Rock Fish

[bus kid]

Originally Posted by Jimmyz123

Alright I'll take the bait.

Rock fish are fun to catch and incredible to eat, that being said there are the regulations. A fisherman is ONLY suppose to take 10 fish, and that includes all rockfish, you could catch Vermilions, Tree fish, Starries, and such but you also need to know what you are catching. For example Bocaccio's you are only allowed 2 per angler, but they count toward your 10 fish total. If someone is going after Rockfish Get an up to date Regs book and know all the regs before you go out of carry them with you.

Also keep in mind that you are pulling these fish up from the deep so if you are catching small fish more than likely they will die. There are ways of dropping them back down to try and help them live, but you can also use them as bait so they are not wasted. Big lingcod can be caught this way.

It's very easy to go over your limit of fish if you're not careful, so I recommend that you keep a good count on them and know what you are catching so that you know if it's legal or not. There are some rockfish that are off limits completely.

Also if you are going to keep rockfish, bleed them and keep them cool. This will preserve the meat while you are on the water.

Does this help?

no you forgot the coordinates.

[Lets_Fish]

I was checking out some articles on BD forums and came across this link on "How to bring that Rockfish down".

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

As for venting, DFG does not encourage it.