SD Bay outing july 5, '10

[fishes]

Thanks for the bay report. I wouldn't sling it over the side. Last time I was out the seals were following us and got a little too close. As for an alternative

[Oolie]

bay bass are tasty, harbor seals won't steal them, but sea lions will and so will the navy trained killer dolphins.

either throw it in the yak, or put it in a kill bag.

a game clip will work too.

[-scallywag-]

X2 what D said.....shelter island and san diego bay is surrounded my a huge navy base and leaky fuel tanks that have been there for 70 or 80 years....not to mention all the ship yards in the area...ohh yeah and the strand and most of S.coronado (the kays) are built on an old city dump....I would not eat anything caught in any southern californa bays.

Those spotties and sand bass are great fighters and fun to catch but just not something you want to eat more than once in your life. Instead wait until you go out to LJ, keep a calico or two....or better yet go for some rock fish, they are much tastier! or even better WSB and YT!!!

As for your fish storage problem, for bass I would keep them in my live well, or gut and gill them and put them in my beer cooler...burlap sacks always work too!

[radastaff]

or
u can just fillet it on the spot
take all of 5 seconds
and put the fillets in a baggy
and toss the baggy in my (beer) cooler
dont ferget to keep a frozen water bottle in there with it
and leave a patch of skin for id

[old_rookie]

Originally Posted by radastaff

or
u can just fillet it on the spot
take all of 5 seconds
and put the fillets in a baggy
and toss the baggy in my (beer) cooler
dont ferget to keep a frozen water bottle in there with it
and leave a patch of skin for id

Dump the excess in the water for the crabs?

[fongman]

Originally Posted by old_rookie

Dump the excess in the water for the crabs?

If there is any doubt that the fillets came from a legal size fish, you'd better keep the carcass, just in case you get checked by the dfg.

FYI-- Here's some of the fillet minimum sizes for our local fishery from the 2010-2011 Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations booklet (pages 38-39).
Note: some details were omitted.



27.65. Filleting of Fish on Vessels.

(1) Kelp bass, sand bass, spotted bass, and ocean whitefish: All fillets shall be a minimum of six and one-half inches in length. Each fillet shall bear intact a one-inch square patch of skin.
(2) Barracuda: Fillets must be a minimum of 17 inches in length. Each fillet shall bear intact a one-inch square patch of silver skin.
(3) Lingcod. Lingcod fillets must be a minimum of 16 inches in length.
(4) White seabass: Fillets must be a minimum of 19 inches in length. Each fillet shall bear intact a one-inch square patch of silver skin.
(5) Pacific bonito: No more than 10 fillets of any length may be possessed. All bonito fillets possessed shall be considered a part of the allowable undersized tolerance of five bonito per day less than 24 inches fork length or weighing less than five pounds as provided in Section 28.32 of these regulations. All fillets shall bear intact a one-inch square patch of skin.
(6) California halibut taken from or possessed aboard a vessel south of Point Arena (Mendocino County): Fillets must be a minimum of 16 and three-quarter inches in length and shall bear the entire skin intact. A fillet from a California halibut (flesh from one entire side of the fish with the entire skin intact) may not be cut in half fillets. However, a fillet may be cut lengthwise in a straight line along the midline of the fillet where the fillet was attached to the vertebra (backbone) of the fish only if the two pieces of a fillet remain joined along their midline for a length of at least two inches at one end of the fillet.
(7) Yellowtail: Fillets must be a minimum of 17 inches in length, except not more than 10 fillets may be less than 17 inches. Each fillet shall bear intact a one-inch square patch of skin.
(8) Rockfish: Fillets must have the entire skin attached. Bocaccio fillets must be a minimum of five inches in length.
(9) California scorpionfish (commonly termed “sculpin”): Fillets must be a minimum of 5 inches. Each fillet shall bear intact a one-inch square patch of skin.
(10) All other species except those listed in sub-section (c) of this section: Each fillet shall bear intact a one-inch square patch of skin. The fillets may be of any size.
(c) Fish That May Not be Filleted: No person shall fillet on any boat or bring ashore as fillets the following fish: cabezon, greenlings of the genus Hexagrammos, salmon, striped bass, sturgeon, and any species of flatfish, except California halibut may be filleted or brought ashore as fillets south of Point Arena (Mendocino County).

[old_rookie]

Originally Posted by -scallywag-

Instead wait until you go out to LJ, keep a calico or two....or better yet go for some rock fish, they are much tastier!

That's my ultimate goal.

[batty1of3]

Originally Posted by old_rookie

That's my ultimate goal.

good goal
calicos and rockfish are both great love catching em just take what you can have for dinner and leave a couple of biggies for spawning

[radastaff]

had no idea halibuts have such a pain in the butt set of rules
when u want to filet onboard

figured 1 inch square skin and typical size min
guess there is more

thanks for posting that

[old_rookie]

And if I read it right, you can't fillet fish in the bays.