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Support your local pangas
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Lj
Posts: 976
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Lobster Season is coming soon.....
Just wanted to post when it opens as I for one am very excited about getting out and getting some lobsters!!! Not sure what anyones plans are for the opening night by I know I am heading out for sure!!!! If anyone is heading on out and needs someone to tag along feel free to pm me! The sport season for California’s spiny lobster opens Saturday, Sept. 29, and continues through March 19, 2008. The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is conducting an assessment of sport lobster fishing activities this season. Samplers will interview anglers and measure their catch to collect information on the valuable fishery. Regulations governing the sport take of spiny lobster have helped to preserve the tradition of lobster diving and hoop netting in southern California. The 2007-2008 spiny lobster season regulations include:
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Thanks Matt F. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Rancho Santa Margarita
Posts: 770
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Don't forget your lobster report card this year. Gotta have them with us and fill em out on the water.
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Ancient Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: On The Water
Posts: 935
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I thought the lobster report card was only for commercial vessels with commercial permits? Please somebody verify as I really don't want any tickets!!
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Junior
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 25
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everybody needs to have one on hand and fill out by the time you are done . Don't foreget you have to pay for this report card. A load of crap if you ask me. It is just another way for use to do thier job and for them to cut jobs for the people that use to do the field reports. They buget cut means save them money and we have to pay for the cards that also means they make money. What are they doing with the extra cash?
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#5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: south park (san diego),CA
Posts: 119
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actually if you hoop in more than one spot per trip, meaning every time you finish at one spot and before moving to another you must fill out a spot on the card. if you completely fill out a card you must purchase another one.
same as i had to for salmon and steelhead up north. ![]()
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Rancho Santa Margarita
Posts: 770
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Yep...we all need to buy a report card for $7.90 and have to fill out the location, date and gear type ahead of time.
Word is that the card has to be in your immediate possession while on the water and show the number of bugs being kept. I can hardly wait to try to hassle with a pen and report card on a rough night. scan.jpg |
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#7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Dana Point area
Posts: 438
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I just picked up my lobster report card for $7.90 and was surprised to find out that it is only good for 3 months! You have to buy another for $7.90 after Jan 1. That comes to $16 bucks (plus fishing license) this season to participate in the new and improved lobster regulations. Knowing that the season starts in Oct it would have been more fair to prorate it or at least only charge 1/2 for the first year. Its not the the few bucks extra that gets me as much as the principle. I would certainly be in a more supportive and cooperative mood if I didn't feel like some policy-making ass in the DFG was delibrately scamming all of us. Just my 2 cents worth.
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#8 |
Junior
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 25
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where is all of the money go to? Fishing is the same or worst. Launch site for kayaks maybe?
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#9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Richland Oregon
Posts: 1,547
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How about to employ wardens to catch lobster poachers. After all I bet there are more people poaching lobster than any other species in SoCal.
It sucks but get over it guys. At least the fishing license isnt like a hunting license. 38.85 For the license 7.90 for upland Game Stamp 16.80 for the CA duck stamp and then another 16.00 for a federal waterfowl stamp Not to mention that if you want to hunt deer, boar, or most any other mammal you need to buy a tag that will run you between 12.00 and several hundred dollars. All of this just to hunt for less than 1/3 of the year(100 days) while with a fishing license you get the whole year. |
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#10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Palos Verdes
Posts: 1,851
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done deal
As CJ said "It sucks but get over it guys."
It's a done deal. Your chance to be heard by the DFG was last December at a couple of public hearings. I posted about them on a few of the various kayak forums at the time...I guess everybody was too busy catching Bugs to care back then! 13 days to the OPENER...I can't wait to taste some fresh Lobster soon! I'll see you guys at the OEX Lobster seminar on the 23rd. Jim / Saba Slayer |
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: la jolla shores
Posts: 86
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When can we catch him?
September 27, 2008 (Saturday morning, 12:01 a.m) and extends through March 18, 2009 just thought i would clear up the date for the start of the season! |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: LJ
Posts: 201
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#13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: LJ
Posts: 201
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Divers
For people who dive from the beach... We need to have our bug report card within 500 yards of where we enter the water.
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#14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Richland Oregon
Posts: 1,547
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Yep 500 yards with the fishing license in my truck. Might just avoid problems though and throw it in my dry box with license and stick it in my float.
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: San Diego
Posts: 490
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Got my report card. There is NO WAY you can fill one out on the water while in a yak. It looks like it will be ruined shortly after conatct with water. And you know when pullin bugs on a yak everything gets wet. It sure is going to be one big pain in the ass. With that said
I CAN'T WAIT !!!!!!!! |
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Ancient Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: On The Water
Posts: 935
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#17 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: San Diego
Posts: 490
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And lobster season starts this year on September 27th. Last years opener was on the 29th.
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