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Disastrous Bill Passes for Governor’s Signature
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.
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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MPA's – Benefits Are MIA
We have read so much about MPA's, how they will fix all of the problems and ensure that the public has a better ocean. Oh, that that would be true! What a wonderful solution to our ocean's problems! But let's look at what is really happening now that they have been in place for, in the Central Coast area, a couple of years.
We have read so much about MPA's, how they will fix all of the problems and ensure that the public has a better ocean. Oh, that that would be true! What a wonderful solution to our ocean's problems! But let's look at what is really happening now that they have been in place for, in the Central Coast area, a couple of years.
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Best Tournament Format Ever
Tournament Anglers Association conducts two tournaments each year that offer the best, most evenly competitive format that I have found for a fishing tournament. The TAA Eastcape Billfish Tournament is a three day tournament held in June each year at Palmas de Cortez Hotel. Here are the rules and what makes this so perfect for a fun yet competitive event:
Tournament Anglers Association conducts two tournaments each year that offer the best, most evenly competitive format that I have found for a fishing tournament. The TAA Eastcape Billfish Tournament is a three day tournament held in June each year at Palmas de Cortez Hotel. Here are the rules and what makes this so perfect for a fun yet competitive event:
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Salmon Season Now Set
Well the tough two-meeting Pacific Fishery Management Council process finished last week and the salmon season is set, ending September 6. Fishing will be five-days-a-week South of Point Arena and a 24-inch size limit. North of Point Arena fishing will be open seven-days-a-week with a 24-inch size limit.
Well the tough two-meeting Pacific Fishery Management Council process finished last week and the salmon season is set, ending September 6. Fishing will be five-days-a-week South of Point Arena and a 24-inch size limit. North of Point Arena fishing will be open seven-days-a-week with a 24-inch size limit.
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Salmon Summit Remarks – April 1, 2010
The Salmon Summit looks to have been a big success. Congressmen Thompson and Miller said some very heartening things and showed their support and it expressed their thoughts very clearly in the opening of this event. Commercial fishermen, restaurant owners, fish processors, harbor managers, recreational anglers, and many others told everyone just how important salmon and the Sacramento River system are to all of us. Below are my own remarks as an invited panelist:
The Salmon Summit looks to have been a big success. Congressmen Thompson and Miller said some very heartening things and showed their support and it expressed their thoughts very clearly in the opening of this event. Commercial fishermen, restaurant owners, fish processors, harbor managers, recreational anglers, and many others told everyone just how important salmon and the Sacramento River system are to all of us. Below are my own remarks as an invited panelist:
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Salmon Summit April 1
Congressmen Miller and Thompson representing two large districts near the Sacramento River delta are meeting with a number of anglers on April 1st at Fort Mason in San Francisco to discuss the delta and the water issues associated with a healthy run of salmon. Scheduled to speak are a number of affected parties including spokesmen for the party boats, commercial fishermen and tackle manufacturers and other economic segments that depend upon salmon for part of their livelihood. I'm going to talk about just how important it is to get the tens of thousands of private boaters and their friends back on the water, and just how important that is to our economy.
Congressmen Miller and Thompson representing two large districts near the Sacramento River delta are meeting with a number of anglers on April 1st at Fort Mason in San Francisco to discuss the delta and the water issues associated with a healthy run of salmon. Scheduled to speak are a number of affected parties including spokesmen for the party boats, commercial fishermen and tackle manufacturers and other economic segments that depend upon salmon for part of their livelihood. I'm going to talk about just how important it is to get the tens of thousands of private boaters and their friends back on the water, and just how important that is to our economy.
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Salmon Season Now Looks Good
The PFMC met in Sacramento this week and established the salmon season options for this year. The PFMC April meeting will decide the final season structure from these options. However, because the PFMC did not take emergency action at this meeting it looks as if the April salmon season will happen no matter what. This is because the scheduling of the PFMC meetings is off by a bit with the salmon season dates so they approve the April fishery a year ahead of time and then confirm the rest of the season starting May 1 in April of the same year.
