Not giving the Yellowtail a rest

[radastaff]

nice fish

wish it was me



p

[Jared]

I understand your point and I respect what you say but to be honest, Yellow tail is like gold around my house with four roomates and no money. 2 of the four fish we ate that night and the other two are feeding our family BBQ on Sunday. Haha. Sorry if I offended anyone keeping three fish but to be honest I was amped to see if three was possible on a kayak.

[roosta]

You guys are my heroes of the month!
See you at work...

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by 805gregg

After 2 fish, how about catch and release? There is not an unlimited supply and if you release, you or someone else can catch it again. Plus it might be able to reproduce. 80-120# of fish is alot for 2 people.

805Gregg - Some seiners can bag as much as 20,000 tons per year. That's 40,000,000 (40 Million) Pounds per year, not including by catch. By slaughtering some yellows here and there, and living off that, we are not supporting the 40 Million Pound / year seiners and all their trashed by catch... I don't know if that makes sense, but it seems logical to me.

Read up on it...
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/pacific...es/001648.html

[Jared]

After a slow morning with some rough water and ugly cloud cover, I almost called it a day...



The result


Thanks for the photos Larry.

[deeberdave]

Well said Darkhouse,
With our resource being threatened from all sides we have lots more
important things to do than call each other names!!!
Great post:notwort hy:
THANKS

[805gregg]

I was not trying to tell anyone what to do, it was more of a question. No laws were broken or maybe the laws themself are what's broken. The Ca Fish and Game seem to let everything go as is until there is a problem. Look at the Abalone population or Black sea bass, there are alot less Albacore than in the past. Now some of our channel Islands areas are closed to fishing because of over fishing. I'm not a tree hugger by any means, I don't belong to any groups, I surf, but don't join Surfrider, because of their anti fishing stance. The older I get, the more I see the need to conserve some of our presious resources. I fished Albacore commerically in the early 70's, and we would catch 100 fish an hour on jigs, now look at the Albacore population. I live in Ojai by choice, and plan to stay there, I moved from San Diego 25 years ago, when I saw how crowded it was getting. When I fish now I only keep what I will eat that night and release everything else so hopefully there will be fish when I fish tomorrow. I'm not putting any one down just making suggestions.

[aguachico]

Originally Posted by 805gregg

I was not trying to tell anyone what to do, it was more of a question. No laws were broken or maybe the laws themself are what's broken. The Ca Fish and Game seem to let everything go as is until there is a problem. Look at the Abalone population or Black sea bass, there are alot less Albacore than in the past. Now some of our channel Islands areas are closed to fishing because of over fishing. I'm not a tree hugger by any means, I don't belong to any groups, I surf, but don't join Surfrider, because of their anti fishing stance. The older I get, the more I see the need to conserve some of our presious resources. I fished Albacore commerically in the early 70's, and we would catch 100 fish an hour on jigs, now look at the Albacore population. I live in Ojai by choice, and plan to stay there, I moved from San Diego 25 years ago, when I saw how crowded it was getting. When I fish now I only keep what I will eat that night and release everything else so hopefully there will be fish when I fish tomorrow. I'm not putting any one down just making suggestions.

With that said, your original post is condescending. You are projecting your personal limit on another angler. That's the probelm. You can bust on someone's over priced shimano gear, their peddle craft, their slow ass ugly cobra or funky waders - but when an angler stays within the limits of the CA DFG. Back off and let give them their 5 minutes of fame. If you want to discuss politics, do it on your own post or send them a PM.

BTW: released some nice calis 4#'s Saturday while fishing WSB. SHould kept the mofo's for tacos today.

[Handymansd]

Originally Posted by aguachico

With that said, your original post is condescending. You are projecting your personal limit on another angler. That's the probelm. You can bust on someone's over priced shimano gear, their peddle craft, their slow ass ugly cobra or funky waders - but when an angler stays within the limits of the CA DFG. Back off and let give them their 5 minutes of fame. If you want to discuss politics, do it on your own post or send them a PM.

My sentiments exactly. Please, lets leave the politics out, unless it something that brings us together, or makes us stronger! We have enough problems with all the different opinions and personalities gathered together on these boards. When someone posts their catch it is because they are proud and want to share with others. Bagging on someone's catch is just tacky and bad form.

[dorado50]

Classic pic of the two rods bendo, would make for a great picture framed and on the wall!

[SDdude]

Jared,
No need for any apologies or explanations in my book. I was in the same boat once upon a time (a house full of hungry roommates). Besides, what you did doesn't even come close to what guys are pulling in on a good day offshore on a single PB. And don't even get me started on the seiners...

So, congrats to you. And to Bailey for his first YT.

--Raleigh

P.S. - Dude, what happened to the hair? :>) Guess I haven't been by the shop lately.

Originally Posted by Jared

I understand your point and I respect what you say but to be honest, Yellow tail is like gold around my house with four roomates and no money. 2 of the four fish we ate that night and the other two are feeding our family BBQ on Sunday. Haha. Sorry if I offended anyone keeping three fish but to be honest I was amped to see if three was possible on a kayak.

[dorado50]

I dedicate all my recent and future dead fish to "805gregg". If only he would bitch and complain to the mexican goverment (and Japaneese)as to what their sieners are doing to fish populations and the effect it has on US waters than just maybe the next generation may have an over abundance of fish! ps. do all your released fish live to see another day? I doubt it. Your a fish killer like the rest of us.lol

[habanero]

Nobody can accuse me of catching too much fish lately but if I do, who among you have a reasonable knowledge of the survivability after releasing a big predator?

[THE DARKHORSE]

Originally Posted by habanero

Nobody can accuse me of catching too much fish lately but if I do, who among you have a reasonable knowledge of the survivability after releasing a big predator?

The other side of this fish had some real ugly healing wounds that would of looked like certain death when fresh.


I've caught plenty of Yellowtail and Halibut with obvious scars from Sealions and gaffs that tore out (especially big Halibut with obvious tore out gaff scars that healed nicely). This doesn't mean to ever let a fish go if you gaffed him, never.