Lovely Lake Lucia!

Fished the south coast with my friend Ernie today. Talk about perfect conditions on the water, barely a breeze, nice bank of fog, and the swell was hardly there. I didn't think the Big Sur area got that calm, we're talking glass water! The fishing was incredible! Vermilion after vermilion! Along with the mixed bag of olives,coppers,and blues. I kept on catching canaries. Maybe the DFG needs to take these off the list because they were abundant out there today. Saw pelicans and a school of dolphins graced us with their presence, I had a great time. Just being in Big Sur is awesome. This trip today made me appreciative and grateful of the fairly close proximity of this outdoor treasure we in the Monterey Bay and surrounding areas are so blessed to be able to enjoy. Funny thing today was the absence of Mr. Ling. He failed to make an appearance. I soaked a whole jacksmelt for a while too. I know he was in the neighborhood due to some teeth marks on the tail of the jacksmelt but neither of us landed one. I have pictures on my cell phone but haven't yet figured out how to download them. I'll post them once I master this technological art. 

Sounds like a great day calbear. WTG on those vermilions.

Jedmo

I was wondering if the conditions were as pristine further south.Sounds like you guys scored a great session.Can't wait to get down there again. 

I am told that the DFG takes the survey information they receive about how many Canaries are caught and projects it over the whole fishing population.  So, if a number of fisherpersons report they caught an average of 3 canaries, that is projected to say that all fishing caught 3 canaries.  So if they figure there are 10,000 fishing, 3,000 canaries were caught and once what they consider to be the allowed amount is exceeded, rock fishing closes.  Thus, the north coast closed in August or September last year.

Best thing to do is move if you are catching Canaries.  What we report to the DFG biologist can have repercussions.


Pete

 

 

 

 

wudd^ bro that was good tymes. i think i only have 8 or nine Vermillion that trip heehee yo boi ernie!

Wheres the best place to launch a kayak to get to Lucia, my quess would be Limekiln, please let know, i fish Big Sur a couple times a summer. Sure appreciate you guys posting about fishing Big Sur. Big Sur is a national treasure. shhhhhh don't tell anyone else, ha ha

Redhook, we launch a couple miles south of Limekiln at Mill Creek since LK is closed due to the fires last year

Sounds like both of you had a nice time OTW.  Thanks for the report and pictures.