So the options look good and are as follows:
The PFMC met in Sacramento this week and established the salmon season options for this year. The PFMC April meeting will decide the final season structure from these options. However, because the PFMC did not take emergency action at this meeting it looks as if the April salmon season will happen no matter what. This is because the scheduling of the PFMC meetings is off by a bit with the salmon season dates so they approve the April fishery a year ahead of time and then confirm the rest of the season starting May 1 in April of the same year.
So the options look good and are as follows:
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Salmon season in jeopardy! Call to arms!
PFMC Meeting on March 8
Salmon season this year? We are going to have to fight for it! There are plenty of fish for a recreational season, so don't believe what you read in the newspapers. We have a right to a season and the science says that a season is in accord with the conservation objectives. But there are many who don't want us to fish and we have to let them know that the facts and the science support having a sport season. That means getting out and attending the PFMC meeting and letting them know that we are here and that we will fight to get it.
PFMC Meeting on March 8
Salmon season this year? We are going to have to fight for it! There are plenty of fish for a recreational season, so don't believe what you read in the newspapers. We have a right to a season and the science says that a season is in accord with the conservation objectives. But there are many who don't want us to fish and we have to let them know that the facts and the science support having a sport season. That means getting out and attending the PFMC meeting and letting them know that we are here and that we will fight to get it.
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Salmon Under Attack. Where is CDF&G? Answer: MIA
There is a major push to grab the Sacramento River water by the Central Valley farmers and the SoCal folks. They are perfectly willing to kill off every salmon and to ride roughshod over every protection provided by the Endangered Species Act. According to Dan Bacher of the Fish Sniffer: "Governor Schwarzenegger and the San Joaquin Valley Representatives have launched a series of administrative, legal and legislative attacks against the biological opinions protecting Delta smelt and Central Valley salmon. The same forces are advocating the construction of a peripheral canal and more dams to facilitate water exports to the west side of the San Joaquin Valley and southern California."
There is a major push to grab the Sacramento River water by the Central Valley farmers and the SoCal folks. They are perfectly willing to kill off every salmon and to ride roughshod over every protection provided by the Endangered Species Act. According to Dan Bacher of the Fish Sniffer: "Governor Schwarzenegger and the San Joaquin Valley Representatives have launched a series of administrative, legal and legislative attacks against the biological opinions protecting Delta smelt and Central Valley salmon. The same forces are advocating the construction of a peripheral canal and more dams to facilitate water exports to the west side of the San Joaquin Valley and southern California."
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Shrimp off San Francisco
Started hearing isolated stories about shrimp off the Central Coast, mostly about the coon striped shrimp (smaller shrimp as contrasted with the larger spot prawns which can be found in deeper water). So I invested in two shrimp pots from Willapa Bay and gave it a try. I run a few crab pots so I just zip tied the two pots to two separate crab pots and put them back down, fishing right where the Dungeness crabs are caught, not expecting much. Imagine my surprise the next day when the first pot I pulled had more than 200 shrimp! And the fact that the shrimp pot was full seemed to pull more crabs into my crab pot as well, so a double win. Anyway the second pot had only about 20, but I was enthused that there might be something to trying this.
Started hearing isolated stories about shrimp off the Central Coast, mostly about the coon striped shrimp (smaller shrimp as contrasted with the larger spot prawns which can be found in deeper water). So I invested in two shrimp pots from Willapa Bay and gave it a try. I run a few crab pots so I just zip tied the two pots to two separate crab pots and put them back down, fishing right where the Dungeness crabs are caught, not expecting much. Imagine my surprise the next day when the first pot I pulled had more than 200 shrimp! And the fact that the shrimp pot was full seemed to pull more crabs into my crab pot as well, so a double win. Anyway the second pot had only about 20, but I was enthused that there might be something to trying this.
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