sad & scary :(

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Originally Posted by tylerdurden

There is at least some truth to these studies. Ask any one who has fished for 40 years locally and the quantity and quality of fish caught has decreased.

Amen Tyler,

In the late fifties and early sixties, we could get limits of red abalones, free diving in less than 45 minutes right outside the Cove itself. Diver's over the years changed that with "aqua lungs." Didn't take much skill hanging onto the bottom with 30 minutes of air trying to figure how to just pop off a single abalone... :roll:

INMHO, though, local fishing has always been somewhat cyclical. Some years are better than others depending on what you are targeting? A few years back we had Albies, this year the surprise were Dodo's? Just five months ago some were proclaiming the kelp beds would never grow back? It's looking nice now, but just wait until this spring! Kelco's gone now, so it likely will return to the way it was in the late sixties! Epic fishing may be right around the corner!

Guy

Guy