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Recreational Lobster Fishing Information

Peter Tietz 09/25/202001/20/2021 Angler Report, CA State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways, Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

California’s coastal waters are home to a multitude of invertebrates (species lacking a bony skeleton). The California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) takes a particularly special place within this group as a highly sought-after target of both California’s recreational and commercial…

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California Squid Fishery In the Spotlight on the Central Coast.

Peter Tietz 08/22/202009/30/2020 Angler Report, News

The market squid fishery is busy at work on Monterey Bay. Market squid, also called calamari, are small invertebrates that periodically frequent shallower waters off the California coast. These slippery siblings of octopuses live very short lives (five to nine months) and…

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Anglers Report June

Peter Tietz 06/12/202001/20/2021 Angler Report, SCYA Announcements

An angler fishing recently in Baja California Sur, Mexico, caught an 88-pound white seabass that could break a 67-year-old world record. Ricardo Reyes Martinez landed the giant seabass on April 30, but the International Game Fish Assn. announced the catch…

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Sea Lions cash cows or pariahs

Peter Tietz 03/30/202001/20/2021 Angler Report, Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

Sea lions are cash cows in the Bay Area. Farther south, fishermen say, ‘Shoot ‘em’ The welcome mat for California sea lions has been rolled out in San Francisco but is nowhere to be seen in La Jolla and many…

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Sharks are Protected — June Angler Report

Peter Tietz 06/13/201704/13/2020 Angler Report, Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

CDFW Reminds Anglers that White Sharks are Protected From Fishing White shark As the summer months approach and with increased sightings of white sharks off Southern California beaches, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is issuing a reminder…

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Quarantine of Sport-Harvested Mussels Began May 1

Peter Tietz 05/02/201707/07/2017 Angler Report, CA State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced the annual quarantine of sport-harvested mussels gathered along the California coast. The quarantine begins May 1 and applies to all species of mussels that are recreationally harvested along the California coast,…

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March 2017 Anglers Report

Peter Tietz 03/05/201704/13/2020 Angler Report

If you missed the Long Beach Fred Hall Fishing Tackle & Boat Show you can attend the same show on March 23-26 in San Diego at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. This is a premier outdoor recreation show featuring the largest…

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February 2017 Angler Report

Peter Tietz 03/05/201703/05/2017 Angler Report

Sink Christmas Trees to Improve Fish Habitat!  Fishing habitat is one of the most important aspects to angling success. In water bodies lacking structure and depth changes, baitfish will be heavily scattered. Without refuge, many fish remain inactive most of…

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July 2016 Anglers Report

Kimberley Milligan 07/09/201609/01/2016 Angler Report

At the time of this writing Big Bluefin Tuna over 100 LB and some over 200 LB are showing in U.S. Waters. Finding the fish has been the secret. The Bluefin are very finicky and make it very difficult to…

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June 2016 Anglers Report

Kimberley Milligan 06/02/201604/13/2020 Angler Report

ANGLER REPORT SCYA June 2016 By Vic Jedlicka, SCYA & DRYC Angler Chair….. vicjed@aol.com Last year gave us some of the best fishing of all times in our US Waters. We caught all the pelagic species of fish that normally…

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