Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3908 Mar 27- Apr 10 | Page 17

Natural Bridges State Park Santa Cruz Wharf Capitola Santa Cruz Soquel Pier Small Craft Point Manresa Harbor St. Beach Fishing Notes • Barred Perch are found mainly off the beaches and at the end of piers near the surf line. Among the top places to pursue them are Natural Bridges, Twin Lakes, Capitola, New Brighton, Seacliff, Manresa, Sunset, Zmudowski, Moss Landing, Salinas River, Marina and Monterey state beaches. Redtail and Silver Perch also show occasionally in the catches off the beaches. Fishing plastic grubs such as the Berkley Gulp saltwater products on light 6 to 10 pound test spinning gear has become increasingly popular in recent years. Pileworms, bloodworms, mussels, grass shrimp and sand crabs are the top baits. • Rubberlip, Black, Rainbow, Striped, Splittail, Walleye, Pile and Shiner Perch are caught around pilings around wharves and around rocky stretches of shoreline. Among the many good areas to try include the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, Capitola Wharf, Cement Ship at Seacliff State Beach, Elkhorn Slough and Monterey Fisherman’s Wharf #2. • Brown, blue, grass and kelp rockfish, cabezon and lingcod are also taken by anglers pursuing the perch, particularly in rocky areas with kelp. • Make sure that you check the DFG’s Ocean Sport Fishing regulations booklet on the web (www.dfgca.gov) before going fishing to review the latest seasons, bag limits and other regulations for these fish. Shore fishing for rockfish is open year round. “The outlook for Sacramento River fall Chinook is better than last year, but this season’s fisheries will be tempered by protections needed to conserve low numbers of Klamath River fall Chinook,” confirmed Jennifer Simon, an environ- mental scientist with the CDFW’s Ocean Salmon Project. Final season dates will be decided during the April 4-10 PFMC meeting in Vancouver, Washington. The public is invited to comment on the PFMC’s season proposals at that meeting or at a hearing scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24 at the Red Lion Hotel, 1929 Fourth St. in Eureka. Comments can also be submitted through the PFMC website at www.pcouncil.org. Anglers are advised to check for updated information when planning a salmon fishing trip. Season dates, bag/possession limit information and gear restrictions can be found on CDFW’s ocean salmon web Zmudowski St. Beach Moss Landing Pier & St. Beach Bay Watsonville Monterey Bay Area Perch Monterey 1 Santa Cruz Capitola Davenport Capitola St. Beach New Brighton St. Beach Aptos Seacliff St. Beach Sunset 1 St. Beach Twin Lakes St. Beach Moss Landing Salinas River St. Beach 156 Castroville S 183 the sport fishery. Waters from Pigeon Point north of Pt. Arena will see a 24-inch minimum size limit in the sport fishery until May 1 when it drops to 20 inches. “We have reason to be hopeful as we look to the start of salmon fishing in 2020 and we’re glad to see that programs supported by the GSSA are apparently resulting in more fish for everyone to catch this year,” said McManus. McManus also said the adult Sacra- mento River winter Chinook return provided “another relatively bright spot” with an estimated 7,569 adult fish returning to spawn, the highest number since 2006. “Their offspring are being counted downstream in Red Bluff, where special counting traps are moored in the river. These traps have already counted an estimated 3.8 million, the highest number in seven years,” he stated. Año Nuevo Point (New Years Island) 17 1 Location:  Monterey Bay offers an array of fishing opportunities. This region includes some of the most scenic coastline found anywhere in the. This area features an array of king salmon, rockfish, lingcod, king salmon, halibut, striped bass, white seabass, surfperch and other species. Seasons: There are seasonal closures for lingcod, rockfish and Chinook salmon. Fishing for striped bass, halibut, sanddabs, white seabass and other species is open year round. Salmon season: will open on April 4, 2020. Here are the three options for closing dates for the season, one of which will be approved during the April meeting of the Pacific Fishery Manage- ment Council: Pigeon Point to Mexican border (Monterey) • April 4-October 4(C.6).  Pigeon Point to Mexican border (Monterey) • April 4-September 27 (C.6).  Pigeon Point to Mexican border (Monterey) • April 4-September 7 (C.6).  Rockfish: This region is located within the CDFW’s Central Management Area, the ocean waters between 37°11’ N. latitude (Pigeon Point) and 34°27’ N. latitude (Point Conception), This includes all of Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, and parts of Santa Barbara and San Mateo Counties. The recreational fishery for rockfish (Sebastes sp.) is open to divers and shore-based anglers year-round. This fishery is open to boat-based anglers from April 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019. Take is prohibited seaward of the 50 fathom depth contour (300 feet), defined in Federal regulations (50 CFR Part 660, Subpart C). The daily bag and possession limit is 10 fish in combination of all species within the RCG Complex (includes all species of Rockfish, Cabezon and Greenlings) per person, with a sub-limit on black rockfish (4), cabezon (3) and canary rockfish (3) are also included in the 10 fish RCG Complex aggregate limit. The minimum size limit for cabezon is 15 inches total length and the minimum size limit for kelp and or rock greenlings is 12 inches total length. Yelloweye rockfish, bronzespotted rockfish, and cowcod may not be retained (bag limit: zero). Lingcod: The recreational fishery for lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) is open to divers and shore-based anglers year-round. This fishery is open to boat-based anglers from April 1, 2019 2through December 31, 2019. The daily bag and possession limit is 2 fish, with a minimum size limit of 22 inches total length. For Divers, Shore-based Anglers: Fishing for rockfish and lingcod is open year round. To San Jose To San Francisco Año Nuevo State Reserve Monterey Region Fishing Regulations 15 Mar 27-Apr 10, 2020 Map Feature VOL.39 • ISS. 8 Fisherman‘s Marina Fisherman‘s Wharf #2 St. Beach Marina Wharf Point Piños Presidio of G17 Monterey 1 CSUS Annex Monterey Cypress Point Salinas Seaside Pacific Grove Carmel Highway Monterey Pebble Beach Carmel Carmel River St. Beach 17 Mile Drive Carmel River 1 To San Luis Obispo page at: wildlife.ca.gov/oceansalmon. Public notification of any in-season change to conform state regulations to federal regulations is made through the National Marine Fisheries Service ocean salmon hotline at (800) 662-9825. 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