monterey Bonito

Heard a few guys on channel 69 talking about Bonita near carmel and Macks off the lighthouse.

Tell us more, who was it. I heard names Eric and John.

I use my radios when my family travels in different cars. And left one on. I was drinking coffee at home and heard the conversation.

Post a report! Please

They might have been boaters, instead of yakkers.
Not many people on the water lately so you might be able to use process of elimination...if you can see any boats OTW, it was probably them.   Interesting to hear they're still around though!

They were talking about Bonito being pretty deep. 200ft.
I thought it was strange that they were still around too. I tried to hit them on radio but no answer. So that might point to boats with bigger wattage radios.

They were talking about Bonito being pretty deep. 200ft.
I thought it was strange that they were still around too. I tried to hit them on radio but no answer. So that might point to boats with bigger wattage radios.

HH radios are limited to 6watts; most are only 5watts.  Fixed mount radios are generally 25watts.  They win 

be careful -- landbased use of marine radios is frowned upon by the authorities.

Cheers,
Brad

Thanks for the warning.

I've seen a couple fishing boats out around the 200 ft zone between Pt Pinos and Pt Joe all week.  Wondered what they were catching.  Probably still Bonito. 

Josh

With no repeater, what kind of range are hh vhf'S good for?  5-6 watts.

With no repeater, what kind of range are hh vhf'S good for?  5-6 watts.

The generally accepted notion is 'line of sight'.  There are a number of factors that come in play making a simple question, far from "simple".  Some factors include:

Line of Sight; Transmitter & Receiver Antenna Height above water level
Quality of VHF Transmitting
Quality of VHF Receiving
Transmit Power (watts)
Transmit Antenna Type/Quality
Receiver Antenna Type/Quality
Others transmitting on the same freq. with higher powered VHF radios

   Just a few factors..... 

John yang and Eric .  Commercials.  They been getting em for last 2 weeks.  Not big scores but pretty good size ones.  My buddy got 7 today off the point.  They are in kayak range.

Iwas wondering about the power boats too..off my work carmel highlands there have been a few out a good ways and even making way south, not the normal spot prawn or whale watchers so????

be careful -- landbased use of marine radios is frowned upon by the authorities.

Cheers,
Brad

...and dont cut the tags of your pillows. 

Iwas wondering about the power boats too..off my work carmel highlands there have been a few out a good ways and even making way south, not the normal spot prawn or whale watchers so????

Are any of the party boats running them?  Their online reports only show them running dabs & macs on the Check Mate since New Year

be careful -- landbased use of marine radios is frowned upon by the authorities.

Cheers,
Brad

...and dont cut the tags of your pillows. 

Fantastic analogy Adam! 

John yang and Eric .  Commercials.  They been getting em for last 2 weeks.  Not big scores but pretty good size ones.  My buddy got 7 today off the point.  They are in kayak range.

Just curious ... where do these commercial catches end up? It's not like you see them on the markets here, and I'm guessing they don't have big enough hauls in this area to justify shipping them anywhere.

-Allen