Native Slayer 14...large hatch and rear tankwell, flat deck, tons of gear track, battery compartment,   New kayak I won at Rockfish Wars.  Love my Wildy Thresher too much, can’t keep both...  $900.

There's a potential closure of Cape Mendocino being considered by DFW and PFMC....not good.   In an email response, Joanna Grebel said in order to expand fishing opportunitiues they need to close areas to stay under the Yellow eye rf catch limit....but their just arent any yelloweyes being caught at the cape.  Here's her email response:

Hi Ryan,
Thanks for your email.  We have not come to any decisions yet on what, if any areas, will be closed.  We requested input on possible areas to close as a way to allow for more fishing opportunity, particularly in the northern areas.  We'd like to provide more time on the water and maybe even deeper depths, but we probably cannot do it without some assurance that we can stay within our allowable catch limits of yelloweye rockfish.  If we stick with our current depths and seasons, then no closures will be needed.  But if we start looking at providing more opportunities, some closures will likely be necessary.  It is a tradeoff and we look forward to getting more input from our public on this. But to be very clear -- we are still in the discussion phase and no decisions have been made.

I appreciate your feedback on this particular location and we will keep it in mind as we move forward.

Thanks,
Joanna

Joanna Grebel
Senior Environmental Scientist
Marine Region


We need voices!  Please email these people and tell them to keep Cape Mendocino open for sportfishing!

joanna.grebel@wildlife.ca.gov

director@wildlife.ca.gov


I find myself bitching about our shorter rcg fishing season up here but I would never trade a longer season for the few days I get to fish at the cape! 

Post up your pics from the Cape so everyone can see whats on the line!!!

Are the track mounted rod holders sturdy?  I'd like to mount a couple short tracks about a foot long on each side instead of mounting ram ball or flush mounts.  Figure it gives more versatility for rod holders camera mounts and other whiz bang contraptions.

Rod holder with extension mounted on track? Seems like it would be kind of wobbly, anybody have any issues?

Fish points don't match total...doh!

Just got done cleanin up my gear and noticed some water droplets under screen of my Elite 4 HDI...anyone ever see this before?

Finally got new ff mounted and took it for test drive. This thing is awesome!  I just did the update easy peasy, maybe too easy? Anyone know the current version # for elite 4 hdi? Unit says it's running version 4.0.5.0.17...

Ditch bagss...what do you guys keep in urs?  Obviously this is for the emergency of having to ditch ur yak....I always have my safety gear, but always want to learn and improve my safety/self rescue skills.

I recently bought the lens cover kit for my GoPro 3. The package said it fit the 3 and 3+....it lied, much to my dismay.  I really want to keep the waterproof housing lens scratch free to get my Rockfish Wars 1st place catch captured on video!  Bwahahaha! 

For reals tho, one call to GoPro and they dropped the right lens cover in the mail and apologized for the package typo.  Got it today!  So I'll be able to capture my acceptance of  the AOTY prize for posterity!

Not signed up for either of those things!  Lol.  But I think I will...sounds like a a helluva good time!

Enough blathering...I got a Hero 3+ lens cover for the waterproof housing...you want it, it's yours no charge.  Nice to see a company stand behind there products.