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March 2013 archives

2002 PFIC Catalina Get Together — The First Get Together

March 8, 2013 by kenjones

From my post on Pier Fishing in California The 2002 Logo May 3, 2002 To: PFIC Message Board From: Ken Jones Subject: Million Dollar Bash AKA First Pier Fishing in California Get Together Ev’rybody from right now To over there and back The louder they come The harder they crack… We’re all gonna meet At [...]

Fishermen Beware! Tax Experts May Trail You —

March 7, 2013 by kenjones

Some things never change, in example taxes and tales by fishermen The city council, having fulfilled its pre-election promise to lower the rate, now discovers that the $1.99 is insufficient to run the city and has decided lo make up the deficit by indirect taxation on articles, items and habits that have previously been considered [...]

California Sheephead

March 6, 2013 by kenjones

21-Pound sheephead taken from the Shelter Island Pier on squid Species: Pimelometopon pulchrum (Ayres, 1854); from the Latin pulcher (for beautiful) and pimelometopon (meaning fat forehead). And, this may have been changed to Semicossphus pulcher. Alternate Names: Sheepie, goat, billygoats (large fish), red fish, snaggle tooth, humpy, and fathead. Early day names included California redfish. [...]

Leopard Shark

March 4, 2013 by kenjones

Cartilaginous Fishes ——— Class Chondrichthyes — (A skeleton of cartilage that is not true bone) ——— Subclass Elasmobranchi — Sharks and Rays ——— Order Carcharhiniformes ——— Hound Sharks — Family Triakididae Aaron Coons and a leopard shark from the Morro Bay North T-Pier Species: Triakis semifasciata (Girard, 1855); from the Greek word tria (number three, [...]

Did you ever wish you were born in an earlier age?

March 3, 2013 by kenjones

Sometimes the pictures of fish caught back in the early years can leave you wishing you were around in those days. A few examples — Totuava — San Felipe, Mexico — 1925 Today totuava are endangered and illegal to keep Giant (Black) Sea Bass taken at Coronado in 1905 Today the number of Giant (Black) [...]