The coastal
rockfish season closed on
Saturday 12-31, and the
season ended with great
action at the Farallon
Islands for full limits of
rockfish and Dungeness crab.
The New Seeker and New Huck
Finn finished the season
with a combined 62 limits of
rockfish, 9 ling cod to
10-pounds, and limits of
crab. The Dungeness crab are
becoming more scarce with
heavy commercial pressure
over the past 6 weeks, and
private and party boats were
pressed into pulling more
pots to obtain limits. The
party and private boats will
be changing their focus to
sturgeon in either the south
bay or San Pablo Bay, and
with some pots just west of
the Golden Gate, Captain Jim
Smith of the Happy Hooker
out of Berkeley Marina will
be able to offer bonus crab
on selected trips.
Emeryville Sportfishing will
be taking the month of
January off but will start
to offer sturgeon trips
beginning in February. We
expect the salmon season to
open in April.
We are asking readers to take just three minutes to write a letter to the DFG Commission. Please send your letter to stop the striped bass eradication plan through the water4fish.org website. It only takes a few clicks. If your organization would like to sign as a supporter of this letter, contact Dick Pool, rbpool@protroll.com. For my report on the DFG public meeting on this proposal, go to: http://www.fishsniffer.com/content/1500-public-voices-100-percent-opposition-striped-bass-reduction-plan.html.
Urgent Action Alert!
Send letters opposing the DFG's striped bass proposal to:
California Fish and Game Commission
P.O. Box 944209
Sacramento, CA 94244-2090
Phone: (916) 653-4899
Fax Number: (916) 653-5040
E-Mail to Submit Comments on Proposed Regulations: fgc@fgc.ca.gov.
For more information about upcoming Fish and Game Commission meetings, go to: http://www.fgc.ca.gov.
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Party boat contacts:
The Emeryville
Sportfishing Center is
currently booking salmon and
potluck trips begin in late
April. They have a great
promotion that when you take
six trips your "lucky"
seventh trip is free. This
is good on any of their
boats. Reservations can be
made at 510 654-6040.
The California Dawn /
Berkeley 510 773-5511
Great Links
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DF&Gs easy-to-use
California Ocean Sport
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location where you plan to
fish, and you will access a
list of Sport Fishing
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