December Tanker...

[Chuck D]

Nice fish Geno

[octico]

Congrats, Geno! I have yet to catch WSB. Thanks for the report.

[onetriphudson]

Thats epic! Man that just have been some fight!

[T12]

Hey Geno, was my pleasure helping you with that beautiful fish . Was nice meeting you , great job . Tony

[EastLosYaker]

Way to go!

[acorad]

Congrats man, that is some fish!

Andy

[blitzburgh]

F-N-A! Nice feeeeesh!

[Rambo]

Thanks for sharing, great way to end the year by catching one of these ghost. congrats on your first envious of you and makes me wanna take a day off to just jump on the water to follow your footsteps.

[dmrides]

BADASS! On the Congrats!!!

[GBCbad]

Excellent work Geno.....congrats. The smile on your face says it all!

[T-Rex]

Congrats on a nice !

[Saba Slayer]

Nice job on your first kayak WSB.



...and thanks for turning in that head for a scan.



A little "thread jack" here....
The CCA hatchery committee just spent two days in meetings with the Hubbs folks and the DFW to try and understand the program and to see how we can fit in to get back up to where United Anglers had the program.
The CCA CAL is trying to revive the program for turning in WSB heads for scanning. When we get our fish at the growout pens, Hubbs has already inserted tags into the head of the baby WSB. It's a very important part of the growouts to prove that it is a successful viable program to the Coastal Commission and the DFW.
So... PLEASE TURN IN YOUR WSB HEADS FOR SCANNING.
Jim/DEAMON have you done your part...?... you WSB Killer...!

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by Saba Slayer

Nice job on your first kayak WSB.

So... PLEASE TURN IN YOUR WSB HEADS FOR SCANNING.
Jim/DEAMON have you done your part...?... you WSB Killer...!

I haven't been catching WSB...my fish have been identified at Eastern Pacific Silver Drum. Okay seriously Jim S...I'm hit or miss on the head turning in thing. I've turned in my share but have been leaning towards gifting them to my Asian peeps.

Yeah, I could lie about it but when every Jap (only we can use this term!), Filipino or Thai person ALWAYS asks for the head...I'm like "why the head?". The response is ALWAYS, "it's the best part!". So I struggle. If only the head could be checked for the tag AND consumed by the people...

Here are the other deal(s)...
Hubbs has never been open for me to meet "Eric" (I'm a weekend warrior). If I get greeted, it's "the freezer is outside, drop it there...or go across the street and drop it off at Dana Tackle...oh by the way, give all the info on date, location, etc...to the guys at Dana too.
I've made requests to be notified if/if not this is a tagged fish...I ask for the drum bones...a mere acknowledgement that I did my part, but no. The responses have been near ZERO. I have never been told one of these fish are tagged...

I don't want to throw rocks but someone's not respecting the effort required to get the head down to Hubbs/Dana Tackle...I'm just saying.

Jim

[erinoo]

Originally Posted by Deamon

I haven't been catching WSB...my fish have been identified at Eastern Pacific Silver Drum. Okay seriously Jim S...I'm hit or miss on the head turning in thing. I've turned in my share but have been leaning towards gifting them to my Asian peeps.

Yeah, I could lie about it but when every Jap (only we can use this term!), Filipino or Thai person ALWAYS asks for the head...I'm like "why the head?". The response is ALWAYS, "it's the best part!". So I struggle. If only the head could be checked for the tag AND consumed by the people...

Here are the other deal(s)...
Hubbs has never been open for me to meet "Eric" (I'm a weekend warrior). If I get greeted, it's "the freezer is outside, drop it there...or go across the street and drop it off at Dana Tackle...oh by the way, give all the info on date, location, etc...to the guys at Dana too.
I've made requests to be notified if/if not this is a tagged fish...I ask for the drum bones...a mere acknowledgement that I did my part, but no. The responses have been near ZERO. I have never been told one of these fish are tagged...

I don't want to throw rocks but someone's not respecting the effort required to get the head down to Hubbs/Dana Tackle...I'm just saying.

Jim

Same experience for me in the past Jim..Right with ya.

[Saba Slayer]

Hey Guys...quite your whining and get those heads in...I'm not sure if you 2 guys were fishing WSB when United Anglers was around but the program was a lot more successful and easier to work with.
Jim...if those heads are that important to your friends...I'll make a few calls and find out who has a wand to wave magically over your heads to determine if they have a tag...hell, if they are only using them for stock or soup...freeze em and get them checked at your convience.
Really...?..."Hubbs has never been open for me to meet "Eric" (I'm a weekend warrior). If I get greeted, it's "the freezer is outside, drop it there...or go across the street and drop it off at Dana Tackle...oh by the way, give all the info on date, location, etc...to the guys at Dana too.
I've made requests to be notified if/if not this is a tagged fish...I ask for the drum bones...a mere acknowledgement that I did my part, but no. The responses have been near ZERO. I have never been told one of these fish are tagged..."
They say that Hubbs will return the stones if you ask...but I guess that hasn't happened? Can I help you recover them?
And...perhaps the fish didn't have a tag...so you weren't notified...I doubt if they call and tell each individual that it was a negative on the scan. I didn't see any of your fish as recovered tagged fish on the report that Hubbs gave at the AFTCO meeting on Wednesday. They actually have a report on every one of the recovered fish, with size, age, release area, and the area caught and who caught them.
I'm sorry Jim... but I think your asking for personalized service from a group that is operating on a shoestring budget. I know that they were cut 20% this year on their budget.
As I said in the earlier post...CCA is just getting involved in the WSB head return game and we intend to get it back up to the standards that UA had set it at for years...please bear with it and don't give up the effort to see if your heads are tagged. Freeze em and I'll work with you on finding a wand....it's valuable data...especially now as the WSB project is going through a scientific review and the proven sucess of the program determines if it will continue in future years. Please continue to be patient and work with us.
Thanks

[wolfman]

As the guy that formally did the necropsies at Hubbs mission bay I can assure you that ALL heads are scanned and individually measured and documented. If you want to keep the head, come in during open hours and have it scanned. You can keep it frozen until it's convenient. There simply isn't time to notify everybody that doesn't have a tag but that being said if you take the time to fill out the little white forms, I ALWAYS sent the otoliths!
The odds of catching a White Sea Bass with a tag are remote but I caught one at La jolla. It was approximately 8 years old and was released from the Carlsbad hatchery. If you think it's hard to catch White Sea Bass now imagine what it would be like without the 2 million fish Hubbs has released on the pacific coast so far!

[fishthebreak]

Awesome job! Good eating right there!

[TheToxicJon]

Great report and great fish. The yoyo is killing it on the ghost right now

[Harry Hill]

why is malibu so mad?

[LakersFan]

Nice job geno machino!