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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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Trouble-shooting a Daiwa SL 30SH
Question: I changed the drags on a Daiwa SL30SH (Carbontex), greased the drive shaft bearing and oiled the spool bearings. Basically did everything and used everything that you said to do in the rebuild post. I put everything back together and it all works, BUT when I turn the handle and just let it fly I start to hear a low grinding noise as soon as I let go of the handle and it continues to turn. Seems like if I crank while the reel is tilted I hear that noise again... Is something loose or the gear is bad? I have no left-over pieces.
Question: I changed the drags on a Daiwa SL30SH (Carbontex), greased the drive shaft bearing and oiled the spool bearings. Basically did everything and used everything that you said to do in the rebuild post. I put everything back together and it all works, BUT when I turn the handle and just let it fly I start to hear a low grinding noise as soon as I let go of the handle and it continues to turn. Seems like if I crank while the reel is tilted I hear that noise again... Is something loose or the gear is bad? I have no left-over pieces.
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San Clemente Island
As the water starts to warm up, we spend weekend after weekend trying to get on that great yellowtail bite at Clemente. I have taken two trips so far, and although there are some fish showing on the front, the backside is still not giving any of its golden bounty.
As the water starts to warm up, we spend weekend after weekend trying to get on that great yellowtail bite at Clemente. I have taken two trips so far, and although there are some fish showing on the front, the backside is still not giving any of its golden bounty.
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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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Fabulous Rockfishing Throughout the Santa Barbara Channel
Weather windows provide opportunities for sampling the fabulous rockfishing throughout the Santa Barbara Channel. The fish have had a couple of months off and they are anxious to eat. Shallow-water rockfishing along the coast often results in limits of medium-size chocolates, reds, johnny bass and ocean whitefish, while at the Channel Islands, the catch is whopper size reds, chucklehead, bocaccio and blue rockfish. Hotspots this week are gap between Anacapa and Santa Cruz islands, the west end of Santa Cruz Island and the north side of Santa Rosa Island. Big lingcod are coming up too, but get to swim back home until their season opens up on April Fools Day.
Weather windows provide opportunities for sampling the fabulous rockfishing throughout the Santa Barbara Channel. The fish have had a couple of months off and they are anxious to eat. Shallow-water rockfishing along the coast often results in limits of medium-size chocolates, reds, johnny bass and ocean whitefish, while at the Channel Islands, the catch is whopper size reds, chucklehead, bocaccio and blue rockfish. Hotspots this week are gap between Anacapa and Santa Cruz islands, the west end of Santa Cruz Island and the north side of Santa Rosa Island. Big lingcod are coming up too, but get to swim back home until their season opens up on April Fools Day.
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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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The 2010 Fred Hall Show in Long Beach, California
The annual Fred Hall tackle show will be held again this week in Long Beach, CA, and it's one of the largest in the nation. Without a doubt, it is the most popular show on the west coast. I'll be flying down from northern California, just for the day, to attend. I've got my camera, two camera batteries, a note pad and a whole bunch of questions all ready. In particular, I will be asking about quality and service issues with fishing reels. These are issues that I deal with every day, and they have been mounting.
The annual Fred Hall tackle show will be held again this week in Long Beach, CA, and it's one of the largest in the nation. Without a doubt, it is the most popular show on the west coast. I'll be flying down from northern California, just for the day, to attend. I've got my camera, two camera batteries, a note pad and a whole bunch of questions all ready. In particular, I will be asking about quality and service issues with fishing reels. These are issues that I deal with every day, and they have been mounting.
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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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Electric Reels
Electric reels have been around forever, and are mostly used for deep drop/bottom fish.
The past ten years has seen "Temochi-Concept" electric reels that are designed to be much smaller, and held (Temochi) rather than mounted on rods set in rod holders.
These reels are used for super high speed jigging in Japan for buri and hiramasa (Japanese yellowtail) amberjack, wahoo, and their smaller cousins, the sawara (like a Sierra, or Cero Mackerel).
The first time I saw these type of reels in use was about ten years ago, in the Sea of Japan. We were fishing for sawara and yellowtail, and one guy with a small electric reel was getting bit way more than anyone on the boat. I watched him do his thing-he put the reel on about 1\2 max speed, and as the 150 gram jig screamed up from the bottom, he would use either a regular "fast pitch" jerking action, or an irregular action. The water was very clear, and I could see how fast the jig was moving--I estimated about three times faster than what I could do with my 6:1 gear ratio reels.
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Electric reels have been around forever, and are mostly used for deep drop/bottom fish.
The past ten years has seen "Temochi-Concept" electric reels that are designed to be much smaller, and held (Temochi) rather than mounted on rods set in rod holders.
These reels are used for super high speed jigging in Japan for buri and hiramasa (Japanese yellowtail) amberjack, wahoo, and their smaller cousins, the sawara (like a Sierra, or Cero Mackerel).
The first time I saw these type of reels in use was about ten years ago, in the Sea of Japan. We were fishing for sawara and yellowtail, and one guy with a small electric reel was getting bit way more than anyone on the boat. I watched him do his thing-he put the reel on about 1\2 max speed, and as the 150 gram jig screamed up from the bottom, he would use either a regular "fast pitch" jerking action, or an irregular action. The water was very clear, and I could see how fast the jig was moving--I estimated about three times faster than what I could do with my 6:1 gear ratio reels.
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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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