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07-06-2010, 12:56 PM | #1 |
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SD Bay outing july 5, '10
First - avoid eating a myoplex energy bar - avoid at all costs - trust me on this. Wife was kind enough to offer a bar so I could skip breakfast and get on the water sooner - never again will I eat one of those.
Decided to get to the water early to avoid traffic (bay traffic) since it will be my first time in SD bay. As I trolled to an area not far from the Shelter Island pier I pulled up mac - should have kept it for bait. Once I found a spot I did a drop shot with squid - very quickly felt something tugging at it - took my bait, ok, more squid on the way down - a number of bites, but nothing took the hook. while that was going on I was throwing a plastic grub, pulled up a 14" bass, (pic later) - was going to keep it, but could not figure out what to do with it - do I tie it up and let it drag along side the yak - with the risk of harbor seal grabbing it and causing problems with it tied to the yak? do I get an insulated bag and throw it in there? Do I bring a cooler with ice (no too heavy, too big...). Short session - promised wife time at the fair - got off the water just in time to deal with the myoplex bar (never again). |
07-06-2010, 01:21 PM | #2 |
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Releaseing that bass seemed to have cleared your mind with all those questions going on within you. What would you do with a small bass like that anyway? Probably get half a taco worth and a lifetime of toxic contamination...
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07-06-2010, 04:27 PM | #3 | |
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Google found this for me: http://www.environmentalhealth.org/P...igns9_5_06.htm Warning sign in English: WARNING!Fish From The Bay May Contain Chemicals Believed To Cause Cancer and Birth Defects Per Month, Do Not Eat More Than Adults – 2 Meals Pregnant Women – 1 Meal Children Under 6 – None Avoid Eating Stingray, Sand bass, Croaker and Shellfish.
—(800) 253-9933 bummer... Also found this: http://oehha.ca.gov/fish/pdf/99broch7.pdf But it doesn't say anything about the San Diego area. |
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07-06-2010, 01:23 PM | #4 |
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Thanks for the bay report. I wouldn't sling it over the side. Last time I was out the seals were following us and got a little too close. As for an alternative
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07-06-2010, 01:32 PM | #5 | |
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bay bass are tasty, harbor seals won't steal them, but sea lions will and so will the navy trained killer dolphins.
either throw it in the yak, or put it in a kill bag. a game clip will work too.
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07-06-2010, 04:45 PM | #6 |
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X2 what D said.....shelter island and san diego bay is surrounded my a huge navy base and leaky fuel tanks that have been there for 70 or 80 years....not to mention all the ship yards in the area...ohh yeah and the strand and most of S.coronado (the kays) are built on an old city dump....I would not eat anything caught in any southern californa bays.
Those spotties and sand bass are great fighters and fun to catch but just not something you want to eat more than once in your life. Instead wait until you go out to LJ, keep a calico or two....or better yet go for some rock fish, they are much tastier! or even better WSB and YT!!! As for your fish storage problem, for bass I would keep them in my live well, or gut and gill them and put them in my beer cooler...burlap sacks always work too! |
07-06-2010, 05:34 PM | #7 |
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u can just fillet it on the spot take all of 5 seconds and put the fillets in a baggy and toss the baggy in my (beer) cooler dont ferget to keep a frozen water bottle in there with it and leave a patch of skin for id |
07-06-2010, 08:54 PM | #8 |
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Dump the excess in the water for the crabs?
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07-06-2010, 06:32 PM | #9 |
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07-07-2010, 07:49 AM | #10 |
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