patties with a 20# steelie/salmon rod, 15# fluoro on a 2k spinning setup. Got up to 23#'er so far. Too much fun!

I worked with sharks for many years @ SIO. My best guess is salmon shark. Based on the photo, it looks like the white ventral coloring extends up over the gill slits and the dorsal fin has a ragged look to the trailing edge, both of which are indicators of a salmon shark rather than a white.

I blame Al Gore.....

I dunno. Looks more like 35.9# in that last pic.....:p :p

In SoCal mole crabs are bigger than sand crabs, they eat the smaller sand crabs, are found in the same areas as sand crabs, and will bite the crap out of you if you're not careful! X2 on the softshell sand crabs. Here's a trick: freeze and thaw hard shell ones and they'll become soft shells.

Daiwa Proteus XXH might be a good match. Lifetime warranty.

Thanks for the info!

How did THIS get resurrected? A 2011 post?

I scuba those beds regularly and see them pretty much every dive. They're thick in there and range 30-400+ lbs. (My avatar was shot there) They get your attention when they sneak up alongside you!

Also, Lingcod limit reduced from 2 to 1.

New U.S. depth limits for ground fish in effect this year starting March 1: 450'. I called DFW today and confirmed that.

Vermilion. A couple good-sized honeycombs in the box. No canaries or starries but got a 2# flag rf (aka: barberpole).

:D Yeah, usually when auto-correct does its thing, it's nowhere near what I'm trying to say! This time it kinda worked out.

Title was supposed to be "Bottom-scratching", not Bottoms catching. Thanks auto-correct!

Spent a couple hours on my buddy Jon's boat in 240' near the corner for a nice mix of vermilion to 3#, some of the larger honeycomb rf's I've seen, a bocaccio, a big flag rf, 3 whitefish and a 3# goat. All on shrimp flies with squid strips. Not much wind, used 4 oz. lead all morning. Beautiful...

Can't decide which is better.....the fish-porn, or the food-porn!

Jackpot deal fer sure!

As long as you're in water shallower than 360'. That might have been the issue on earlier trip.

Wow, what a dick. :D

Thanks Obama! :p:p

I've seen them rigged as daisy chains with 3 in a row and trolled with no kite or balloon

Nope. You can get them with wings out or folded.

No dungeness down this far south. Lobster season doesn't open for another 3 wks

BS without pics. Pretty heinous targeting 7# striped marlin. :D

Unworthy.....

......and a sick perv. Undoubtedly only given mustache-rides to his family members. More than happy to say it to your face, but you're just another little online pussy who'd never show up.

Not that complicated....just dickless and a douchebag.

Everyone except dickless douchebags!

More like "dick-less".

Coupla nice feesh! Well done!

Huh! She used to tell me to call her "Raven".....

Dodos.....4 feet long and an inch-and-a-half thick!

2 batteries walked into a bar. The bartender says, "OK, I'll serve you, but don't start anything."

They were at the north end of the 9-mi. Bank. Saw tuna lightly foaming and sinking out for an hour or so around 11:00. Couldn't get any to go and didn't see anyone else hooked-up either. But the SD was there so they must've figured something out. Save your $169....this info is free.

Nice! Chunky looking fish!

The sign of a true ignoramous is one who doesn't know how to spell ignoramus

Instead of adding a split-ring and barrel swivel on the line end, why not just use a good quality snap-swivel? Seems like you'd get the same results with the added benefit of being able to change lures without having to re-tie.

Great pics! One happy kid there! Good job Dad....

Holy crap Jason! I read that whole thing and now I have a headache! :D

No dungeness this far south. Rock crab open year-round. 4" minimum size. You're required to have a crab gauge (caliper-type) in your possession while crabbing

Want bigger perch? Try a bigger bait. You been getting small ones on 2" sandworms? Move up to a 3" curly tail Grub in motoroil or red sparkle. Or a 3-4" swimbait.

You just suck it, right? :p :gay: :oops:

$315 brand new online w/free shipping. Of course, you don't get the salt-encrusted line or all the nicks and scratches for that price

Daiwa makes a great 8-1/2', 2-pc. Salmon/Steelheader in several weights/actions called the "North Coast". I love mine!

I have no doubt that cops and wardens jobs don't include being on "your side".

Talking with game warden today about that, he says that all west coast states have a reciprocal agreement when it comes to violators, whether sportfishermen or commercials. He said that if you're suspended in one state, you're suspended in all of em

3 B's! Bonies, bass, and the Bubba!

I use a 8'6" 2-pc. Okuma Celillo w/a Penn Conflict and fish jerkbaits almost exclusively. Casts about a mile.

