Temu and Aliexpress have vendors offering a wide assortment of hooks in bulk quantities.

Maybe you're already rigged this way but jig assist hook(s) tied at the top of the jig will not snag as easily when bottom fishing. Also, if using treble hooks, I like to use something around size 6# with a 40# leader. If it snags, the jig should free up by bending the hookl

Showing up with my pink goofish and chrome diamond jigs!

Ever since 3$ posted that goofish deal I have gone down the rabbit hole, I am building a second spj rod with a spinning reel seat for 250g jigs, so much fun but I think rockfishing might be the easiest thing to target with them, they will literally hit a suspended jig LOL.

I have been trying sweeping motions, half turns full turns, but I always just like to contact bottom and get my jigs stuck...

Buying keel jigs on ebay for cheap and making my own stingers still!
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Hopefully the council will favor the option of keeping it closed.

The 20 fathom boundary line is a boundary delineated by a series of lat/long coordinates which represent the conservation area. In reality, some of the individual coordinates are either deeper or shallower than 20 fathoms however most are close to the mark.

So the 20 fathom = (120ft) boundary you speak of is that inside 20 fathoms or outside ?

Like last year they opened for what 6 weeks they don't seam to realize in throes 6 weeks we "maybe" can go ocean fishing what maybe 2 times if your a working man. They don't seem to realize weather is a big factor if we can even go fishing.
Lets face it these regulations are all about the party boats if they were serious about really reducing the rockfish take they would drop the limit to 6 fish and 1 lingcod. Make Blue and Black rockfish and other species that you can throw back easy "size limits" for inshore fishing, including shore fishing any rockfing from shore can be tossed back. Descender for any boat and kayak would help too.
There is so much they could do but for some reason they never drop the whole bag limit and mandatory size for rockfish I have no idea why. They could make a different bag and size for party boats ouside the 20 or 30 fathom limit and not let the party boats fish inside.
Together were all competing for the same fish in the same waters they need to seprtate party/commercial from recreation and kayak fishing.
IDK guys Im a really old fishing dude I could be talking out my but this is just my take after fish out coast for 70+years sorry !
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Last season Dennis allowed boats/kayaks to be launched before 8 a.m. if a registered guest.  We'll have to see if Steven will adopt that policy.

Steven is the temporary winter manager who is scheduled to be replaced by another new manager beginning March. Hold your breath...the next one could be worse than Dennis who only lasted 8 months.

Has anybody discussed this petition with members of other user groups, like private boaters or the CPFV community? I may be wrong, but I assume certain groups will not like the idea.

 Here is a link to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council's portal for public comments submitted for its groundfish management Harvest Specifications Technical Corrections and Inseason Adjustments – Final Action agenda.  You should see several comments from the CPV sector. https://pfmc.psmfc.org/Meeting/Details/3005. Click on Groundfish Management G8 to view the comments.

Quote from: Bulldog---Alex on August 30, 2023, 04:43:11 PM

Commercial rock fishing. Wow ! where do you start with that. Have they been asked for lower take ?

I've never seen nearshore rockfish species for sale commercially.  I usually only see slope rockfish.  Full disclosure: I don't shop very widely for commercial rockfish; I usually get it through my CSF or from known sustainable fishermen, so perhaps they don't target nearshore but others do.

Live nearshore rockfish are commonly marketed in Asian seafood markets such as 99 Ranch, etc. Gilled and gutted, the fish are prepared whole and most everything is consumed except the bones. Even eat the eyes and swim bladders! Like abalones, very little of the animal goes to waste. Most of us hack off two filets and toss the rest....considered by the Asian community a sacrilege. That's why the fish appear to be so valuable in these markets, but for many people a little goes a long way.