Fish bleeding and gutting bin

[keith]

Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin

CA rules in the delta were rediculous. Try to figure out where it's legal to have a gaff on board.
When I left in 2008 . . . You needed to buy a stamp to catch salmon in addition the license. You couldn't fish more than one rod at a time. The rules were very very confusing.

I agree, the laws are confusing. You can gaff outside of the carquinez bridge. I think the only salmon tag needed is for the Klamath area and you can only fish one rod per person for salmon.
They lowered our Abalone take a couple years ago too and only allow 9 from Sonoma county for a total of 18. You can't fish for groundfish below 30 fathoms and even if you find a reef shallower than that it must be connected via a peninsula of nothing more than 30 fathoms. Weird stuff. Not to mention the MLPA regulations (marine life protected areas that are scattered all over the place. It is a good fishery out here though. I am happy to be able to get some ocean King Salmon locally.