How about "Fred"?

BS w/no pics.......aka "Fake News......Sad!"

I've kept em alive for a week in a cooler with seawater (had to add a couple gallons every 3 days) with a small battery-powered aerator, available at most tackle shops.

I like how the OC Reg spelled orcas "ocras" in their link. Thought maybe I'd see some gumbo pics. :D Dammit! Now I'm jonesing for some soul-food....

There's never been an authenticated account of an orca attack on a human in the wild. In captivity.....we'll that's a different story. Containing them in aquariums, no matter HOW big a tank, just makes them psychotic, just like you'd probably be if someone was shoving a thermometer the size of a...

You have spots up there without commercial traps ??? Man, down here every rock the size of your head has at least one trap on it!:D

Really? Wouldn't eat lobster from there? Or halibut? Do your homework. It's only fish that eat bottom-dwelling inverts (worms, filter-feeding shellfish) that have ever tested positive for toxins in SD/MB. There's only a ton of research out there.....starting right there in fishing regs. But I...

Because there are fish to be caught....THAT'S why! o_O

Looks l more like 40-50 yds. Didn't you ever play football?

Well dang! I think for my 13th I got a whuppin'. (Pretty sure I deserved it)

More pics please......

They were jumping and breaking all over the MPA between Moonlight and Tabletops Saturday!

Whole wall-full of glow FFs in all sizes @ Blue Water Tackle in Solana Beach

So.....you caught TWO limits in one day?

Haters gonna hate! Just another migita pobrecita.... The "200-post newbie with just 20 likes" pretty much says it all.

ps so what is black with a white stripe??? Cobia

They're all over the lagoons in SD No. County for the past couple months

Smokin' dodo!

Saw a whole wall-full of FFs & Snipes in glow and all other colors @ Blue Water Tackle in Solana Beach.

X2! Plus Mom looks kinda happy with that y'tail. Nice work!

Holy Cow! That's a serious bunch of smiles on that boat! Well done!

U too Travis

Dammit!

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Sum kinda fun on the popper, I'll bet! Very nic!

Fatty flattie!

Here's some actual info from Stanford University and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute on SoCal shark attacks, as reported by the LA Times. For more info, check out the Shark Attack Files website, and any other # of authoritative websites. There's plenty of info out there if you take the...

How about citing some evidence to back up your "proven fact"? All the evidence I've seen contradicts that statement, and I see it all - it's my job.

Caught in Agua Hedionda lagoon. Did some research and found the IGFA all-tackle world record for them is 10 lbs. 6 ozs. (from SD Bay). This one would've been really close to that but I had no idea! You're right though, very tasty! Just like chicken. I mean....white seabass.

So the shortfins have orange mouths too? I did not know that! I just assumed that it was the other because of that orange. Time for me to study up a little apparently! How big do Shortfins get? I've heard Orangemouths can reach 25# or more.

Apparently wiki hasn't caught up to the fact that corvina are also caught on the beaches and in the lagoons! 8-)

Vina! With a V ! ;)

Threw some x-raps for 5 short halis (1 just barely!) and this nice orangemouth. That's a 28" cutting board so that would be a legal wsb! Fished an hour on each side of the low slack at the inlet.

That young man definitely looks hoked! :D Rockin' the Xtra-tufs.

Fatty!

When I first started collecting for Scripps some 25 yrs ago, every Cuda that we handled and then moved to holding tanks would die within 2-3 days, usually from fungus. Once we started bouncing them into our onboard holding tank without touching them the survival rate went to almost 100%...

Just an FYI to all y'all out there.....I worked for Scripps Inst. of Oceanography for many years as their bio-collector. When you handle cudas they almost always die after. Keep them in the water and unhook and release them. That heavy slime they wear is their protection from bacteria. When you...

Sarcastic Fringeheads look just like albies when they boil

Nothing wrong with the boat. Nothing wrong with the spinner. But you have the handle on the wrong side of the reel! :D

Uninformed, possibly biased opinion (Shimano rep?). I've had Calstars, Seekers, Phenixes, Penns, and more over the years. Right now I have an 8' Daiwa Proteus spinner that landed a 140# bluefin last year (and several 100-lbers) and a 75# wahoo the year before. It's an awesome rod.

