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Fish Talk / Re: Bad news for near-shore fishing at Albion & to Central Coast on Sept 1
« on: August 22, 2023, 07:11:49 PM »
How does stopping me from fishing this whole season (haven't been out yet) help the quillback?
There are plenty of other fish near shore besides rockfish and lings. The flatfish are better eating imo which includes sand sole, rock sole, California halibut, sand dabs and starry flounder. There are a few kinds of perch, striper and White Sea bass too. If I lived near the Bay Area, I would be targeting White Sea bass cause they rarely show up north. Also there is sturgeon until they tighten the regs some more on those as well. Also it’s thresher shark season which is plenty of meat for your catch and a blast to catch as well. It will only improve your catch rate in general if you adapt and learn to target other fish. Rockfish and lings are some of the easiest to catch fish which makes it not much of a sport or challenge.
I asked lots of reasonable questions (I think) about why a full near-shore closure of all fishing helps the quillback and possible approaches to limit impact on the species. I appreciate your guidance towards other fish (could tell me to go to the Owens River to catch some trout! surfperch love MOTR grubs!) but I was asking why a single species demands a full shutdown and how we could reasonably address that. I know you are a better saltwater fisherman than me but the above is not an answer. But a copper is not a smaller rockfish! (I said I don't keep them anyway.) For example, why is it different from other zero-catch species that don't shut the entire (shortened) season down.
I said I'm happy to roll with normal reg changes, just would appreciate some information (data) behind this one.