FWI GONZAGA

[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