I've tried em. The Berkeley Gulp peeler crabs work better

U.S. - 10 yellowtail, but only 5 can be under 24". Mexico - 5 yellowtail, no size limit.

in The few times I've been lucky enough to jp I've given it all to the crew. It's free money! AND I pay my galley tab and fillet bill out of my own pocket. I'm not even close to being rich, but I know what it's like to rely on tips. We've all been stiffed, but never by any of you!, thank...

That lure's for suckers!

Can't really see blaming the tackle shop when the line breaks. Knot failure?....then yes. Line breaks?....Sounds like you needed heavier line

That's a Bluebanded Ronquil (Rathbunella hypoplecta). Probably a breeding male from the dark coloration. The dorsal and anal fin ray counts line up and you can just make out the blue coloring on the anal fin that gives it its name. Pretty rare catch but seen by divers occasionally. And yes, I am...

Fluoro

Is that a pic of it in your avatar? If so, you should really think about getting a new scale! :p: :p: :p:

Definition of a good day: 1) Went fishing 2) Nobody got hurt 3) Can use the boat again Good day sir!

No, no, no. It's not about me. You are so obviously the most clever and witty poster ever! I am humbled by your presence. Keep up the good work. The world waits on your next post. So awesome! Darn it! I'm going fishing right now, looks like I'll miss the next mots of wisdom. Life is so full of...

Ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha! U so funny! Which bar in Hillcrest u workin, stand-up/bend-over comic?

Bloamie, hoamie

Some quality fish there! Good job & nice report.

That's a longfin sanddab. They're usually left-eyed but not always. Only flatfish around here with a pectoral fin that long

You suck at being a human being. You should probably try something else

Awww, man! And I could SO use a laugh today.....

Looking to add a few (more) to the box. Appreciate any input on sizes/colors for flatfalls, snipers, maybe wax wings too? Thanks in advance.

Yes. California Penal Code 481327, sect. C, prohibits public display of any game animal carcass, including fish....look it up!

Police??? More likely every cat in the 'hood!

Mr. Bean as the OP; Christopher Walken as the deckie. :p:

I like my deck hands (and women) the same way I like my coffee.....old, bitter, and picked up at a 7-11 :D

Nice fat cabs! Them's some sweet eats!

"Cage goes in the water? You go in the water? Shark's in the water? OUR shark?....Farewell and adieu all you fair Spanish ladies, farewell and adieu all you ladies of Spain...."

How does this 6-yr. old report really merit re-posting? Just cuz of that recent YouTube vid? C'mon, man!

Now THAT is conservative use of punctuation! YOU, sir, should be in charge of California's water supply!

The bartender says, "We don't serve time-travelers here." A time-traveler walks into a bar.....

Yeah, I've never frozen it. I'd gladly spend a day catching 10# bonies!

Couple years ago I caught some 12-15 lb'ers out at San Nick. Gutted and iced 'em immediately, then grilled 'em and served them to a couple of fishing buddies who swore they'd never eat bonito ("That's cat food!"). Told 'em it was albacore. They raved about it! I never told them the truth

Only $300? You'll be getting off cheap!

P-Line Lazer Minnows in chovy pattern maybe?

You're reading my mind!.....

Big bones!

Finescale Trigger. Good eats! Skin like a shark almost, though. Will make you sharpen ur filet knife! I've seen a bunch of em while diving the last two years up around O'side.

Not again....Still...! :);):p:

Well said!

Thanks for the report.... (sorta)

You're welcome! Kind of applies for all the rest of the week too, some might think

I believe everyone on earth falls into one of two categories: Cheaters, and Non-cheaters. No one ever just cheats once. You are either an honest individual or a habitual cheater. If you're a cheater, then in reality, you are only cheating yourself.

"Farmed" = Long-line release

It was a sarcastic fringe-hoo. I saw it. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the LSD and absinthe. :rolleyes:

Thanks for the fishing report

That's a nice big cave troll!

30+ fer sure! :-) ...Nice job!:ele:

Molto Hemingway-esque!

Wow!!! What! A! Report!!! !!!!#!!/!!!!!!

In answer to your questions: 1) Yes, and 2) Yes. So did you release the trashfish unharmed?

What?!?! No raging over the smaller model YTs? The pissers-and- moaners have lost their edge! :D

Flags? Flags? We don't need no stinking flags! We just go get the fish that need to get got without worrying about getting the lacy pink underalls all wet

You eat flies and mosquitoes? :confused: :D

R u guys major league baseball pitchers? Those beards are epic!

Tuna weren't attacking the shark. They use sharks as a means of dislodging parasites and random food particles from their gills. Since they can't do this on the bottom in deep water, sharks, molas and other large fish are their method of choice. I worked at an aquarium for years and watched...

