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03-20-2023, 09:44 AM | #1 |
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I have been hearing that explanation also for some time. What does not make sense, is that there used to be Urchin commercial dive boats in LJ all the time when I was out there. Now most have relocated to the North like Oregon up to Alaska, because there were fewer than was commercially profitable. It's not as some are going to say, anything with Politics in California or price of commercial fishing license. It's signs of the huge Ecological System problem that, humans make worse with industrial waste management. Just look at Florida and all the problems they have from the fertilizers that make their way, into the rivers and eventually the Ocean.
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03-21-2023, 01:51 PM | #2 |
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Fishy fishy....
I predict that new hobie fishing kayak sale will go down.
fishing limit/ season is cut short, catch is down, yellowtail disappeared. Craigslist kayak sale will be up ! |
03-25-2023, 09:04 PM | #3 | |
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The urchins definitely played a roll. I’m no expert but I think the commercial guys harvest the red urchin and SoCal is now full of purple urchin. They also want the eggs and when there’s not a lot of food the urchins go dormant and don’t reproduce.
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Never fished in Baja? Not a lot of kelp gulfside, but yellowtail aplenty. Easy to catch too.
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03-30-2023, 07:05 AM | #5 |
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I wouldn't mind seeing kayak resale prices go down since I'm in the market for my first one right now. It sucks about the kelp situation and I don't think anyone knows the exact answers. There's still lots of yellowtail around- offshore I think it's better than it was when I used to fish back in the 90's, but obviously offshore isn't as accessible for kayak anglers. Of course there's still lots of nice rocky reefs and outcroppings to target
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