A Rockfishing 'Must Have'

[bus kid]

Just catch 5 and call it a day. Big or small they all tase the same.

[addicted2sp33d]

Originally Posted by bus kid

Just catch 5 and call it a day. Big or small they all tase the same.

The Asians' preferred rockfish venting tool:

[vincentek9]

use a small upside-down crate with weights tied on each corner. have a rope tied in the middle.. put fish in water (its floating still). put crate over fish. lower it 20-50ft. let sit for a second or two. raise back up.. FISH HAS SWAM DOWN!

[GregAndrew]

Interesting study Owyn. But, why did they pick 150 - 180 meters for there depth sampling? 360' was as deep as we could fish, and now it is only 300'. Good to see that they were having at least some success at those depths though (even with severe eye bloating). I don't think we are going to see a lot of kayakers carrying an extra milk crate with large weights attached to each corner. I like the upside down barbless hook tied to the line with a snell type knot myself. Although the pressure sensitive release has got to be the most effective, short of a doored cage.

[dos ballenas]

Originally Posted by GregAndrew

Interesting study Owyn. But, why did they pick 150 - 180 meters for there depth sampling? 360' was as deep as we could fish, and now it is only 300'. Good to see that they were having at least some success at those depths though (even with severe eye bloating). I don't think we are going to see a lot of kayakers carrying an extra milk crate with large weights attached to each corner. I like the upside down barbless hook tied to the line with a snell type knot myself. Although the pressure sensitive release has got to be the most effective, short of a doored cage.

Yeah the seaqualizer is the shit.... but it costs a lot.

Cheap is good IMO.

They chose those depths because they wanted to explore lots of possibilities. As in the possibility that they might be able to OPEN UP closed areas.... or deeper water areas....!!!!

Being able to successfully release fish that survive changes everything. It means that recreational anglers could potentially fish in deeper water. The main reason rec anglers aren't allowed to fish deep water is because there are several species that are found in deep water that are prohibited. There are prohibitted species for lots of reasons.

If you can make the arguement that cow cod (a prohibited species) can successfully be released, then you can start talking about opening up cow cod closure areas.... make sense?

[Jimmyz123]

I've seen some use a 2# test leader hooked to the lip of the fish lowered back down with a heavy weight and when deep enough a quick tug on the rod snaps the line from the hook and the fish swims on. However I do like the milk crate idea.