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonias mydas). See them occasionally when I'm diving. Apparently there's a fairly large group (60-70) that live year-round in SD Bay. See them out in the open-water when the purple-striped jellies are around. Turtles eat jellyfish so leave ur plastic bags at home where they...

Wow! Those are some big yellowtail! :eek: :D

Think you're showing your inner self a little more than we all need to see

I bought all the kelp and cut it up into patties that I'm going to distribute offshore. And NO, you cannot have the co-ords!

Beauty! heading out tomorrow. Thanks for the report

Ever notice how people use those 2 words: "just saying" as their excuse for being an a-hole and trying to impose their opinions on everyone else? Just saying!

Speaking from experience.....keeping a "no possession" fish in your bait tank counts as possession. F&G can cite you for illegal possession and it really, REALLY hurts, to the tune of $2000 in the case of the boat I was on. Just glad it wasn't my catch or my idea to hang onto it!

How about "Lisa"? Reminds me of a Lisa I knew.....

Why on earth would you want to weigh something on a scale? :confused: :D LOL

Now THAT'S a fish report!

And yet, here we are on a fishing forum where people beg for fishing reports. Sounds like a fishing report to me!

.....technically known as "Pink Cockfish"

Sarcastic FringeJack

That was probly where I stopped to pee on the way back from the island....o_O

Slob bonitos!

And the douche award for this thread goes to.......

.......Abide.

Wouldn't they still publish it in the fish counts? Seems like they'd want to take advantage of it to get some trips booked. No telling when those pics were taken. I'd love to believe it, but.....

And yet, if u go to the Dana Wharf website, they report no tuna caught and the Helena didn't even go out yesterday. Gotta side w/the April Foolers on this one.

damn skippy, sherlock

Noo-oo-oo.....I was referring to your statement (twice) that "thinking isn't a requirement to post at BD". But feel free to read anything else into it that you want. Seems to be almost a religion a hereabouts.

Redundantly repetitious, AND continuing to make my point for me. Nice work!

Which must explain why we're up to our elbows in sea otters around here! Glad we got a marine life expert's input there! Or not.

Story I got from a marine biologist is it's caused by eating octopuses

More pics......less words please! I have a headache now

Went 20 mi. on 240° heading, then north to the 277, back in towards the domes and down to oside. Lots of patties. Lots of 1# yellows under those patties. Tried deep-dropping irons even though no sonar marks. Lots of porps, again no sonar marks. Pod of about 20 unk. BIG porps (11-12'ers), black...

I feel more like I do now than I did when I got here

Correction, I was wrong. Sculpin are open. Just checked regs.

Sculpin also closed, I believe until March 15. Check the regs!

If the club you go to is in a refrigerator box under an overpass

Co-ord? How deep? What bait were you using? Birds? Porps?

Like!

Gosh, if only your Mom could read the pearls of wisdom you've imparted to all of us. She'd be so proud

Sounds like he was just upset there were no young guys onboard for rowdy little roscoe to cuddle up with

Mutant Sarcastic Fringehead

I speared one smaller than that! Hey....relax! I released it!

Trophy Whitefish!

Sarcastic Fringehead

Holy hell! What a bunch of old women gossiping over the back fence this website has become!

How far off were you?

I'd rather have a tainted bait......than a baited taint!

Sarcastic Fringeheads

From what I've seen the last 2 days out of O'side, you shoulda left the trollers in for that last 5 miles

Yeah, it's believed those Mexican snakes are coming here to take all the really good, high-paying jobs from the hard-working US of A sea snakes. Build a fence.

Looks like you should check out "Hooked on Phonics". Will really help w/your reading ability

"YTF"? Yellowtin Funa??

See above!

Now you're using your head for more than a hat rack!

What.!?! No pics of the parasites?

BS w/o pix

How long was that humpy? 12'-14'?

The fish. He asked for an ID

That's Joe. We went to high school together.

It's disturbing that you even noticed. Most of us look at the fish

Sarcastic Fringehead

So, Mike. Presumption here has to be that you are a deckhand on a cattleboat and the tips haven't been all that great? Sounds like there might be some jobs out there in the sewage treatment biz. You should look into it. Then you could do more than just TALK shit......you'd get to eat it it too!

That's what works! I've got two this way this year.

Not OK.

Yeah, be aware that having any sea turtle on your vessel is a state law violation AND a felony under federal law. You were technically (and illegally) in possession of a federally-classified endangered species. Also be aware that both the state and the feds monitor a lot of these websites and...

