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:ha::ha::ha:

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Good one. :ha:

If I'd known that I would have given you lobsters up front! :bananas_b

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:woohoonaner: Abalone Steaks "California Red" 1/2 LB (8 Steaks)

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That's some pricey Abalone, or is it all that way?

Cool show coming soon!
Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE - Nat Geo WILD

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Abalone is very pricey . Probably lots of poaching going on

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It seems poaching would be harder than say....poaching bugs off the pier. Are divers poaching too?

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Poachers come in all flavors! Definitely divers have been busted for poaching abalone. The temptation is too much for some folks when abalone goes for $50+ per pound -- and they are so abundant in Northern California. And you can't legally take them commercially -- sport diving only. So you can't buy wild abalone in CA. Only farm raised little ones.

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Wasn't there a conservation/farming program to rebuild the Catalina abalone population? What ever happened to that?

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I really don't like poached Abalone sauteed is much better :ha::ha:

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There have been various attempts to restock abalone populations in So Cal with farmed abalone. They haven't been very successful. Too many predators in the big, bad, sea. Seems to be the case for most attempts to restock marine animals with hatchery raised ones.

Mitchel, so now you have good reason to drink more beer. You just tell your wife that your saving money on lures by using beer caps? Unfortunately you just have to drink the beer, otherwise it would be wasteful? :bananas_b

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Abalone Farm & Feast in Central California - YouTube




Abalone Farm - YouTube

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Teška panula - ZUBATAC i GOF - YouTube
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Mitchel ---------- the beer cap video was great. I already got an idea for replacing the blades on a small 2 blade spinner bait for redfish. Also freshwater version for specs.

Also as a teaser above a turned up hook jigjhead for pompano jigging. Got lots of split rings and small treble hooks. Funny, I also have splitring pliers and a hole punch like his. Now I have to buy beer in bottles.

If I catch fish with them I'll post.

Dan

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You could catch these with a hook tied to a stick,their so aggressive

jack crevalle - Google Search

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That's how they caught tuna back in the day when the ocean was brimming with fish.

Tuna Fishing 1940's Pt1 - YouTube

Tuna Fishing 1940's Pt2 - YouTube

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Rooster Fish

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Jacks are a big pain right now. The pompano run with them as they are in the same family. When a mullet school shows up they all tear into it and the water is full of little bits of chomped up bits. When a school of Pomps comes in at the Jensen relief bridge, in the midst of the carnage, you can see 40 to 50 rods bent over of the 100 to 200 anglers - steady until the school moves off. You can catch your limit in an hour - 6.

Half of us have boats at home, me included, and leave them there to join the foray. That time is getting close.

I was there for a while yesterday and saw a keeper snook caught - in the daytime. Much easier to catch at nite.

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Jacks are not pretty good to eat but they are pretty good fun to catch