Hooping Restricted Areas - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Saba Slayer · 01-26-2011, 07:40 AM

Harbor Patrol can make regulations for their areas that they work. They can superseed the DFG regs but they can't be less regulatory.
I've gone round and round with the Redondo Harbor patrol about the DFG regs. and they're usually less informed about the current or upcomming regs than you would expect. What bothers me the most is that their are no written regs or city codes to deal with...and most of the patrol guys are divers, so they already have an attitude about hooping.
If I really press them for a uniform set of rules, they threaten with stiff regulations and give the Ventura breakwall as an example of what could happen.
They tried to tell me that our floats are a navagational hazzard regardless of where they are placed. I said that the commercial guys floats are even more dangerous as they are not lit or don't have reflective tape on them...the officer said that the commercials guys have a permit, I replied that my fishing license and lobster card are my permit to hoopnet...he didn't like that answer and cut off our conversation and said he had to leave to take care of some business.
Be careful with the patrol guys...you may win in a court of law but is it worth it in lost time and money?
Jim / Saba Slayer

01-26-2011, 07:40 AM	#2
Saba Slayer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Palos Verdes Posts: 1,872	Harbor Patrol Harbor Patrol can make regulations for their areas that they work. They can superseed the DFG regs but they can't be less regulatory. I've gone round and round with the Redondo Harbor patrol about the DFG regs. and they're usually less informed about the current or upcomming regs than you would expect. What bothers me the most is that their are no written regs or city codes to deal with...and most of the patrol guys are divers, so they already have an attitude about hooping. If I really press them for a uniform set of rules, they threaten with stiff regulations and give the Ventura breakwall as an example of what could happen. They tried to tell me that our floats are a navagational hazzard regardless of where they are placed. I said that the commercial guys floats are even more dangerous as they are not lit or don't have reflective tape on them...the officer said that the commercials guys have a permit, I replied that my fishing license and lobster card are my permit to hoopnet...he didn't like that answer and cut off our conversation and said he had to leave to take care of some business. Be careful with the patrol guys...you may win in a court of law but is it worth it in lost time and money? Jim / Saba Slayer