What is this "struper" you speak of? Is it related to the Fartcastic Skringehead?

How many times were you dropped on the head in the delivery room? Or is it just that Fetal Alcohol Syndrome......

Harmless to divers, even the big ones (sharks, not divers). I've been in the water with 'em many times in Baja and a few times around here.

Medialuna californiensis aka "Halfmoon"

Rhodesian Ridgeback

Thunnus albacares for sure. Yellow anal fin.

Isurus oxyrinchus........and yes, I am an expert.

I'm gonna paint my speargun black and purple.

Speargun!

Nothing like a nice, relaxing day on the water!

Yumm! Make some gumbo!

I dunno......this thread seems pretty dick-ish.....

Click that link and you'll be sorry......

Golden Grouper! Sweet!

How can you accuse him of being a liberal? Oh wait....his name IS Clinton! I see it now...LOLLOLLOL

What puzzles me is: If the commercial catch is being cut 40%, why not the same for sportfishermen? A 6-fish limit would be 40% down from 10 fish. Or even 50%? Who really needs more than 5 bluefin anyway? Don't mind paying my share, but 80% vs. 40% seems a little unbalanced to me.

Without a doubt....Sarcastic Fringehead...... whatever

Without ax doubt....Sarcastic Fringe

Was wondering how things looked out there. Thanks for info.

Love those shirts!

That a Pt. Wilson Dart? I have lots of other questions but don't think it's likely they'll get answered!

All? what? question? marks? Not? sure? I? know? what? you? mean!?!?!?

Dude! You could see that paddy from the Space Shuttle! Which is landing at Montgomery Field today, by the way.

Oh yeah! I almost forgot! LOL!!!

Yep! Sebastes auriculatus - Brown RF. The brown spot on the gill cover is the giveaway. Don't feel impotent on ID'ing rockfish. I know biologists who have trouble. After all, there's only about 70 different species of em on the west coast!

To paraphrase an old pilot's saying, "It's always better to be on shore wishing you were out there, than out there wishing you were on shore!"

Hey Austy, is that a Bimini softtop on ur boat? With isin connected to windshield? If so, am looking for same. Recommendations?

Nice yellow !! You should use more exclamation points in your reports !!! LOL (Just effin' w/ya !!!!!!)

I didn't see the show but your description said it pretty well. Given that those big makos are generally the females, they took out more than just the two sharks. Let "Mako Matt" know how you feel when you see him, BDers! And let him know you won't be spending your money with him. Vocalizing...

I'm worn out!

Sea temp was 63.5 all AM, all over. No breaks.

Did morning run out 15 mi. or so toward 181 then looped north. Saw several decent-sized patties. No yellows, no bait, no molas, no nothin! No bird, porp or whale action. Came back in at the box canyon cluster. Didn't see anyone hooked up. Then boat wouldn't start. Found coil was extremely hot...

I use a big long-shank hook w/barb pinched shut, tie a 5 or 6-oz. weight to the eye of said hook. Tie reel line to the bend of the hook. To lower fish: stick barbless hook thru fishes lower lip, let the weight take the fish down, pull up on your rod and hook will slide out of fish lip. Works...

Bucketmouth

Pound for pound the hardest fighting fish in our local waters. YOU'RE the one who's hooked now! Congrats.

Proof of the old adage: "Most lures are designed to catch fishermen!" Back to the thread. I caught an 11' (released, weight unknown) white sturgeon on a nightcrawler, #6 hook, while walleye fishing on the Columbia. He hit it on the drop in middle of water column, not on the bottom, so he didn't...

You'll shoot your eye out!........LOL

"Nice! Where did you get the matching bonita shirt?" Hi-larious!! :D

Hog cabby! I speared one once about that size and he had 3 little lobsters in his stomach. No wonder they taste so good!

Most helpful! Thanks!

Thanks! Plan is to head n. out of o'side. Hit a few reefs looking for yt's. Any idea how deep he was fishing? Iron or bait?

Thinking of prowling the sea tomorrow, anywhere from San Ono to Encinitas. Looking for any fish updates from you weekndrs. While I understand that there are NO FISH IN OCEANSIDE......:D, any helpful info from the last day or 2 would be greatly appreciated. Here's to ya!

From everything I've read, and years as a marine biologist, only 10% of California Halibut have eyes on the right side. Yet here you've landed 4 of them. What are the odds? Any statisticians out there wanna take a stab at it?

Last time a cattle boat poached my paddie, I pulled the whole paddie up on to my swim-step and the back end of my boat with a boathook and drove off with it. The looks on their faces were priceless!