1st kayak Yellow and a nice Calico

[supaboy1981]

Originally Posted by Kayak_Bernie

Don't throw out bonito, if you have access to a smoker, they make the most Amazing smoked fish dip

Congrat on the fish, the YT only can get bigger from there!

Thanks I'll keep that in mind next time. I was gonna keep em but wasn't sure on regulation size. Now i know. I had some kids help me take a pic of my catch and as I was loading my yak I was stopped by lifeguard telling me someone had reported me taking an undersize. He inspected my catch and tried to look up YellowFIN, after a little back and forth about my catch not being a tuna but member of the Jack family he told me I was ok to go after he looked up the correct species. Dude didn't even know his fish and was trying to enforce limit laws on me and someone didn't appreciate me taking a young one. Didn't bother me though I had perma grin at the point.

[HobieScot]

Originally Posted by supaboy1981

Thanks I'll keep that in mind next time. I was gonna keep em but wasn't sure on regulation size. Now i know. I had some kids help me take a pic of my catch and as I was loading my yak I was stopped by lifeguard telling me someone had reported me taking an undersize. He inspected my catch and tried to look up YellowFIN, after a little back and forth about my catch not being a tuna but member of the Jack family he told me I was ok to go after he looked up the correct species. Dude didn't even know his fish and was trying to enforce limit laws on me and someone didn't appreciate me taking a young one. Didn't bother me though I had perma grin at the point.

I use the Fish Alert app on my phone for the MLPA zones to show me where it's legal to fish. But one other nice feature is that it has the regulations for all CA fish. You can bring up the app, pull up YT and it will tell you the size and take limit for each fish. It would have helped you avoid wasting time with this guy while he looked up the regs since he clearly didn't know what he was doing.

If he is going to try to enforce limits he should know what the hell he is enforcing 👍🏼


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[HobieScot]

This is what the app looks like

[ful-rac]

Originally Posted by HobieScot

This is what the app looks like

I just checked out that app...and I found an error right away. I would say it's a good guide but to be sure to cross check the DFG regulations just to be sure.

I looked up a fish that is on the no take list, the Bronzespotted Rockfish, AKA (Warthog). I know it's a no take species....the app says limit is 10, and that's just plain wrong.

Edit: Just noticed that yelloweye and canary are on there too with a limit of 10...? WTF? So is Cowcod!

This thing is loaded with errors....
The maximum depth on rockfish is currently 60 fathoms and it says it's 50 fathoms....
Current Lingcod bag limit is 3 on the app it says it's 2.

[driftwood]

Originally Posted by ful-rac

I just checked out that app...and I found an error right away. I would say it's a good guide but to be sure to cross check the DFG regulations just to be sure.

I looked up a fish that is on the no take list, the Bronzespotted Rockfish, AKA (Warthog). I know it's a no take species....the app says limit is 10, and that's just plain wrong.

Edit: Just noticed that yelloweye and canary are on there too with a limit of 10...? WTF? So is Cowcod!

This thing is loaded with errors....
The maximum depth on rockfish is currently 60 fathoms and it says it's 50 fathoms....
Current Lingcod bag limit is 3 on the app it says it's 2.

Those DFG regulation are actually correct if you lived in northern cal 2003. LOL!!!
click on link and Go to left of screen and click on north cal regulation.

http://www.sfsportfishing.com/oceanfish2004.pdf

[HobieScot]

Well hell

Thanks for pointing that out. Glad I found out before it matters. I just posted a review warning people that the app is no longer accurate in the App Store.