
Rick
Powers had a light load
12 anglers out on the
New Sea Angler on
Friday 9-5. They
fished down at Pt Reyes
and scored 12 limits of
straight reds. All nice
quality fish but no
legal lings in the mix.
The ocean has laid out
like a mill pond and the
forecast calls for great
weather this weekend.
Currently we are seeing
just 4 knots at the
Bodega Buoy, 7 knots at
the SF buoy and west
winds of 6 knots at
Monterey with a 4 to 6
foot swell and an
average period of 14
seconds. The forecast
for Saturday and Sunday
calls for west winds
under 10 knots making
for some ideal fishing
weather.
The
New Sea Angler hasn't
been out since Monday
due to lack of interest.
They have trips planned
this Friday through
Sunday and we expect
that limits will remain
the rule on the New Sea
Angler for the balance
of the season. We are
seeing lighter winds
along the Bay Area Coast
today Wednesday 9-3.
This morning, winds were
just 8 to 12 knots and
have increased to 10 to
17 knots this afternoon.
Currently (4:PM) at the
weather buoys reports
are as follows. Bodega
Bay 15, San Francisco
17, Monterey Bay 10.
Swell heights are
averaging 6 feet with a
14 second period. The
forecast calls for
Thursday calls for NW
winds 10 to 20 knots
north of Pt Reyes and
just 5 to 15 knots south
of Pt Reyes. Friday and
through the weekend
looks to be dead calm.
Even small boats should
find easy fishing with
the predicted calm
weather.
Rick on the
New Sea Angler reported
limits and calm winds
last Friday and on
Saturday they took
limits in very breezy
conditions fishing at
Elephant Rock. Here on
Labor Day the winds have
dropped back to just 10
to 12 knots at the buoy
after blowing at 25 to
30 the past two.
Rockfish will remain the
only excuse to venture
out on the briny blue
until the Dungeness crab
season opens in early
November.
Rick
Powers on the New Sea
Angler reported 18
limits of mostly
coppers, browns and
blacks fishing down at
"the Wreck" at Pt Reyes
on Thursday 8-28.
Rick said that private
boats are seeing some
good action on the local
reefs from Arch Rock to
Ft Ross with today's
calm weather and he saw
some nice quality fish
not only on his boat but
the other six packs.
Currently out at the
weather buoys we are
seeing calm conditions
and I wouldn't be
surprised to see the
weekend forecast
downgraded. The 5: PM
weather buoy data is as
follows. Bodega Bay buoy
calm with just 4 knots
of NE breeze over a 7
foot swell. San
Francisco is showing
just 2 knots of north
breeze over a 5 X 9 foot
swell. HMB is still out
of service. Monterey is
reporting south winds of
4 knots over a 9 foot by
10 second swell.
Whenever we see south
winds behind a heat wave
this nearly always means
that fog is developing
and pushing up along the
coast. That said the
forecast is still
calling for high NW
winds over the coastal
marine waters this
weekend. Keep an eye
on the current buoy
conditions and plan your
trips accordingly.
Larger boats may make it
out but ???
Great Quotes
Rather than looking at the full range of
impacts on the ocean, officials have singled out
one thing or another in adopting new, narrow
regulations. Usually, it's the thing of least
benefit and least resistance.”
Vern Goehring, Manager of the California
Fisheries Coalition
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Rockfish Pressure Way
Down
Fishing pressure is very
light and it just makes
this writer wonder if
the PFMC and Department
of Fish and Games
"seasonal rockfish catch
predictions" will be
anywhere near their
estimates? We lost this
coming November of the
rockfish season
due to the "expected
increase in rockfish
harvest due to the
salmon closure" but the
reality is that we are
seeing a huge decrease
in fishing pressure in
all coastal ports due to
the salmon closure and
the high price of fuel.
It was only a couple of years ago that Fish and Game counted boat trailers
and the time of day they
were parked in a
particular harbor to
estimate fish harvest.
True story..., they
wouldn't actually
contact anglers but once
a week. The rest of the
time they would count
private boat trailers
and extrapolate those
catch figures by the
time of day that
trailers were parked
there. Isn't that
scientific??? But that's
our Fish & Games
Department for you.
Here in 2008 they
figured that no salmon
season would = a 200%
higher rockfish harvest
which should be -ed from
our overall rockfish
season which couldn't be
further from the truth.
They should rerun their
numbers but don't count
on the PFMC or DFG doing that. Maybe
they should try a
formula like.... the
price of gas to get to
the coast @ $4.65 a gallon
X the # of gallons that
the average boats uses
per day, - the 30 unfishable days of wind
the past two months
- the lack of a salmon
season due to
mismanagement, + the
price of their fishing
license = A LOT LESS
ROCKFISH BEING CAUGHT.
For the past few seasons
we would always hear
that this species or
that is being overfished
and harvest limits
have been exceeded. This
year wouldn't it be nice
to hear the PFMC or F&G
say "with the large
reduction in fishing
pressure we are going to
extend the rockfish
season through December"
Don't hold your breath.
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