I'll be heading out of monterey bay kayaks towards sand city for some rock fishing and maybe some halibut bouncing. First time in years for me! Bringing a bud and anyone is welcome to join us. I'll be listening on channel 11 which I think I remember being the NCKA frequented channel? There's a small craft advisory which I expect to chase off by mid morning around 1030 so we will be out around 615 or 630 and may not make it all the way to sand city.

Hey all!
My first time yak fishing in a couple years again is coming up this Saturday and I'm taking a friend out for sand dabs off of San Carlos in Monterey towards the red can. Anyone who wants to join is welcome and I'd appreciate the company as its been a while and I want to make sure I still know how to paddle :p
-Aaron

Hey all. It's been a while since I've gone out fishing as my question shows but I'm gearing up to head out for a paddle tomorrow with the wife. I want to recharge my two identical batteries (one is this http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0036388018049a.shtml and the other is essentially the same but different brand). I can't seem to find the ac adapter I used to use or else the one I have in front of me had the contacts ripped off of it. So what I have is a 1000mA 12v adapter. Is this too high amperage to hook up to my batteries? I see from searching on here that most of you use 500mA chargers. Do I risk blowing my battery up or do I just have to take it off after a short time?

Ok so I got the 2007 Kia Spectra5 with no roof racks factory and I want to get it geared up for some 'yakkin. I notice the Thule system is about 150 bucks more than a Yakima from rackattack.com. So now what I want to know is what system should I go with? Do I need to get hullrollers or does the mako-style saddle work easy enough to load yourself and save the moulah? Any and all chatter about kayak racks may now begin! Educate me!

Thanks for the advice guys. I ended up making a good deal on that kia spectra5 that I went to look at the day I posted this so I'm set! Now to get a rack to fit it!

Even if you go with the idea that fishing pressure is equal across the different growth rate fish the fish who reproduce earlier will be selected for by fishing pressure as they reproduce more often in the amount of time we allow them to grow before harvest.

Well there is the conclusion to my thesis project! 

Thanks Brian!

So what would a proposed solution be? I have never heard of the slots people were talking about earlier. I love to fish but I'm also a naturalist and would like for my two hobbies to coincide. I know a solution is a tall order but any idea of something that's in the works?

Ah after I wrote that part and tried to post I see MolBasser's new post.
The question would be then are the fish populations young or old right now. I think SCWAfish suggested they are young. If so then the young fish which reproduce early, and are therefore smaller, are illegal to keep and therefore we are not pressuring them in the way that we pressure the grow fat, get big, reproduce fish. I think it does take in the effect of age.

Distribution is something that I don't think we have really discussed much yet as to whether the genes scatter enough to overcome fishing pressure or not. Does anybody know how far a ling cod larvae will move from its birth place once released?

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The enviornment does not effect your genetic makeup.  It will effect how those genes are regulated, but not their existance, and this is the important point for what gets passed on to furhter generations.

Normally if all is stabilized, yes, the enviroment does not affect genetic makeup of an organism. But if there is a pressure it surely does affect that gene's appearance in the population. The uncertain part is whether fishing is far-reaching enough to affect that change.


No.  A specific organism is set in its genetic makeup.  The environment will determine which animals survive and which genes get passed on.  Evolution requires many generations.

Molbasser, I understand what you are saying. The environment does not change genes in each single organism. But we are talking about a selective pressure which is greater than the organism. That is on the scale of the population. So in that case then yes genetic makeup does change.

It's still not the heart of the argument which is whether or not large fish are mostly just older or just genetically larger because if they are just genetically larger we are no doubt being a selective pressure. I think that what I need to know before going either way would be to know as fact if larger fish are just older or genetically regulated to be larger. Scwafish you may be trying to tell us that but I couldn't understand the post too well. Could you elaborate?