Two of us left Alameda Grand Street Ramp at 0430. Smooth ride on the bay and outside the gate. Dropped in outside Rocky Point in 65’ h20 and started trolling towards Dux. Rounded the buoy and started trolling back to Rocky Point.

Landed our first fish around 0930 outside Rocky Point in 66’ h20 35’ OTW clear FBR with anchovie. Worked that same area for our limit. We picked up our last fish around 1330. All fish came on the same setup.

Arrived back to a cluster f**k mess at the ramp. The wait to get to the ramp was about 45 minutes. There were always some people thinks they just motor up and try to sneak in rather then wait their turn.

Long day so here’s a short report.

Location: Rocky Point

Depth: 50’ h2o, 35 otw

Hardware: Threw the whole Tackle Box at them today and they picked Brad Cut Plug (Cop Car & Watermelon).

We were done around 1450 and it was pretty nasty out there when we left.

Recreational Canary Rockfish, Black Rockfish and Lingcod Bag Limit Increases Effective June 1, 2019

MAY 21, 2019
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced increases to the recreational canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger), black rockfish (S. melanops) and lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) daily limits.

Within the statewide Rockfish Cabezon Greenlings Complex daily bag limit of 10 fish, the sub-bag limit for canary rockfish will increase from two to three fish, and the sub-bag limit for black rockfish will increase from three to four fish. The daily bag limit for lingcod will increase from one to two fish for areas south of 40°10’ N. lat (near Cape Mendocino), returning the statewide bag limit for lingcod to two fish. The changes are effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 1, 2019.

Limited retention of canary rockfish in California’s recreational fishery began in 2017 as a result of the stock being declared rebuilt. Because retention of canary rockfish had been prohibited in recreational fisheries off California for more than a decade, incremental increases to the daily sub-bag limit are being implemented to balance fishing opportunity while keeping catch within harvest limits.

Less optimistic stock assessment outcomes for black rockfish in 2015 and lingcod in 2017 resulted in a reduction to both the harvest limits and bag limits for these species. A review of the most recent recreational catch information showed that less catch for these species occurred during 2017 and 2018 than anticipated. This prompted the current increase in the statewide black rockfish sub-bag limit and lingcod bag limit south of Cape Mendocino to better achieve allowable harvest.

Catches of several important groundfish species, including canary and black rockfish, are monitored weekly to ensure harvest limits are not exceeded.

Pursuant to California Code of Regulations Title 14, section 27.20(e), CDFW has the authority to make in-season modifications to the recreational fishery, including adjustments to bag and sub-bag limits.

For more information regarding groundfish regulations, management and fish identification tools, please visit the CDFW Marine Region Groundfish webpage.

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Left HMB ramp around 0545 in pea soup fog and flat sea. Line in the water around 0700. Fished 22/37 using clear FBR with chovie behind a 4" green sling blade 30 FOW. Done around 0745. I have never seen HMB trailer parking lot that full before and it spilled out along HWY 1.

Looking to see if anyone has a Calcutta 400 reel that they want to part with. I've got 1 that I use for salmon trolling and loving it so I'm looking for 1 more. Aloha

Finally was able to get a day off from work. Two of us left Alameda Grand Street ramp around 8:00. Nice flat water on the bay all the way out the gate. Got to Pt. Bonita and it still have some rollers coming through and I couldn't see if there were breakers in the channel because of the fog. Decided to head out of the shipping channel to play it safe.
Set pots in 125' of h2o and let it soaked for 1 1/2 hours, pulled 7 pots for 2 nice limits.