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Fishing habits in Baja poll
Inspired by Pompano's poll.
The questions on keeping fish are an attempt to determine how much fish a Nomad might KEEP if he/she had the opportunity to catch as much fish as
they wanted.
Yes, I know that sometimes the number of fish you keep should be answered in the context of how you did the day before, how many more days of fishing
you have before head home, or whether the pelagic season is ending or starting or how hungry your neighbor in camp is.
But, generally, assuming you fish recreationally and have other means of eating, how would you answer.
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Capt. George
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What I catch I distribute among the pensionaros.....
And we eat a lot of seafood!
Capt. George
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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comitan
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You left me out, I catch fish only for my needs, what I will eat because I don't like to buy fish. And living where I do I should never have to buy
fish. (But I have)
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
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You left me out, I catch fish only for my needs, what I will eat because I don't like to buy fish. And living where I do I should never have to buy
fish. (But I have) |
So what part of 1-2 fish per day doesnt that cover? You have to keep at least one fish to "catch fish only for my needs. "
If your needs are nil, then you are a C & R guy or you dont fish.
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tunaeater
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I keep some fish and others I catch and release. For example Catch and Release examples are all billfish, fish caught in the San Diego bay, Calico
bass, fish caught in local lakes and canals except stocked trout and other fish I would keep but already have caught some.
Fish I like to keep are tuna,dorado,wahoo, catfish,white seabass,rock fish etc. I guess it comes down to this. I do keep some but I also do a lot of
C&R as well.
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comitan
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I have a large freezer and don't really go fishing unless I need to restock soo I keep everthing I catch, even Skipjack which we boil up and put in
the freezer for our dog.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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David K
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Catch, filet, then into the ice box... what we don't eat on that trip comes home to the freezer... Don't fish as much as I woulkd like to... too much
time spent in the mountains and deserts searching for lost missions!
Maybe when I retire?
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Frank
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I did the poll. 2-5 fish. This really depends on the condition of the fish, if its bleeding it comes home. Healthy, nice hook in the lip, the fish
swims away. If I need to "meat fish" I can do it in San Diego with better results.
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bajajudy
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I also answered wrong. I would keep the limit on edible fish but would never even consider keeping a marlin, sailfish etc unless wounded beyond help.
Then I would give it to my neighbors. We all share any bounty, whether from the sea or earth.
I learned a lesson my first year here....no one needs mangos in mango season nor limes in the summer. Its kinda like zuchini in the summer other
places.
However anytime there is extra fish, no worry's, someone will take it.
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Frank
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Send me your Mangos Judy. The only place I can get Mangos off a tree without going home to Guam is Baja.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
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I have a large freezer and don't really go fishing unless I need to restock soo I keep everthing I catch, even Skipjack which we boil up and put in
the freezer for our dog. |
Well, then I guess you fall into the full limits category, no?
Or, at least, I HOPE that's where you stop.........
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comitan
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Wow voted full limits, I ended up with the majority.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Don Jorge
Fishing the Marine Park in Loreto you are suppossed to wear your wristband and it is also illegal to fillet your fish onboard.
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One of the lesser-known rules in Mexico is that filleting onboard is not allowed ANYWHERE in Mexican waters. I know, I know ... 
Another, even less known rule is that chumming with live bait (or maybe any kind of bait) is illegal, and you are only allowed to use live bait to
catch the FIRST TWO fish of the day. It's true, I promise.
More regulations at: http://www.mexfish.com/mexi/mexi/af000806/af000806.htm .
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Don Alley
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Marine Park wristbands:
I recently heard heard from a Loreto outfitter that the Marine Park was going to get more serious about the wristband permits and start levying fines.
Non-residents must have the 20 peso daily wristband permits for almost any activity within the park, especially going ashore on the islands. Recently,
if found without a required wristband, authorities simply sold you one on the spot for 20 pesos.
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capn.sharky
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Me too!!! I fish but only keep one or two (if my neighbors are hungry). If I can make a fish meal for a hungry Mexican family it is far better than
for me to eat the fish. By the way, I never bring any home to the U.S. I will eat a small amount of what I catch in Loreto. I take it to a
restaurant that will cook it for me. No soy cocenero. I have, on occasion, helped commercial local fishermen catch for sale. I usually get one
small fillet for payment of my hard work. Sails? Nope let them go. Occasionally throat hooked and take it in for smoking and distribution to Mexican
friends and neighbors. Marlin (nope) released them all so far. Dorado, I take my limit for distribution. Dodos are my favorite to catch.
If there is no fishing in heaven, I am not going
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Worldtraveller
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Generally keep one or two per person fishing. Release the rest.
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Pompano
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Catch and release note.....
I came across a few smallish pintos (gold-spotted bass) the other day that were floating with their swim bladders sticking out of their mouths. Food
for pelicans eventually, I suppose, but should have been kept and counted as part of a limit.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Don Alley
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Catch and release note.....
I came across a few smallish pintos (gold-spotted bass) the other day that were floating with their swim bladders sticking out of their mouths. Food
for pelicans eventually, I suppose, but should have been kept and counted as part of a limit. |
Pinto bass...they fight like you've hooked a piece of kleenex.
I keep relatively few fish, mostly from boats, and release all the inshore stuff I get on my kayak. I have neighbors who always enjoy fish, but one or
two decent sized dorado or yellowtail will go a long way.
Now the pinto bass, those go home to our table, my wife loves them. No good leaving them as floaters. Yes, should have been kept, counted towards a
limit, and eaten. Better than yellowtail.
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i keep the first catch of Yellowtail for Canning, then only keep what I can eat. The Panga Capt. gets his limit for his family. Only catch dorado for
eating, release all but a couple of small ones. Keep and eat all Cabrilla and Triggers{ make exellent fish Salad the 2nd day after cooking}.
Skeet
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Skipjack Joe
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2 fish per week
I catch and release all fish I catch except for a fish or two per week. I enjoy a fish every third day and that's the day I keep a fish. I never bring
back fish for anyone unless I am specifically asked on that day and which will be eaten on that day. No fish are kept for the canners or for the
Mexicans to later sell to the market. No fish are brought back to the states either.
If a fish is badly hooked and will die I still release it as I know the ocean scavengers will eventually dispose of it and will enter the nutrient
cycle anyway. I am of the opinion that a fish released into the sea is not 'wasted'.
I responded to the poll as 1-2 fish per day, but that isn't true. Nor is pure catch and release.
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