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Originally Posted by Saba Slayer
Be sure to pick up a map or the DFW booklet on fishing areas that are closed just to the east and to the west of Two Harbors. .....
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Just checked: Blue Cavern SMCA western boundary apears to run right over bird rock so the highspot the the Northwest is still open to fishing. I never fished East of Bird rock anyway, and shiprock is clear of the reserve as well. Shiprock, the rock way outside can be good for Bass and Rockfish. The reason I would not recomend it is it's not a good place to anchor for the big boat, and a long way to kayak from the anchorage. It's also directly downwind from Twin Harbors which can be a big issue in the afternoon. In fact the whole twin harbor area can be extremely windy in the afternoons. Wind from the west get's funneled in by the cliffs on the other side of Cat Harbor and it becomes a wind effect area like a mountain pass. It's no big deal if you take a mooring, but I've seen full on yachts loose anchor and get blown out to sea there, that's why I like to anchor further west, to get behind the cliffs and out of the main force of the wind.
Blue Cavern SMCA info..
http://www.californiampas.org/pages/...cavernsmca.pdf
http://www.californiampas.org/pages/...avernsmca.html
Blue Cavern SMCA (no-take)
Permitted/Prohibited Uses:
- Recreational Fishing:
- Allowed Species: None
- Prohibited Species: All
- Commercial Fishing:
- Allowed Species: None
- Prohibited Species: All
- Other Regulations:
- Except as pursuant to Federal law, emergency caused by hazardous weather, or as provided in this section, it is unlawful to anchor or moor a vessel in the Blue Cavern State Marine Conservation Area. The director of the Blue Cavern State Marine Conservation Area, or any person that the director of the conservation area has authorized may anchor or moor a vessel or take, for scientific purposes, any fish or specimen of marine life under the conditions prescribed in a scientific collecting permit issued by the department.
Effective as of: January 1, 2012