WSB Stock Assessment - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Deamon · 10-12-2016, 06:52 PM

Super cool info Jim, thanks. There's a fleet of effective dudes up and down our coast including Mexico who I'm thinking don't get captured in the data. Surveyors are nowhere around when these guys come in but it's an experienced fleet for sure.

I also have to think since the 3 mile gill-net ban, there might be some commercial attrition or move to other species lowering catch but I wouldn't really know. The other info needed for true comparison would be gear type...length (if nets), qty of hooks and hours fished but that would be impossible to gather year after year.

10-12-2016, 06:52 PM	#1
Deamon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,972	Super cool info Jim, thanks. There's a fleet of effective dudes up and down our coast including Mexico who I'm thinking don't get captured in the data. Surveyors are nowhere around when these guys come in but it's an experienced fleet for sure. I also have to think since the 3 mile gill-net ban, there might be some commercial attrition or move to other species lowering catch but I wouldn't really know. The other info needed for true comparison would be gear type...length (if nets), qty of hooks and hours fished but that would be impossible to gather year after year. __________________ Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"