On
Wednesday 7-1
Todd Arcaleo of Chris's
Landing reported
outstanding
bottomfishing at Point
Sur with big sacks of
vermilion, yellow and
school rockfish to go
with 20 lings on the
boat. Local reefs are
producing limits, but
the quality is much
smaller. They are
running to Point Sur on
Wednesdays, Fridays,
Saturdays and Sunday or
anytime there are 20
anglers on board.
Striper schools have
reconvened along the
beaches with surf
anglers scattered from
Sea Cliff in Santa Cruz
County to the mouth of
the Salinas River. Ly Tu
said an 8-pounder was
taken Monday morning on
sand crabs at Sea Cliff.
We are seeing flat,
foggy cool weather along
the coast. Around the
Bays there is a
transition zone of
breeze off the fog and
temps in the 70s and 80s
and inland the winds are
light and the temps are
pushing into the 90s.
The coastal weather
buoys are reporting
light winds under 5
knots over a 3 to 4 foot
swell. The forecast
calls for nearly dead
calm weather through
Monday with light winds
and fog coast side. If
you are looking to get
your kids out and not
risk seasickness this is
your window of
opportunity and a great
time to get out for some
white meat.
We
here at USAFishing
strongly support fishery
conservation,
unfortunately we can't
say the same of most
California anglers. We
are at a crossroads and
unless anglers support
conservation groups
(that our currently
waging a losing battle
against the multi-
million $ lobby) we will
lose every key fishery
that is connected to the
delta. If you think that
these "water issues"
won't affect your
favorite fishery you are
likely wrong. The
effects will be
widespread and include
the continued closure of
California and Oregon
saltwater salmon
fisheries.
The state water projects
are being consolidated
and the governor is
looking to toss
the only Bay-Delta
protections we have and
ship water from Shasta
and Oroville directly to
LA swimming pools and
subsidized cotton
farmers in Westland's.
If these water projects
go through you can kiss
goodbye (as in forever)
our salmon, and our
striper and sturgeon
fisheries will continue
to decline. We don't
have an ocean salmon
season this year or last
because of too much
water being pumped from
the delta. If these
water projects get
passed we will have none
in the future. At no
time in the past has it
been so critical that
our readers understand
these issues and support
the work that the
California Sportfishing
Protection Alliance
is doing.
Bottom line..... It's
time to get off your ass
and support the CSPA or
in a few short years
there will be NO salmon,
striper and sturgeon
fisheries and they won't
ever recover. 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!
Mike Aughney
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