By John Oliver
Well Mates, if’in ya been down to the docks this week, you could see the change in water color by the hour. Last week clear and clean, this week red and brown.
Some may think the poopoo plant in El Segundo did a no no in the wa wa; not the case. It is those little animals that cause the red or brown tides. Oh, they may look pretty during a full moon, at nite, whil’st yer heading out to Rocky Point for lobsters. But, in them tides can lurk death or reel sickness for the marine life caught up in the mucky muck.
Avast, do not despair, for why out on the Short Banks where Rock Fish of all kinds live and breed, the bite is as good as it gets for SoCal. Here be whats in the counts, Red Snappers, Ling Cod, Bacaccio, Sheephead, Whitefish, Sculpin and a few Yellowtail.
If you have not been in the mix, get yer person down to the docks, rent a spot on the rail of any charter vessel, get yer friend to put his boat in the water, buy marine gas at 5.50 clams per gallon, and get out there.
This bite is not going to last forever. Plus, the Fish and NoGame folks have been keeping dead fish counts wit the possibility of cutting yer catch in half next year, half for the federally protected overpopulated seals and half for you…Aaaarrrggggg
What you say Jack? Close down fishing in the Bay. Eat Tofu. If ya don’t believe me google latimes.com/big catches mask dwindling numbers of sea bass…dated Oct. 3, 2011. Be sure to read between the lines; some folks out there do not want any fishing in the Bay.
Some believe, Fishermen and women are considered Killers who wipe out entire families of fish from the underworld of the sea. These so called killers then teach their children and children of children to kill. Holy Mackerel Andy! This can’t be rite.
Whilst the state of Lalaland is trying to balance a budget on yer heads and the next generation’s head, they still be funding departments that should be supporting Talapia Farming at the Salton Sea. There ya go…
Where am I going wit this tirade? Go get fish now, take pictures, BBQ, Bake, Broil, stew yer fish and lobsters, invite all yer neighbors to the party. Do not wait. Do not pass GO, do not land on Boardwalk or go to Jail. Fill yer sacks while they be a sack to fill.
As for ole Jack here, for the last two weeks, I been dinging around building a skiff for lobster fishing and a wee bit of surfing at Paddle Board Cove. I do not consider this a problem as my freezer is full and it is Bad Luck to fish when ya have fish in the freezer.
I ain’t going to kill another sea creature, except Lobsters( aka known as cockroaches of the sea) because I paid for a lobster stamp and library book from the state.
Can you believe this, not only do we have to pay over 50 smackers for a fishing license, we have to pay extra to keep lobsters and do an essay on what we used to get them, how big they were and where they was for’we kilt them.
Where the heck is Ralph Nader when ya needs him? Here is the long and the short of it. The state of Lalaland sez, “De fish in the bay “May” contain high concentrations of mercury or other chemicals that could be harmful to man and beast.”
What in the world do they care about what we catch, clean and eat out of this Bay; caus’in if we does, we die along with the catch we caught. Problem solved..No fish and No fishermen or women or children who fish. A perfect gover’ment world.
Tip o’de Week: Saturday Oct. 22nd Maurer Marine,873 W. 17th street, Costa Mesa, (949) 645-7673 is throwing a big BBQ ,11 a.m., thanking all us Fishermen and Women and Children who supported them during these hard economic times. I say back to them Thank You too.
Aargggg sez the Captain…… ER
