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September 2016 archives

2016 Trinidad Pier Youth Fishing Derby

September 28, 2016 by kenjones

The Trinidad Pier It was windy the night before but Sunday, September 25, 2016 turned out to be a beautiful day at Trinidad, the small town located on California’s scenic redwood-forested, northwest coast just 24 miles north of Eureka. It was a perfect day to go fishing! Getting the loaner rods and reels ready Luckily, [...]

King Salmon

September 20, 2016 by kenjones

Order Salmoniformes Trouts and Salmon—Family Salmonidae Adult male — Picture courtesy of NOAA Species: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792); from the Greek roots onkos (hook), rynchos (nose), and tshawytscha (the vernacular name for the species in Alaska and Kamchatka, USSR). Alternate Names: Chinook salmon, black mouth, spring salmon, tyee (large specimens over 30 pounds), quinnat, hookbill, [...]

Silver Salmon

September 20, 2016 by kenjones

Order Salmoniformes Trouts and Salmon—Family Salmonidae Adult male — Picture courtesy of NOAA Species: Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792); from the Greek roots onkos (hook), rhynchos (nose), and kisutch (the vernacular name for the species in Alaska and Kamchatka, USSR). Alternate Names: Coho salmon, silversides, hooknose, hookbill, blueback (young salmon), jack salmon, tschaviche, showitz, quisutsch, and [...]

Sablefish

September 20, 2016 by kenjones

Sablefishes—Family Anoplopomatidae Adult sablefish caught by fishermen in the “Dory Fleet” that sits next to the Newport Pier Species: Anoplopoma fimbria (Pallas, 1814); from the Greek words anoplis (unarmed) and poma (operculum or gill cover), and the Latin word fimbria (fringe). Alternate Names: Commercially called blackcod in Washington and butterfish in California. Other names include [...]

Striped Bass

September 16, 2016 by kenjones

Order Perciformes Temperate Basses—Family Moronidae Striped Bass taken from the Fort Point Pier Species: Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792); from Morone (a word of unknown origin attributed to Samuel Latham Mitchell who named it in 1814) and the Latin saxatilis (to live among rocks). CA Fish Bulletin #28 (1930) uses the name Roccus lineatus. CA Fish [...]