Red Tide is thick

[JoeGoFish]

Originally Posted by Billy V

I fished LJ on the skiff today, the Red Tide is thick. This was worse than last week.

The water was mud brown all the way from S. La Jolla to the NW corner, and out to 220 ft. of water.

All I could find was this little guy, far away from LJ.
A quick pic, hook removal and successful release.
The rest of the fish have left town - for now.

I sure hope you were able to get this guy back to the bottom. I watched another angler leave an 80#+ GBSB flapping on the surface for the gulls to peck at. Hopefully you are more enlightened than that moron.

[deepdvr]

Usually when someone mentions a 'successful release', its not referring to just getting the hook out of the BSB's mouth.

[dorado50]

Don't really think you need to worry about Billy.... I'm just wondering why the 80# BSB was not rescued by yourself or another????

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by dorado50

...I'm just wondering why the 80# BSB was not rescued by yourself or another????

Are you kidding!?!? He said there were insane, vicious, rabid gulls there! They'll peck your eye out kid. Its why i can't catch fish...I actually run away from the birds. NO bsb is worth that shit. Right move on letting the thing float away and die slowly. Good of you to call someone out on your first post too...

welcome to the forum...its all in jest and is more the result of me being pissed b/c I had to work today and couldn't fish.

No tomato soup out there...more like hawaiian punch...the red kind, not the green.

[desert_s10]

Originally Posted by JoeGoFish

I sure hope you were able to get this guy back to the bottom. I watched another angler leave an 80#+ GBSB flapping on the surface for the gulls to peck at. Hopefully you are more enlightened than that moron.

Great way to start things off on the right foot. Welcome to to forums and very informative first post.

Question is, what did YOU do to help the "BSB flapping on the surface" that you watched. I hope you lectured/showed those angles as to the proper way to release the BSB that I assume you took the time to send back down properly.



Gary

[driftwood]

Originally Posted by JoeGoFish

I sure hope you were able to get this guy back to the bottom. I watched another angler leave an 80#+ GBSB flapping on the surface for the gulls to peck at. Hopefully you are more enlightened than that moron.

Joe, your story is BS.. nice try dude!

[JoeGoFish]

Originally Posted by driftwood

Joe, your story is BS.. nice try dude!

And I had heard that kayak fishermen were a friendly bunch. Sheesh. For your edification, I was not challenging the integrity of your buddy, I was merely chiming in on a subject that I have a bit of knowledge, and first hand experience with. For your group enlightenment, and BS meter debunking, the link to the GBSB rescue, performed by me, and three of my fishing buddies, is posted here on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfKhW2nlo0

You will see and hear that I not only took the time to help the fish, but in the beginning of the video, you can hear me explaining to the guy who caught the fish, what we are about to do. I have two descender rigs in my tackle bag, just for this purpose. I've personally witnessed careless, and wasteful anglers dumping bloated fish overboard, only to be killed by birds, boats, or seals. A simple device, and a little bit of effort can get these fish back into the breeding schools they came from.

You will also see that the video of the floundering fish is virtually identical to the photo in the posting. Call it post traumatic stress disorder, or a knee jerk reaction on my part, but when I see an endangered fish prostrate on the ocean, it gets my dander up.

You guys are real ambassadors of the sport...

[steveooo]

Originally Posted by JoeGoFish

And I had heard that kayak fishermen were a friendly bunch. Sheesh.

Yikes! Sorry the mob jumped on ya a little prematurely Joe. I'd say for the most part everyone on the board here is friendly, except when the fishing is slow. Throw a little red tide into the mix for a couple days after they enjoyed a couple months of phenomenal fishing, and they might be a little grumpy. Welcome

[sandydiego]

Originally Posted by JoeGoFish

And I had heard that kayak fishermen were a friendly bunch. Sheesh. For your edification, I was not challenging the integrity of your buddy, I was merely chiming in on a subject that I have a bit of knowledge, and first hand experience with. For your group enlightenment, and BS meter debunking, the link to the GBSB rescue, performed by me, and three of my fishing buddies, is posted here on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfKhW2nlo0

You will see and hear that I not only took the time to help the fish, but in the beginning of the video, you can hear me explaining to the guy who caught the fish, what we are about to do. I have two descender rigs in my tackle bag, just for this purpose. I've personally witnessed careless, and wasteful anglers dumping bloated fish overboard, only to be killed by birds, boats, or seals. A simple device, and a little bit of effort can get these fish back into the breeding schools they came from.

You will also see that the video of the floundering fish is virtually identical to the photo in the posting. Call it post traumatic stress disorder, or a knee jerk reaction on my part, but when I see an endangered fish prostrate on the ocean, it gets my dander up.

You guys are real ambassadors of the sport...

Would you mind posting a couple of shots of your decender rig? Would be nice to know how to make one. Nice video.

Steve

[roadx]

good info on descender rigs, bloated fish


http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/pdfs/release.pdf

[sandydiego]

Thanks for the info!

[Holy Mackerel]

Well, I guess I will join in this conversation. Fish do not eat during red tide.

Anyone watch that goofball on Big Water Adventures, not to be confused with (BWE). Mark Davis... I have been wanting to bring this up, because he pushes this product for venting swim bladders. I think there have been a lot of posts about high mortality rates puncturing swim bladders, not to be confused with the stomach. Not sure this is a good idea, but what do I know...

Any thoughts?

http://www.teammarineusa.us/

[Tman]

Good job on the save...

FWIW, I have actually paddled over to a boat that had a BSB floundering, while the kooks took their time, and I became the one to cut the line and get the big boy oriented to head back down where he belonged.

Much easier for us yakkers to safely release them.

As far as puncturing the bladder, I have read that not only do you have to be extremely careful and make sure you get the bladder only, either way infection could set in regardless of what you puncture.

[roadx]

the venting tool to ME seems the easy way out. i would think that department of fish and game has done more studies on this then then makers of venting tools. but what the hell do i know ???

[driftwood]

Originally Posted by JoeGoFish

I sure hope you were able to get this guy back to the bottom. I watched another angler leave an 80#+ GBSB flapping on the surface for the gulls to peck at. Hopefully you are more enlightened than that moron.

Your First post left me a little confused. your introduction was concern for the BSB.

Your conclusion.... "I watched another angler leave an 80#+ GBSB flapping on the surface for the gulls to peck at. Hopefully you are more enlightened than that moron"

Your post had a very sad ending with a small touch of insults...leaving us to guess that you watched the fish die a very slow death. No kayak fisherman would ever do that! And thats why i called it BS.

Your 2nd post Made your principals ideas emphasized. Thank you for clearing things up. Good job on the release...