Alan's Workbench
It's Been A Brutal Winter...
May. 26 2009, 2:48 PM
May. 26 2009, 2:48 PM
...But fishing season is finally here! I just love the ocean and I pretty much limit myself to ocean fishing only. I fish inshore during most of the May to November season. Right now that means only rock cod and ling cod. In Northern California, our salmon fishery has collapsed, halibut has always been spotty, and white sea bass are like ghosts (you don’t find them, they find you). In late summer months, we may or may not get a shot at albacore. Last year they hop scotched right over us and landed in Oregon.
With the entire sport fleet facing the same problems, the inshore reefs within 15 miles of every harbor have pretty much been picked clean of larger rock fish. That means that you have to make a 25 to 40 mile run, past the range of most of the smaller skiffs, to get to some decent fishing. My Grady White 258 can make that kind of run easily, but it still makes for a very long day. This year, I am going to concentrate on kid’s trips. I am also going to work the NorCalKayak Club to mothership out the kayak fishermen to waters that they would normally not have access to. I hope you will enjoy the reports. For me, it will simply be nice to be back on the water again.
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May 28, 2009, 9:38 pm
That is my least favorite sign (NO FISHING) of all that mankind has come up with.