La Jolla to be closed - Beginning May 1st
 

Well it happened, our Governator signed the bill last night. La Jolla will be closed for fishing from P.B. Point to Flat Rock and 3 miles out beginning May 1st. I wish we would have had an opportunity to fight it with the great folks at KFACA and United Anglers. Maybe if more of you had gotten off your asses and signed up we would have had a chance. See you in Baja.

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/lajolla/press-release.com

The link is experiencing high demand, may take a few attempts to get through.

$^$#&^#%! According to that map, more than LJ is going to be off limits. I didn't think it would happen this soon!

LJ Closure
 

Are the people who "didn't get off their asses" the same ones who didn't do anything about the LJ parking meters or impending DP harbor rebuild?

Good one Dave. You had me thinking about fishing every day this month. :o I signed up for UA at the Fred Hall show. It's still not to late to sign up.

The map sure is scarry. :)

Who cares... :D

I got no time to fish anyway. :D

:the_finger: at least Jim can still guide in SD Bay!

Speaking of closing Lajolla launch ramp:

RANT ON

hooks

line

radios

lights shining into the hotel

speeding

trash - fishing related.

All we need is for some kid to catch a hook into the foot and we have problems. Turn you headlights off before you swing towards to hotel.
If you need your headlights to setup your yak, point the lights seaward.
Turn you radio off especially when loading and unloading at the street. Basic common courtesy. With that stupid wall of sand, be very careful when motoring past it not to get stuck. Run over a kid or an old lady and we are screwed.

I drive a maroon f250, if you see me breaking any common sense rules just come over and call it like you see it - no one's perfect, a friendly reminder never hurts.

RANT OFF

30 days notice seems reasonable:rolleyes:.........:arne1::arne1::arne1: :arne1::arne1:

butthole! :rolleyes:

WHAT?
 

APRIL FOOLS I HOPE? :argh:

Not too late to help.

http://www.kfaca.org/

http://www.unitedanglers.com/page.php?2

I thought this was a good April Fools joke...

Sadly this is the real deal- La Jolla is as good as GONE.

If you read the article we also lost 5.5 miles north AND south of Dana Point Harbor. We also lost the rocky area 4.5 miles south of Newport Harbor. Its only going to get worse.
:(

"You can take my rod when you pry it out of my cold, dead hand."

rape
 

This is long overdue!!! La Jolla to PB has been raped for way too long!!! Let mother nature let herself "comeback", if it's not already too late. Are there any kayaks for sale yet? Way to go Arnold!!!!:confused:

poaching
 

I can't wait to be one of the hoards of poachers out there!!!

I'm selling all my gear while I still can !!! This is jacked !

:the_finger:

As everyone has figured out, this post was an April Fools joke. I missed the humor (too close to the situation), but the outrage shows how much people care.

Conservatively, we have about two years to fish La Jolla before any part of it can be closed by the MLPA.

Don't get too comfortable though. We'll be scrapping to hang onto our access beginning this summer.

The reality really sunk in at Fred Hall Del Mar, where Dgax brought in a closure proposal put together by a Scripps Institute biologist. It locked up the entire southern half of the kelp. At first blush I thought this not the worst possible case (certainly it serves the majority) but in less than 40 minutes we showed it to two guys who were absolutely devastated to learn their spots are under the microscope.

It reinforced my resolve to battle for the best possible outcome. The next two years will be tough ones.

I can't help that I'm a smart ass. :o But I also hoped to get some people to take action. I also sent you that SIO paper in December, guess you were not paying attention.

:hmmmm: :hmpf: :hmmmm2: :y:
IDENTITY THEFT!!!!!!

If there is anything I hate, its a damn thief!

:eviltongue: :reddy: :the_finger:





lol

So I've been spending a little time over the past few months trying to research (going through old posts and DFG site) and figure out what I can do to help in this process. Problem is the little information I'm finding seems to imply there is not a whole lot we can do now. Maybe I'm mis guided... Is there something I'm missing? I would really like to actively help in the process, but have no idea where to start or what to do...

If anyone has any useful insight or comments please feel free to share.

You can join the KFACA and United Anglers groups to improve their clout. Then you will be on their mail lists so that when they ask for volunteers or support at public meetings you might be able to help. You could also influence more people to join these groups. You could take a peta-person fishing, they make great bait for rock fish, but tough to get the smell off your hands.

http://www.kfaca.org/

http://www.unitedanglers.com/page.php?2

Oh, I was paying attention. I brought it up again to make a point. Although the proposal maps a plausible outcome that keeps the majority of kayak anglers fishing, any loss at La Jolla will be excruciating. :(

The proposal is also nothing more than lines on a map at this point. Anyone can advocate for a particular outcome; actually putting forth MPA network proposals is the province of the regional stakeholders group.

The author could end up on the panel, but he is far more likely to get a spot on the Science Advisory Team. If he does, his job will be to evaluate the various network proposals against objective criteria.

There's very little members of the public can do at this point. Some high-level lobbying taking place behind the scenes (I'm not a party to it) - otherwise we are in a waiting mode until the state starts the SoCal process going.

I encourage everyone who cares about our inshore fisheries to get involved when it does.

PL

This link works....


http://www.dfg.gov.ca/press-release/lajolla5-1closure

Thanks. Just signed up for both. UA has a check coming in the mail. I will encourage some friends to join as well. Taking a PETA-KOOK fishing with me is not an option as I'm pretty sure they're all serial killers, and I would like to keep a safe distance.

:D

CRAP! i got rick rolled

PETA Kills more Animals than any other animal shelter I have ever seen, or heard about. They are Big Time Killers. (BTK) Bind Torture Kill.

http://www.petakillsanimals.com/petaKillsAnimals.cfm

This may have been an April Fool's joke, but the joke may be on all of us soon enough. The closure of State Parks will most likely affect several beach area parks in San Diego County. Pretty sure that Seaside in Cardiff will be one of the closures and some of San Onofre State Park will most likely be turned into a toll road.
Fishing restrictions will probably be close behind. Most of the offshore areas, coastal waterways, as well as inland rivers, streams and lakes in Central and Northern California as well as the rest of the Pacific Northwest are already strictly regulated.

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instead of closing our fishing grounds
why dont we stop polluting our oceans?


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