Finally someone showed up to take care of the jellyfish problem. This leatherback turtle was seen off of Elephant Rock on Saturday. Leatherbacks eat jellyfish, so please don't bother him. He's got a lot of eating to do. Also, if you see any plastic bags floating out there, pick them up so this fellow and his buddies don't eat them and die. On the fishing front, the salmon and halibut both picked up a bit today, the salmon more than the halibut. Salmon catches ranged from 0 to 6, mostly from the Keyholes to the Trees in 60 to 85 feet of water, mostly near the bottom but a few guys reporting fish from 20 feet down. There were four halibut caught that I heard of, all of them by Hog Island. The ocean water was a degree warmer today but still clear.
want to fish the area but being unfamiliar with landmarks, it would be nice to offer up the L & L locations of where the bite is going on, thanks for your very good articles and information, harry
ReplyDeleteI manage the Leatherback Watch Program, a citizen science initiative compiling opportunistic sightings of leatherbacks on the US West Coast. By compiling and sharing this information, we link the public to these amazing creatures, the fact that they are regularly offshore of CA, and hope to inspire action to help w their conservation.
ReplyDeleteI'd really appreciate exact info on the time and GPS coordinates of the sighting. The photo is excellent. Can you put me in touch with whoever took it so I can seek permission to add the photo to our public collection?
We give a sighting an "A" grade if it has date, time, GPS coordinates, and a photo. This is the 10th leatherback sighting of the year, and the first offshore of Marin County!
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Have a great day,
Chris Pincetich, Ph.D.
OH YEAH email me at chris @ seaturtles.org
ReplyDeleteOR CALL 663-8590 x 102
THANKS!!