FWI GONZAGA

[makobob]

Weatherman LIED, it was 100+ every day, winds all below 10 mph. That is DEGREES and FISH. Lots of nice bass, YT, Sierra, Cabrilla, snapper, needle fish, corvina, everyone was hungry!!!! Only 8 pangas on beach and they were not fishing.

NEW NEW NEWS!

PERMANENT GILLNET BAN signed for Upper Gulf. NO gillnets are allowed in the area. San Filipe down to just south of Puertocitos. ALL gillnet fishing in that area is ILLEGAL. Saw 2 totuava on the beach again this trip, just gutted and left to rot. Both 60+ inch fish. Tight Lines.

[walrus]

The thought of those beautiful fish left on the beach makes me sick.

I'm getting ready for some of that 100+ down there. It can't get here fast enough.

[ronbo613]

Originally Posted by makobob

. Saw 2 totuava on the beach again this trip, just gutted and left to rot. Both 60+ inch fish. Tight Lines.

Most likely had their swim bladders cut out and sent to China

[makobob]

Originally Posted by ronbo613

Most likely had their swim bladders cut out and sent to China

YES sir that is exactly what happened. Some poor fisherman made $1000 and the boat owner made $2000. Some body in asia will be horny tonight. AND we still have a couple beautiful Totuaba dead. AND the Vaquita are going to be extinct soon.

[taggermike]

Thanks for the report Bob. I was down there about a month ago and found 3 totoaba gutted and rotting. Absolutely magnificent fish. Coyotes and vultures were happy. A net ban might be too little and way too late for the vaquitas. Only hope maybe to catch them all and put them in a sea pen or marine park. After such heavy fishing pressure in such a contrated area it's amazing any still survive. Mike

[toomeymd]

That's awesome on the gillnets! Baja has needed to do that for awhile now. Hey me and a couple vets from our HOW chapter are headed to Gonzaga in Sept. Hoping to pick your brain a little about it. Never fished gonzaga, just east cape, and rosarito. We'd be doing Bay of LA but time constraints. I'd do San Felipe/Puertocitos because of time if I thought I'd actually catch something there

[svendawg]

Great news on the gill net ban. Do you know if the ban extends all the way down to Gonzage bay.

Originally Posted by makobob

Weatherman LIED, it was 100+ every day, winds all below 10 mph. That is DEGREES and FISH. Lots of nice bass, YT, Sierra, Cabrilla, snapper, needle fish, corvina, everyone was hungry!!!! Only 8 pangas on beach and they were not fishing.

NEW NEW NEWS!

PERMANENT GILLNET BAN signed for Upper Gulf. NO gillnets are allowed in the area. San Filipe down to just south of Puertocitos. ALL gillnet fishing in that area is ILLEGAL. Saw 2 totuava on the beach again this trip, just gutted and left to rot. Both 60+ inch fish. Tight Lines.

[rossman]

Originally Posted by svendawg

Great news on the gill net ban. Do you know if the ban extends all the way down to Gonzage bay.

My understanding is that the ban does not extend but a bit south of Puertacitos. Trying to protect the Vaquita and not the Totuaba which I fear is a bit too late. Like all of these proclamations that the Mexican government makes, it comes down to enforcement. If there is no means or desire to enforce these regulations, then .... Living in a Mexican fishing community, I can see both sides of the issue. These folks feed their families from the money they make from the sea. It is a hard life and not much of a living but some kind of enforceable regulations have to be put on these guys. Anyone who has fished Baja for the last 10 years will tell you that the fishery is nothing like it was 10 years ago, and the SOC has been hit the hardest. If we could only convince the Chinese that sea lion bladders have some magical powers....

[taggermike]

That's kinda funny Rossman because I've heard that the traditional Chinese importance cure, tiger penis, is frequently counter fitted with seal or sea lion penis. Let the buyer beware. Drinking tea made from seal penis only makes you hungry for sea food, not erect. Mike