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Topic: Halibut/Stripper, Rockfish and Salmon fishing regulation?  (Read 2347 times)

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klqn007

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Hi,
I would to know the current regulation for Halibut/Stripper, Rockfish and Salmon at the same trip.

Let's say I would fish Halibut/Stripper first, then rockfish second, and finally salmon.  I can't find anything in CA regulation booklet.

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I can't find anything in CA regulation booklet.

Seriously? Make sure you are reading the Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=93478&inline=true


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i usually just take whatever i catch. nothing wrong with it


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Strippers aren't found in the ocean and the only limit is how much money you got to keep them around.

There is a table in the back of the regs that tells you what gear restrictions and limits are on each fish.  READ the regs!!
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-If you have a salmon onboard, then you have to use barbless single hooks (on lures or if trolling) and barbless circle hooks if using bait. And no more than 2 hooks per rod and only 1 rod per person.
-If you have rockfish onboard, then you can't fish deeper than the regional depth limit and only use 2 hooks per rod & only 1 rod per person.
-If you have stripers onboard, you can only use 3 hooks per rod & 2 rods per person.
-If you have halibut onboard, you're not affected by such issues.
-If you have strippers onboard, you can only use 5 dollar bills because she's probably hella classy.
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Thanks for your replies.  This really help.



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Thanks for your replies.  This really help.
  Oh this page we can get silly. First off, IMO, if you can fit all those species into a day, where you actually rig up to target them all, switch to De-café. That is to say, the odds of that scenario being plausible are very thin. But again, IMO, if you aren't blatantly blurring the lines of fishing the regs and tweaking them, your probably going to be okay. Like, you might actually have a barbless rig set up, tucked away in you tackle box, etc.....
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In an effort to learn how fish limits work, I once asked Bushy if I could take 10 Rockfish, 2 Lingcod (last year), 2 Salmon, 5 Halibut, 2 WSB in a single day. Hypothetical scenario, but I was wondering if that was legal.

He promised he'd buy me a boat if I could manage that. I am still trying, to this day!  :smt005
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Hypothetical scenario, but I was wondering if that was legal.
Its not.
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-If you have strippers onboard, you can only use 5 dollar bills because she's probably hella classy.

Ha!  Awesome
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If you are trolling a bait for salmon on the ocean are you allowed to use a slip rig or must they be hard tied as in the mooching rig?


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If you are trolling a bait for salmon on the ocean are you allowed to use a slip rig or must they be hard tied as in the mooching rig?

Trolling ok. Mooching south of horse mountain not ok.
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In an effort to learn how fish limits work, I once asked Bushy if I could take 10 Rockfish, 2 Lingcod (last year), 2 Salmon, 5 Halibut, 2 WSB in a single day. Hypothetical scenario, but I was wondering if that was legal.

He promised he'd buy me a boat if I could manage that. I am still trying, to this day!  :smt005
You could not do 10 RF, 3 Ling, 2 Salmon, 3 Halibut and 3 WSB.  But you can take 1 fish away from it and keep those (20 fish limit).  Go get them.


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In an effort to learn how fish limits work, I once asked Bushy if I could take 10 Rockfish, 2 Lingcod (last year), 2 Salmon, 5 Halibut, 2 WSB in a single day.

South of Pt Sur it would be legal. Because the limit is 5 halibut per day. But up here it's 3/day. The limit on WSB is also 3/day.
Also can't keep more than 20 fish per day (unless they're sanddabs, sardines, etc).
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A 20 fish day consisting of 10 RF, 2 Ling, 2 Salmon, 3 Hali & 3 WSB would be EPIC on a yak!!!