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October 27, 2009    Headlines
 Local Rockfish
Tuna Pops & Drops

Santa Cruz/Moss Landing/Monterey
On Sunday 10-25 Todd Arcaleo of Chris's Landing in Monterey said local rockfishing is steady, but they were only able to make it south to the Tin Barn over the weekend due to the weather. The rockfish are still on a tough bite, but limits are the rule, even with the abundant jellyfish in the area. Arcaleo said the white sea bass have moved out of the area around the Monterey Beach Hotel.
Bayside Marine in Santa Cruz reported one boat tried to get out for albacore yesterday but turned around after a 40 mile ride. Local rockfishing is good in 200 feet of water off of Davenport, and there are still a few white sea bass hanging around.

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Pictured above: My 16 year old son Jake shows off the day's sockeye catch from our annual family trip in July 2009.


San Luis Obispo
The albacore are offshore, and Virg's will be running trips daily departing at 11:00 p.m. and returning between 7 and 8 on the following evening for $235/angler. They reported 264 passengers landed 113 albacore to 28-pounds, four bluefin tuna, 6 skipjacks, 13 ling cod to 7-pounds, 208 vermilion, 1027 assorted rockfish, 149 coppers, and 22 boccaccio. Top local anglers were\ Crystal Wall of Porterville and Brian Demarak of Bakersfield with 7-poundlings. Their next two-day trip is scheduled for October 17/18th for $205/ angler. Jerry Williams went on a private boat on Sunday 30 miles straight out of Morro Bay for 12 tuna from 17 to 30-pounds, all on jigs.
Patriot Sport Fishing in Avila Beach had an albacore trip out on Sunday 9-27 for 20 fish to 17-pounds for 14 angler fishing 50 miles out of the port. On their rockfishing trips, they boated limits plus 10 lings to 9-pounds on one trip with an average of 3/4 limits. The top local angler was Raul Espinosa of Visalia with a 7-pound ling. A 33-pound thresher shark was also taken during the week. There were a total of 12 lings landed this week.
Their annual Ling Cod Contest runs from August 15th through November 15th with a $3000.00 top prize. Patriot has given out a total of 81 free trips this season for releasing a 10-pound plus ling cod.


Politics and 2010 Salmon
Next year we should see at least a short salmon season but given the lack of angler support to help out the groups fighting the Govenator's canal plan, 2010 could well be the last year of ocean salmon in Central California in our lifetime.
Maybe the next generation will get it right but we sure F&*%@! it up for them. YOU aren't fishing  salmon this year because the politicos in Sacramento and Washington DC decided it was better to grow cotton in the California desert and put a subside check on a millionaire cotton farmer's table (and a contribution to their campaign) than keep fish swimming in our rivers. Anglers are the last line of defense but we are so unorginized that  we are going to get blitzed by the water contractors.
There is only one way out of this mess and it's through the courts and the hard work of
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance Please consider supporting them as they are pushing the lawsuits that will ensure a future or at least a hope of us ever salmon fishing in California again.
Our salmon runs didn't die, they were stolen from us by a 40% increase in water diversions from the Delta beginning in 2002. Unless water diversions are rolled back (through court order and the litigation of CSPA) salmon don't have a chance of making it to sea or you or your children to ever fish for them.
No group has done more over the past two decades to protect fisheries than CSPA. In the past two months USAFishing readers have raised nearly $10,000 for the CSPA but much much more is needed. Please visit their website and learn more about all the great work they are doing.
Become part of the solution and support the
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance today!



At this time it looks like it will be 2010 before we will be back to salmon fishing. Until then it's rockfish, tuna and crabs.


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California Waterfowl 2009 Dinners and Youth Events Calendar

The BAY AREA SPORTFISHERS CLUB
meets the second Wednesday of each month at the I-Hop restaurant at Stevens creek and Lawrence Expy & Hwy280 in Santa Clara. The club has monthly local fishing events and trips each month and supports the Monterey Salmon and Steelhead hatchery and Fishing in the Cities for Kids programs. Annual Alaskan, Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Etc. trips are planned each year.  See: www.bayareasportfishers.com for more information please call us.
Blake Broadway 408-263-5488


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