Sorry for your loss
Thanks for sharing the brighter side of the situation
Please post some pics of the food you make if you’re able

Excited for ya!
Be sure to take some smaller set ups for dorado, yellowtail and smaller yellowfin on floating kelps

I understand this is a small reprieve for fisherfolks and local business that rely on them.
I don’t understand why there should even be a discussion about take of “inland salmon” at all. Once those fish hit the sweet water I believe they should be protected. More than half of a salmons life cycle depends on healthy freshwater ecosystems.
Last, what about the hundreds of thousands of salmon released every year by the state, and organizations like Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project, Coastside and Golden State Salmon Association?

Quote from: Rock Hopper on April 15, 2025, 05:33:18 PM

Meh. They should just leave it closed for the season.

Yeah, I kind of agree with this (though I might try to get it on the action). If there are so few wild salmon that we can only have a 7000 fish season, then why have a season at all?

On the other hand, the hatcheries continue to produce fish, but we can't fish for them because of this dwindling population of wild fish that the state won't take meaningful measures to protect and rebuild?
At a certain point, perhaps we should just throw the wild fishery to the wind and get our season back, based on the hatcheries/trucking-system.

Maybe clip 100% of the hatchery fish, and only allow clipped fish to be retained.

Those are my two polar-opposite views on the current state of the salmon fishery.

Maybe folks who want to fish should volunteer to clip fins. The state should then guarantee access to those people first.

You’ll be alright buddy
We’re all wishing you a rapid recovery

Classic, not even a fish, and from the beginning the article onward it gains weight
600 to 660 to 900 lbs   

So Sorry Al
Wish I could help, my spare laptop is "used up" unfortunately

Good vid, great footage
“If the water tastes salty….”

Got one of those at work