Northern Trek B4 the Storm

[Native Gal]

Bones, Big Red and Wingnut,
Looks like a Perchin Good Time you Gents had. You all looked like you had soooo much fun. Way to deal with the adverse conditions and still have one heck of a time. BR Congrats on your PB perch.
Thanks for all the great pixs guys.

NG

[DockRat]

Yah, I'm with you Bones. Been mostly a C&R myself. Unless it is a 'meat run' to SD to fill the freezer.

Submitting your PB catch for an entry into the record books is almost like signing the death warrant to that fish, whatever it is, since it is illegal to transport live game fish, and the odds of keeping a saltwater specimen healthy and alive for a long time to be weighed, measured, and released becomes even harder..

Dude, your cracking me up.
Killing a WSP 'death warrent' probably already happened from all the C&R they did.
They don't have 100% survival rate not to mention the premature shore births where the babies spill out early to only die. Others weak and recovering get gobbled up by leopard sharks. Same at NPH with Spotties and Butts. If one has great concern for the health of every fish then use a hookless teaser rig.

Keep in mind we are talking about a one pound surf perch.
The same perch that get eaten by gulls during red tide.

Just posting an area on the internet with a good bite going on will bring in more anglers and lurkers some filling buckets since the limit is 50 I think ?

So if your concerned about WSP becoming extint or the death of one WSP being a ethical or moral issue
one use caution and not advertise ' easy WFO pickins at Ventura Harbor'

.. I wonder if that's the reason why a lot of our local saltwater game fish either have no record holder...or have a relatively low criteria weight for a record entry.

Your killing me Larry.
No records ?

Low criteria weight ?

ANY FNNers beat any of these records ? Anyone ?

Barracuda, California 15 lb 15 oz 1957 C.O. Taylor
Bass, Barred Sand 13 lb 3 oz 1988 Robert Halal
Bass, Kelp 14 lb 7 oz 1958 C.O. Taylor
Bass, Spotted Sand 6 lb 12 oz 1994 Matt Bergherm
Bonito, Pacific 21 lb 5 oz 2003 Kim Larson
Cabezon 23 lb 4 oz 1958 Bruce Kuhn
Corbina, California 7 lb 1 oz 2005 Scott Matthews
Croaker, Spotfin 14 lb 0 oz 1951 Charles Dusart
Croaker, Yellowfin 3 lb 14 oz 2000 Fred Oakley
Dolphinfish 66 lb 0 oz 1990 Kim Carson
Flounder, Starry 11 lb 4 oz 1993 Steve Doshier
Greenling, Kelp 2 lb 9 oz 1993 Ray Hardy
Halibut, California 58 lb 9 oz 1999 Roger W. Borrell
Jacksmelt 1 lb 8 oz 1998 William J. Rogers
Lingcod 56 lb 0 oz 1992 Carey Mitchell
Mackerel, Jack 5 lb 8 oz 1988 Joe Bairian
Mackerel, Pacific (Chub) 2 lb 8 oz 2005 Thomas Hilgert
Marlin, Blue 692 lb 0 oz 1931 A. Hamann
Marlin, Striped 339 lb 0 oz 1985 Gary Jasper
Opah 163 lb 0 oz 1998 Tom Foran
Opaleye 6 lb 4 oz 1956 Leonard Itkoff
Perch, Black 1 lb 11 oz 2006 Matthew Michie
Perch, Pile 1 lb 15 oz 2007 Ronald Schmidt
Prickleback, Monkeyface 6 lb 1 oz 2005 Kirk Lombard
Ray, Bat 181 lb 0 oz 1978 Bradley Dew
Rockfish, Black 9 lb 2 oz 1988 Trent Wilcox
Rockfish, Blue 3 lb 14 oz 1993 Terry Lamb Jr.
Rockfish, Bocaccio 17 lb 8 oz 1987 Sam Strait
Rockfish, Brown 6 lb 15 oz 2008 Robert Gibbons
Rockfish, China 3 lb 4 oz 1998 Joe Newman
Rockfish, Copper 8 lb 5 oz 1985 Kenny Aab
Rockfish, Grass 5 lb 6 oz 2006 Kyle Spragens
Rockfish, Greenspotted 2 lb 5 oz 2005 John Wallick
Rockfish, Olive 5 lb 14 oz 1991 Haady Forbes
Rockfish, Vermilion 14 lb 9 oz 1996 Bobby Cruce
Rockfish, Yellowtail 5 lb 8 oz 1991 Alberto Cortez
Salmon, Chinook (King) 65 lb 4 oz 2002 Franklin T. Cox
Sargo OPEN - Minimum size requirement: 2 lb
Scorpionfish, Calif. (Sculpin) 3 lb 0 oz 1997 Nathan Weatherson
Seabass, White 78 lb 0 oz 2002 David L. Sternberg
Seaperch, Rubberlip 4 lb 4 oz 1995 Joe Manalac
Seaperch, Striped 2 lb 3 oz 2008 Floyd Underwood
Shark, Blue 258 lb 8 oz 2008 Josh W. Bollinger
Shark, Leopard 47 lb 1 oz 2007 Ronald Schmidt
Shark, Sevengill 276 lb 0 oz 1996 Cliff Brewer
Shark, Shortfin Mako 1,059 lb 6 oz 2006 Marylin Stephens
Shark, Thresher 575 lb 0 oz 2007 Daniel D. Lara
Sheephead, California 28 lb 14 oz 1978 Tibor Molnar Jr.
Sole, Fantail 8 lb 8 oz 2001 Allan Sheridan
Squid, Humboldt OPEN - Minimum size requirement: 40 lb
Surfperch, Barred 4 lb 2 oz 1995 Artie J. Ferguson
Surfperch, Barred 4 lb 2 oz 1996 Fred Oakley
Surfperch, Calico OPEN - Minimum size requirement: 1 lb
Surfperch, Rainbow OPEN - Minimum size requirement: 1 lb
Surfperch, Redtail 2 lb 15 oz 2003 Edward Mitsui
Surfperch, Walleye OPEN - Minimum size requirement: 1 lb
Swordfish, Broadbill 452 lb 8 oz 2003 David M. Denholm
Treefish 4 lb 3 oz 2003 Joseph Kokrak
Tuna, Albacore 90 lb 0 oz 1997 Don Giberson
Tuna, Bigeye 240 lb 0 oz 1987 Steve Hutchinson
Tuna, Bluefin 243 lb 11 oz 1990 Karl E. Schmidbauer
Tuna, Skipjack 26 lb 0 oz 1970 William Hall
Tuna, Yellowfin 239 lb 0 oz 1984 Ronald R. Howarth
Whitefish, Ocean 13 lb 12 oz 1988 Bob Schwenk
Yellowtail

