There's a lot of crows here in Boulder Creek too, as well as ravens.  Recently saw at least a hundred of them fly into the trees above my house, does seem like a lot of them recently. The ravens are really interesting to me, they are always up to something.  Often in the early morning going to a launch spot they are attacking the overflowing trash cans in downtown like raccoons.  I swear I've had one laugh directly at me 

Quote from: Poopsmith on October 12, 2023, 08:59:25 AM

interesting response from the commission with regards to descenders.

A chair asked herself why descenders weren't required in cal when they are in others states along the PNW and another guy answered something about it not being enforceable? He said they could somewhat enforce boats to carry them but could not enforce their use, He did state that most good intentioned fisher peoples would definately use their devises but something about the difficulty to enforce use was the reason. Doesnt really make sense, maybe from a ticketing perspective but im sure enforcing every boat to carry one would be good enough. Similar to an 18" net for undersized fish, you cant enforce its use but you can at least make sure people have it.

I think the rule should be to use descenders, even if difficult to enforce. Without requiring the use, someone could openly not use it while carrying it on board and not be subject to any action.

Quote from: crash on August 31, 2023, 06:57:41 AM

Non-motorized and motorized need to be defined.  Are sailing vessels motorized or non-motorized?  Battery powered motors?  Is there a horsepower cutoff?  Why 19’ limit? 

I appreciate all the effort that goes into something like this.  Good job.

Paul after reading comments here i think we should re-include the definition we came up with. I.e. max 18.5' and no backup motor. And explain the reason for the length cutoff (i.e. less people on board, less take per vessel).

I am a boat fisherman, found the kayak afloat while fishing around FP on 24th. As we already heard of the shark attack, we recovered the kayak and started to notify news channel and Parks ranger of the recovery in hope of returning this to the owner.

Since there is no respond from either, I sign on to this group in hope someone know the person.

Hope this help..

Quote from: DarthBaiter on August 28, 2023, 09:32:10 AM

email says.  "up to 25% off on selected in stock Hobie Kayaks"

Selected probably means only to their Passports 

I caught and released a Quillback at Fort Ross last year.
The thing that bothers me about these kind of decisions and regulations is the complete disregard for how it affects people and businesses.

It's sort of human nature to not be concerned about things that don't affect you. When they announced the closure for the North management area, I shrugged and thought "Well it sucks to be them, but it doesn't affect me."  - Oops.

As an example, I'm not a gun owner, and I would like to see some more restrictions on who can own what, but I do understand that people have interests and passions that differ from mine, and I shouldn't disregard those passions completely.