WSB limit(s) - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Quilted Germ · 03-26-2009, 12:12 PM

From all the posts out there recently, I have a question. Is the bag limit always 1 wsb, or does the bag limit change during certain times of the year. Hate to say it but I didn't even know there was a limit at all on these. Thanks for helping out a rook.

GHOSTHUNTR · 03-26-2009, 12:22 PM

Goes to three on June 15.

flip4i · 03-26-2009, 12:24 PM

Pulled this from the 2009 - 2010 Ocean Sport Fishing Regs

28.35. White Seabass.
(a) Minimum size: Twenty-eight inches total length or twenty and one-half inches alternate
length.
(b) Season: Open all year.
(c) Limit: Three, except that only one fish may be taken in waters south of Pt. Conception
between March 15 and June 15.

Hope that helps...

Quilted Germ · 03-26-2009, 12:27 PM

Thanks...not sure about the alternate length but wouldn't keep a wsb that small anyways.

rastrev · 03-26-2009, 01:20 PM

I'm pretty sure the alternate length is how long the filets have to be if you filet the fish on the water, and not that you can keep a 21.5 inch fish.

Zed · 03-26-2009, 02:43 PM

1.62. Minimum and Maximum Size. No fish, mollusks or crustaceans less than the legal minimum size or greater than the the maximum legal size (total, fork or alternate) may be possessed, except as otherwise provided. Total length is the longest straight-line measurement from the tip of the head to the end of the longest lobe of the tail. Fork length is the straight-line
distance from the tip of the head to the center of the tail fin. Tip of the head shall be the most anterior point on the fish with the mouth closed and the fish lying flat on its side. Alternate length is the straight-line distance from the base of the foremost spine of the first dorsal fin to the end of the longest lobe of the tail. Unless otherwise provided, all fish, mollusks or crustaceans less than the legal minimum size or greater than the maximum legal size must be returned immediately to
the water from which they were taken.

03-26-2009, 12:12 PM	#1
Quilted Germ Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cardiff, Ca Posts: 185	WSB limit(s) From all the posts out there recently, I have a question. Is the bag limit always 1 wsb, or does the bag limit change during certain times of the year. Hate to say it but I didn't even know there was a limit at all on these. Thanks for helping out a rook.

03-26-2009, 01:20 PM	#5
rastrev Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SD, CA Posts: 173	I'm pretty sure the alternate length is how long the filets have to be if you filet the fish on the water, and not that you can keep a 21.5 inch fish. __________________ "If a fish could keep his mouth shut, he would never get caught." - U-Roy, Fisherman Style

03-26-2009, 02:43 PM	#6
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	1.62. Minimum and Maximum Size. No fish, mollusks or crustaceans less than the legal minimum size or greater than the the maximum legal size (total, fork or alternate) may be possessed, except as otherwise provided. Total length is the longest straight-line measurement from the tip of the head to the end of the longest lobe of the tail. Fork length is the straight-line distance from the tip of the head to the center of the tail fin. Tip of the head shall be the most anterior point on the fish with the mouth closed and the fish lying flat on its side. Alternate length is the straight-line distance from the base of the foremost spine of the first dorsal fin to the end of the longest lobe of the tail. Unless otherwise provided, all fish, mollusks or crustaceans less than the legal minimum size or greater than the maximum legal size must be returned immediately to the water from which they were taken. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.

03-26-2009, 12:22 PM	#2
GHOSTHUNTR Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poway Posts: 160	Goes to three on June 15.

03-26-2009, 12:24 PM	#3
flip4i Junior Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 11	Pulled this from the 2009 - 2010 Ocean Sport Fishing Regs 28.35. White Seabass. (a) Minimum size: Twenty-eight inches total length or twenty and one-half inches alternate length. (b) Season: Open all year. (c) Limit: Three, except that only one fish may be taken in waters south of Pt. Conception between March 15 and June 15. Hope that helps...

03-26-2009, 12:27 PM	#4
Quilted Germ Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cardiff, Ca Posts: 185	Thanks...not sure about the alternate length but wouldn't keep a wsb that small anyways.