I didn’t see anyone around. You must be prefishing still. I got a first come first serve site in schoolhouse. #47. See you in the morning.

What’s the scoop on camping there? It’s close enough to drive up for the day, but I have a bed in the back of my truck if there is room to park.

I believe the intent of the law should be taken into account when trying to decipher its meaning. Isn’t it intended to prevent you from fishing for Rockfish etc with more than two hooks and simply claiming you caught them using a legal setup and changed to using 8 hooks after you stopped fishing for the species in question. If you’re in your kayak with the rockfish in your possession there is no way to prove if you were using legal gear so they outlaw using illegal gear while the fish are with you. If the fish are back in camp it’s reasonable to claim you weren’t using 8 hooks when you caught them. Also keep in mind that there are possession limits and fish in your freezer legally count as part of your possession limits and might reasonably be called in your possession. The totality suggests to me that the intent of the law is to keep you from catching rockfish using 8 hooks and claiming you were using 2 if inspected.

I asked AI and got this answer for what it’s worth.

Can someone explain turnover and how it affects the fish?

The water sinks and rises depending on temperature. During the summer, upper levels get warmer than lower levels. Then as the weather gets colder the surface starts to get colder and you end up with surface water colder than lower depths. Eventually the denser heavier colder water sinks below the warmer lower water mixing as it goes. The mixing of the surface water with the deeper water brings oxygen to the depths keeping the lake oxygenated. The oxygen levels affect what can live and at what depths.

When the turnover happens the fish go off the bite until they adjust to the change. Then you can more easily find trout closer to the surface after a summer of trolling deep for them.

The safest thing to do is call them when planning a trip. Things can change without notice. Hopefully this summer they will work out a system that allows the green tag issued at a lake to be accepted at other lakes.

I tried to sign up for vacation time as soon as the date was published but I was too late. I was looking forward to doing another tournament. Two people are out from injury at work and another took that weekend off. I might be able to go last minute if business is slow so I’ll keep my fingers crossed.

This is super helpful. Have you noticed a significant difference in speed? I’m sure having the narrower hull gives a boost to the tarpon but is it at least in the ballpark?

It’s hard to compare a Tarpon 120 to a Thresher 140 because the different lengths and hull designs make a difference. I believe a Tarpon 140 would be faster than a Thresher 140. It’s been a while, but my two kayaks were probably close with the edge on speed maybe going to the Thresher.