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/pdfs/recordbrochure.pdf

Could you imagine the drama that would befall the guy who kept and killed a 60-something pound halibut off the surf, or a six pound spotted bay bass off the harbor? =)

Nope, No Drama.
A guy got a 53 lb halibut in WON a couple weeks back.
The state record is 58 lbs.

Sorry about the threadjack I lust felt it was odd how nobody has submitted a easy record unless they just added the species.

Save the Anchovies !
DR

[City Dad]

Oh, so now it's cool to fish for perch????? ;)

[bones]

Oh, so now it's cool to fish for perch????? ;)

Every now and then we ALL need to get back to our saltwater childhood. Especially when water temps are 55 degrees and we have exausted all of our energy to target halibut. You should have seen Arthur.......he was soooooooo resistant. He only targeted the perch in the last hour or so. Then he came over to the DARK SIDE....LOL

[ldsaylor]

Thanks for the post guys! Looks like you made the most of the day and managed a great day of perching! Thanks for all the pics and the reports as usual.

[fish_sauce]

DockRat,

I don't want to get into this debate again. Been there, done that. It's self-defeathing and it's a waste of time. I'm just meerly suggesting that there may be potential record holders that have been RELEASED by anglers who take more pride in releasing their PB fish as oppose to bringing it home and mounting it on a wall like way back when.

I apologize if i sounded like some bleeding-heart C&R guy. I'm not, and i would NEVER impose my beliefs on anyone who thinks differently, so long as they play by the rules. Please don't take my words and what i say out of context, and make me into something i'm not.

Andrew

[Wingnut]

Don't sweat it Andrew, we know exactly where you're coming from buddy. There "is" a reason why you fish with the S.W.A.T. Crew. Good luck out there tomorrow!

Oh, so now it's cool to fish for perch????? ;)

Hey Tim, it's "always" cool to fish for Perch, anybody can do it. But it takes a special kind of man to fish for Tilapia.

[Tesserz]

perchies, perchies, and MORE perchies!! gotta love em'. tons of perch are way better than tons of skunk. and some good ones in the mix... nice job!

[Badbeat]

Wow, that's alot of perch. The SWAT crew is growing by the week i see.
Hey Mike, i bet you a bowl of pho that you can't pick up a perch with a pair of chopsticks.
Art, don't forget me if you go to any Lakers playoff games ok bro?

[jumpman]

awsome report of buddies having a good time, congrats on the nice fish