Thursday, May 25, 2017
So, a few things. The conditions are right for salmon in about 200-225 feet of water, from Tomales Point down towards Ten Mile Beach. I saw a picture of an 18ish pound salmon caught today from Tomales Point, 220 feet of water, 65 feet OTW, Watermelon Apex. Tons of krill, brown water, a bit of fin bait, and a whale show better than Sea World to watch if you aren't catching. In the bay there's a couple schools of anchovies near Hog Island and the water is plenty warm (56º-62º) for the halibut to start doing the right thing and biting for the rest of us. The Dungeness crabbing has slowed down quite a bit with more females being caught than males (by 3-1 or more). Last weekend a bowhunting boat did well on the leopard sharks but I hadn't heard of many actually taking the bait. The surfperch have been a bit slow but should start picking up, and Gage says the stripers will start really biting in the surf this weekend. He may be right... And even if he's not, worst case you get to see one of these:
Hey Willy
ReplyDeleteBow hunting for leopard sharks? That would be in shallow water by Marshall or further in right?
Great sunset pic
ReplyDeleteBetween Hog Island and Tom's Point in the shallows, I believe.
ReplyDeleteBow hunting for leopard sharks? Geez. Lame, lame, lame. Sorry, but I'm a lifelong local angler and I love those fish. I killed a few when I was a kid and have always felt bad about it. Bow hunting for them sounds pretty gutless. Go shoot a cottontail. Or try and catch a salmon?
ReplyDeleteGeez Willie, why don't you give us some actual information for a change... we're trying to make important decisions here!! :)
ReplyDeleteWhy not bow hunt for sharks? And, just go kill something else!?? WTD? As long as it's done with respect, dignity and isn't going to waste, sounds good to me. I'll be bringing my bow along on my next flattie run.
Hmm. Respect and dignity in leopard bow hunting? Doubt it. I'm imagining frustrated salmon fishermen with open cans of beer, hooting and hollering ("C'mon! Git that f--ker!") and taking gross trophy photos.
ReplyDeleteRegarding bow hunting for leopard sharks -- it seems to be there are reasons a lot of "enviros" hate fishermen, and I can't always blame them.
ReplyDeleteWow I guess even fishermen can be holier than thou
ReplyDeleteBow hunt, fish with hook, spear fishing - no difference, I have no problem with it.
ReplyDeleteWhacko inviros liberals hate everybody - what's new?
Regarding bowfishing:
ReplyDeleteIf we want to keep our way of life, either everyone counts or no-one counts. Anti hunting and fishing environmental groups don't pick and choose which methods of take they are OK with......they want it all banned. Yet still, some of us want to decide which methods of take are OK with us. I don't bowfish. But I support the right of a licensed bowfisher to practice his take in open public waters. Who cares if I agree with it?? People who want us off the water and out of the forest don't worry about that kind of thing, yet some of us choose to stand divided on what is basically a public rights and access issue. No wonder we lose these battles so often.
Outlaw
Well spoken, sir. The fact that I don't bowfish has more to do with my accuracy (I don't have any) and the fact that I don't eat sharks. It is legal (if done correctly) and that's good enough for me. I just repeated the report for those guys that do like eating or fishing (in whatever manner) for sharks. They're there. Go try.
ReplyDeleteI fish but I don't kill sharks. I love seeing them cruising the shallows. I can kind of understand why people who don't fish would see it as gross and offensive to kill them, especially if it is obvious it's being done for pleasure and sport, as opposed to simply a means of acquiring fresh meat. In fact, I think a big obstacle we rec fishermen have created for ourselves is having established what we do as a "sport." I prefer to characterize fishing as a component of an ancient type of "lifestyle," though I am always grappling for a better way to portray the killing of fish and game for food. I think when it's called a "sport," and when it appears to outsiders that we are killing for "sport," there is going to be understandable resentment and anti-fishing backlash. So, whether or not we are shooting sharks with bows, I think it's important we all consider veering from the "sport" mentality and consider what we do part of a (hopefully) sustainable lifestyle that has been in practice for a million years.
ReplyDeleteI like to use my rod to try and hammer California split tail. Its legal in all states so most don't complain about it.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing the only thing your rod hammers is a hand sandwich.
DeleteOk next post please Willy
ReplyDeletehey Willy are the Elk still on the other side of the bay? Also does anyone know if those are tulle elk?
ReplyDeleteYup, they're still there, and yup, they're tule elk.
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