Sail Bay - Weekend of 1/6

[fishsouthcounty]

lots of guys on BD dont take to kindly to take home of spotties. they usually dont have a problem telling those who do. just not worth the hassle to deal with their shit.

Had no idea, thanks for the info. I usually C&R my bass, but my buddy was in from out of town took him on the yaks and he got pretty stoked to catch some fish. Had to show him some good homemade tacos.

[sasha]

What is the problem with people that take home legel spottie???

[Siebler]

Originally Posted by Drake

Had to show him some good homemade tacos.

Howd those turn out? Ive eaten a few spotties when I first started kayak fishing, Must say I dont think the fish tacos would be that good. Always tasted like Mud to me. Interested to know your experience.

[RK]

you kept a spotty

[The Kid]

Originally Posted by RK

you kept a spotty

I've definately heard of the bays having more toxins/pollutants, but heard it was mostly the big bay with all the navy ships. I had heard Sail Bay was a cleaner water source.

The ironic part is I picked up these spotties no more than 50 yards from where people pick up bugs.... but no one complains about the toxins in the lobsters, yet these so called polluted bass are a source of food for bugs after they die and fall to the sea floor.

Don't get me wrong, I definitely hear what you guys are saying and agree that excessive consumption of a fish from a rather stagnant water source is in no way a good practice, but a few here and there won't kill ya =)

[lterrero]

Originally Posted by RK

you kept a spotty

Amigo Ryan, is like in China, every thing that move is edible..!

[silverbullet]

Originally Posted by fishsouthcounty

lots of guys on BD dont take to kindly to take home of spotties. they usually dont have a problem telling those who do. just not worth the hassle to deal with their shit.

Lots of the BD guys are Jackasses... there are some decent folks too but that site is a mess with special kids ....

[RK]

not trying to be a dick but Ive never known anyone that did that.......

what do they taste like? (that was a serious question)

I pan fried them with some lemon pepper, olive oil and white wine and found it rather delicious. I brined them in a salt/lime cilantro brine for a day.
I didn't think it was the best fish by means but certainly not mud

[thefisher]

That brine sound awesome!

[StinkyMatt]

I had a "old timer" at newport tell me once that keeping bass there is illegal. When I told him that its not my first time fishing and that he is full of it, he went on to lecture me about protecting god's creatures "spotted and calicos) Man I felt like I was in church!

Some guys get really wound up about certain fish.

You want to keep a few bass go for it, the last hing we should have (ESPECIALLY NOW) is fishermen telling other fishermen what they can fish (legally).







.....Now keeping WSB.......thats straigt wrong.....shame on anyone that kills those gentle creatures.

[fknricter]

nice job out there!

a F&G guy once told me that spotties can be a bad fish to eat because of the toxins in most of todays california bays, compared to halibut that migrate in and out. ive eaten them many moons ago, but heard that, and started C&R more around that same time too, that recipe does sound pretty good tho! may have to barrow that sometime.

[kobra]

Nice sized spotties.