Fish Sniffer Magazine Volume 42 Issue 15 | Page 24

Fishing for rockfish is very underrated and is usually a day full of catching fish . Not to mention they make great table fare .

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Jigs are a great bait for lingcod and rockfish . A variety of colors work and the weight of the lure depends on how fast the current is moving and the wind is blowing .

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SALTWATER REPORTS :

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MONTEREY BAY

Fingers but I did not hear much on the radio . There were some halibut caught trolling near the Mile Buoy . The wind was calm all morning .” Anglers out of Stagnaro ’ s Fishing Trips are also getting into the rockfish action , too . A 7-hour “ deep sea cod ” trip on October 21 came back with limits of rockfish . A 7-hour trip on October 22 returned with about 8 cod per person , according to Captain Ken Stagnaro . Since September 1 , the 50-fathom Rockfish Conservation Area ( RCA ) boundary line for the Mendocino Groundfish Management Area ( GMA ) ( Cape Mendocino to Point Arena ), San Francisco GMA ( Point Arena to Pigeon Point ) and Central GMA ( Pigeon Point to Point Conception ), has been in effect . In these GMAs , recreational boat-based groundfish fishing will be ‘ offshore only ’ and allowed only seaward ( away from land ) of the 50-fathom boundary line , defined by straight lines connecting waypoints ( 50 CFR Part 660 , Subpart G ). Shelf rockfish , slope rockfish and

lingcod may be taken seaward of the 50-fathom boundary line , while it will be unlawful to take or possess nearshore rockfish as defined in Title 14 , Section 1.91 ( a )( 1 ), cabezon or greenlings at any depth .

- Dan Bacher

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