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October 2016 archives

Rockcoddin’ In Monterey — 1977

October 17, 2016 by kenjones

I ran across some pictures of a “rockcod” trip taken with some friends to Monterey on January 25, 1977. The boat was the “New Holiday” out of Chris’ Fishing and we fished for the most part off of Bixby Creek in pretty deep water. We all limited out on fish but they were not quite [...]

Lingcod

October 16, 2016 by kenjones

Greenlings and Lingcods—Family Hexagrammidae A small lingcod I caught one day from Citizens Dock in Crescent City Species: Ophidon elongatus (Girard, 1854); from the Greek words ophis (snake) and odons (tooth), and the Latin word elongatus (elongate shaped). Lingcod from the Monterey Coast Guard Pier in 2010 by MBay Alternate Names: Pacific cultus, cultus cod, [...]

Spiny Dogfish

October 14, 2016 by kenjones

Order Squaliformes Dogfish Sharks—Family Squalidae Large spiny dogfish taken at the Cayucos Pier in 2007 Species: Squalus acanthias (Linnaeus, 1758); from the Latin word squalus (shark) and the Greek word akanthias (spines), or Squalus suckleyi; from the Latin word squalus (shark) and suckleyi honoring George Suckley (1830-1869), a naturalist and Civil War surgeon. Pick A [...]

Venice Pier in the 80s

October 14, 2016 by kenjones

Many, many years ago while visiting the bait shop at the Venice Pier (Los Angeles), I was given a set of pictures showing some of the fish taken at the pier during the warm water years in the ’80s. Some interesting fish highlighted by the only picture of an albacore that I have seen taken [...]

Fish Reports in the Modern Age

October 13, 2016 by kenjones

message board home :: search messages :: archives :: event organizer :: merchandise Lobsters: Gump, The Internet, and Hypocrisy— Posted by Ken Jones on May-3-08 6:28pm Date: October 5, 2005 To: PFIC Message Board From: dompfa ben Subject: Lobsters: Gump, The Internet, and Hypocrisy I’ve been reading a lot on various message boards about the [...]