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Old 06-15-2017, 09:21 AM   #1
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Before the MLPA

What was it like before the MLPA took over at La Jolla Shores?

Was fishing that much better?
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Old 06-15-2017, 10:38 AM   #2
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That's a really good question, never really thought much about it. I don't fish it as much as the locals but the times that I have fished LJ I haven't really seen or noticed any change. Prior to the MLPA I didn't fish the areas that are restricted now so the change never had an impact on me.
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Old 06-15-2017, 10:55 AM   #3
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Cant say whether it is any better or worse, we are just excluded from some inshore reef areas now. From the launch we are crossing over the left edge of La Jolla Canyon until we pretty much get off the cove. In all my scuba years diving that area I only have seen the occasional halibut I would have liked to catch - always near a sunken boat in the canyon.
The good kelp and deeper water structure is still outside the MPA area. Growing up I used to spearfish just left of the Marine Room where the sand turned into shallow rocky reef. Used to be really good for the surf perch, and I even connected with a white seabass back in that pocket in 3 feet of water. Of course, those were the good old days when I was pulling green and black abalone off the rocks literally inside the Cove...
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Old 06-15-2017, 11:29 AM   #4
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(edit) cleaned up my response.



MLPA's suck big green donkey dicks.


Got 36 minutes... I will tell you how I really feel.

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Old 06-15-2017, 12:13 PM   #5
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I miss the "Norte" bite......................bruiser YT in 10-20 feet of water.
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Old 06-15-2017, 09:04 PM   #6
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The area from Alligator Head, the point at the west side of La Jolla Cove, and then running north as far as a line drawn west from Scripps Pier has been off limits for fishing since at least the early 1980's. This includes all of the area off of La Jolla Shores. I can remember spear fishing north of the pier back in about 1976 and my recollection is that the south side of the pier was off limits even back then. I believe the boundaries for this area did not change with the recently enacted MPA. Of course, the area north of the pier was wide open for fishing back then and was recently locked up.

While I'm bummed about being shut out of more fishing grounds, I hope to heck these areas become good nurseries for growing more fish for us to catch. We just have to be damn sure no one goes and tells the fish where the boundary lines are.
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Old 06-16-2017, 03:16 AM   #7
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It was kind of like this

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Old 06-16-2017, 08:50 AM   #8
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Grew up fishing S. LJ by boat. Lots of good kelp and rockpiles now off limits. North of Scripps Pier had a few good bites too with no one in sight.
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