Whitefish and rockfish from La Jolla on Sunday

[Salty]

Great post! Love the pics and identification. Sucks about the Suby though. I had a '12 Outback that blew a head gasket at 80K miles... was a fun $4,000 repair out of warranty. Hope your clutch is much easier on the wallet!

[BenCantrell]

Originally Posted by Salty

Great post! Love the pics and identification. Sucks about the Suby though. I had a '12 Outback that blew a head gasket at 80K miles... was a fun $4,000 repair out of warranty. Hope your clutch is much easier on the wallet!

$2200 and counting for the clutch issues.

I still feel like they're good cars overall, but there have been several major issues with this one. The dealer swapped the entire engine at 60k.

[cris]

Nice write up - sorry about the clutch.

I had to replace it on my 2014 Outback at 70k... broke down 15 miles outside Denver on I-70. My wallet still hurts...

[C. Cary]

I was out on Sunday as well. All I caught was Whitefish. Used squid and gulp grub. double dropper loop and carolina rig. fished 80' to 120'

Didn't catch any mackeral for bait.

[dsafety]

Given the current fishing conditions, I plan to target bottom fish the next time I go out. The problem is that I always release fish that I do not plan to eat.

With that in mind, I would like to ask the question... are you able to effectively release most of these small fish, assuming that you want to?

I remember years ago fishing deep off LJ and having fish come up nearly exploded. I released most of them but I doubt that many survived.

Are there any guidelines about how to make sure a deep fish can returned home? I know that some people send them to the bottom lightly hooked and jerk them free at the appropriate time.

If someone has a tutorial to share on this subject, that would be welcome to me and probably others.

[Oolie]

Originally Posted by dsafety

Given the current fishing conditions, I plan to target bottom fish the next time I go out. The problem is that I always release fish that I do not plan to eat.

With that in mind, I would like to ask the question... are you able to effectively release most of these small fish, assuming that you want to?

I remember years ago fishing deep off LJ and having fish come up nearly exploded. I released most of them but I doubt that many survived.

Are there any guidelines about how to make sure a deep fish can returned home? I know that some people send them to the bottom lightly hooked and jerk them free at the appropriate time.

If someone has a tutorial to share on this subject, that would be welcome to me and probably others.

Excellent question, and yes it is possible.


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To extremely simplify, it is very possible to release fish successfully, the key is to minimize handling and return them to depth ASAP.


There are a number of methods which can do this, the best of which will all utilize weight to overcome the buoyant overinflated air bladder. By using weight to pull fish to deeper water, they are able to return to equilibrium and stay at depth, which is critical to their survival.

[BenCantrell]

It's pretty easy to descend fish with a homemade descending device and a heavy sinker. Here's the one I made for when I fish deeper than the allowable depth for rockfish. A 1+ lb sinker will have no problem taking small to medium fish back down. Bigger fish would probably require 2+ lb sinkers.



With that said, I think you can tell some of the fish aren't going to make it no matter how gently you handle them or how quickly you send them back down.

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