2023/2024 Ground Fish Regulations

[JohnMckroidJr]

https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=204740

Sheephead is going to be reduced from 5 fish to a 2-fish limit.

It is tough to read these regs being that my last SoCal outings were when the limit was 15 fish at any depth. Back then sport boat anglers typically caught as many as they could, brought home the 15 biggest, and gave the remainder to the passengers who were seasick.

[Oolie]

Whitefish are really tasty, now no closed season for them, sounds like an ideal target.

[stevie951]

whats the limit for Gaviota Big Sur Morro Monterey bay etc..

[JohnMckroidJr]

whats the limit for Gaviota Big Sur Morro Monterey bay etc..

The limits are the same for all areas.

Rockfish Bag Limits:

"Maintains the changes made to bag limits through
emergency action last December
• Within the 10-fish daily bag and possession limit for
Rockfish, Cabezon and Greenling
– A sub-bag limit of 1-fish for quillback rockfish
– A sub-bag limit of 1-fish for copper rockfish
– A sub-bag limit of 4-fish for vermilion rockfish

Associated Species:

Decouple regulations for California sheephead and
ocean whitefish from those for federal groundfish
• California sheephead season would be open March 1 –
December 31
• Bag limit would be reduced from 5-fish to 2-fish
• Ocean whitefish would be open year-round"

What changes in the different management areas are months open for fishing and depth restrictions.