4:39 PM Breaking News / Reports: The tuna fleet is seeing striped marlin near the tuna......heck there was one in the counts on a 1.5 day boat out of San Diego yesterday......who knows they maybe coming 9/1
4:38 PM Breaking News / Reports: The rumor is that there was a feeder seen near the 267 outside Dana today.....9/1
4:37 PM Breaking News / Reports: The tuna fleet found fish but they were not ready to bite.......here we go with the lock jaw again!!! 9/1
Bill DePriest-Editor/Publisher July 23
Yes, I know, everyone is chomping at the bit for the fish to really get here. Tuna at 140 nautical miles from San Diego does not qualify as our "local" tuna season. Although things are late, they are coming.
By the way, they are late everywhere in the world on the Pacific. I heard that...
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Darrell Ticehurst/Fisheries Issues September 1
AB2376 passes in the dead of the night last night, August 31, and with its passing it dashes the hopes of all anglers that we will ever get a fair shake from California Department of Fish and Game. Indeed, it is beyond belief that recreational anglers, the largest single stakeholder group that would be impacted, were never consulted about AB2376 and are not even acknowledged within the proposed language. The bill requires that a committee be formed to develop a "strategic vision" for F&G. And in language clearly borrowed from the Marine Life Protection Act sets up a "blue ribbon committee" and an "advisory committee" and a "task force" to develop the state strategy. Wording sadly familiar and depressing to the entire recreational fishing industry. Clearly this is a power grab by the runaway enviro groups to get control over F&G policy. And this bill gives them the tools to do so.
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Rick Ferguson "DaGoose" August 24
A fortunate man has many good friends to spend time on the water with. A lucky man also has good friends with nice boats! Such was the case recently when invited for a long boy's weekend with Larry Marble on his sweet Sportcraft Dawn Patrol II with Jeff Cozzolino. The armada also included Dave Peter's Teaser crew, with Herbert Presley and his son Dustin, visiting from Texas. Dustin loves to fish. He's good at it too, wanting badly to capture his first tuna. That just wasn't in the cards but the weather forecast was great.
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Capt. David Bacon-Charter Captain/PCS Senior Editor August 25
Fluctuating water temps are presenting challenges, but ample rewards are in the mix, too. For example, each water temps bump up just a few degrees, halibut and calico bass both go wild, eating everything in sight. Halibut are biting for bounce-ballers and drifters alike, with slightly more fish coming from Channel Islands hotspots including Chinese Harbor, Christy's Ranch and Bechers Bay. Productive mainland spots are: beaches near Port Hueneme, off the Ventura River mouth, near Rock Island, Goleta, inside Naples Reef and near Gaviota.
Alan's Workbench September 1
In the hunt for big fish, most everyone will agree that a two-speed reel is essential. The question will commonly arise, however, at what point do you really need a 2-speed? Big fish, obviously, but someone will invarialbly chime in, "Hey, I can land one of those without a 2-speed!" OK, fair enough. Remember the guy at that cocktail party? Yeah, him. The one with the fish tie, now your wife's EX-boss. Well, that's fine. Maybe he can land a big fish with a single-speed reel because he can bench press 300 pounds. But fishermen, like fish, come in all shapes and sizes. Meet my good friend, Ed Watson.
Capt. G / Pacific Rim Specialist September 1
As we were rigging our tackle two days prior to our yellowfin tuna trip, Mr. Hayashi showed me the fish he had recently landed--an 88 pound yellowfin tuna with long yellow fins.
That got me all pumped up for our trip, but the next two days saw the main body of larger (45 to 80 lb.) yellowfin tuna move way up the line, out of one day reach. Still hoping for a shot at the fish, six of us departed from Wagu, Mie Prefecture.
February 17:
With increased public aware- ness of the need for sustain- able fisheries, more anglers are turning to catch-and-release fishing as a means to satisfying their desire for fishing as well as doing their part to conserve local stocks. Typically, an angler opts to re-lease a fish to fight another day. That the retention of a particular species violates a fishery management regulation could be another motivating factor. Such regulations include seasonal catch restrictions, size limits, and bag limits imposed by state and federal fishery management agencies. Catch regulations that require the release of certain individuals are based on the assumption that fish survive capture and subsequent handling; however, the effectiveness of these regulations depends on post-release survival rates.
January 8:
A happy-go-lucky boatload of people may instantly have their smiles turned upside down when they pull up to a bait receiver in the morning and see the dreaded “Closed” sign hung out. Live bait may not be absolutely necessary – Gulp bait and Powerbait out-produce it sometimes – but most of us feel that live bait sure does add to our fish-hunting arsenal. When it happens to me, I know that today just got tougher because my options are limited. Sure, it is possible to jig up a barely sufficient supply of ’dines or small mackies near most harbor mouths, but we sure feel properly prepared heading out with a full tank of well-cured bait from the bait receiver.
