Justan Olphart wrote:
On 10/9/2016 2:13 AM, Califbill wrote:
Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:44:14 -0500, Califbill wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 20:02:24 -0400, Alex wrote:

Mr Ed heard from Wayne on his facebook page. He is OK, Boat is fine
and he will be underway soon.


Hope all is well for all those in the area. Me, I went salmon fishing, not
catching, on the Sacramento River at Walnut Grove. Slight breeze, hot,
needed my shorts, not long pants. Saw one salmon hooked, one boat with one
dragging in the river and one acquaintances that lives in the area, had 2
early in the morning. Still do not understand people dragging a fish in
the water. In the river, the surface temp is probably still 65, which
makes for poor quality fish, and we do get sea lions all the way to
Sacramento. They will take the fish off the stringer. Gut them and put
them on ice for nice quality fish. These salmon are far enough down river,
that 90% are still ocean quality meat. Further up river, they may be mush,
black spawned out fish.

Maybe they didn't have a permit (if required) and wanted to be able to
cut it loose if the mounties
showed up. You know, "Aw, it was just a dogfish, officer."


Nope, see idiots tow trout in the lakes also. Warm water is not good for
great tasting fish. Just have a line in the water without a license will
get you a ticket.

What! Have you ever tasted mahi or grouper?


Not after you let them marinate in warm water for 4-5 hours after they are
dead.

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 12:19:18 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 11:31:14 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 10:15:53 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 07:49:29 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 01:13:46 -0500, Califbill wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:44:14 -0500, Califbill wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 20:02:24 -0400, Alex wrote:

Mr Ed heard from Wayne on his facebook page. He is OK, Boat is fine
and he will be underway soon.


Hope all is well for all those in the area. Me, I went salmon fishing, not
catching, on the Sacramento River at Walnut Grove. Slight breeze, hot,
needed my shorts, not long pants. Saw one salmon hooked, one boat with one
dragging in the river and one acquaintances that lives in the area, had 2
early in the morning. Still do not understand people dragging a fish in
the water. In the river, the surface temp is probably still 65, which
makes for poor quality fish, and we do get sea lions all the way to
Sacramento. They will take the fish off the stringer. Gut them and put
them on ice for nice quality fish. These salmon are far enough down river,
that 90% are still ocean quality meat. Further up river, they may be mush,
black spawned out fish.

Maybe they didn't have a permit (if required) and wanted to be able to
cut it loose if the mounties
showed up. You know, "Aw, it was just a dogfish, officer."


Nope, see idiots tow trout in the lakes also. Warm water is not good for
great tasting fish. Just have a line in the water without a license will
get you a ticket.

Perhaps towing them keeps them alive longer? Hell, there must be a reason they do it.

That is the thought about fish on a stringer but a lot of time they
die and the deterioration starts immediately. Most state and federal
laws require that you are not filleting them on the water tho because
it is harder to enforce size limits. Throwing the whole fish into the
cooler or dropping them in a live well is the way to go if you think
the cops will see you.

One cannot touch a rockfish up here. The cops do check the coolers though, and if the fish looks
close, they'll measure it.

On a stringer the fish isn't being pulled through the water, which it would be if trolled behind the
boat keeping water flowing past the gills.

I've never done it, but it would seem those folks must have a reason for doing so.

I used to see fish on a stringer when I was a kid but that was also
when deer were tied across car fenders.
I think it is really more of a lake thing than a salt water thing tho.
In salt water, there are too many things that will eat a fish on a
stringer, no matter how big it is. I was out on the Sanibel fishing
pier when I lived there and I saw a 3' red fish on a stringer get
taken by a black tip shark that was not a whole lot bigger than the
red. Two bites and it was gone.

As a kid I did a lot of catfishing with my dad. We always used a stringer. I think catfish will live
forever on a stringer. I've never used one in salt water. Always had ice and a cooler.

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 11:39:40 -0500, Califbill wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 01:13:46 -0500, Califbill wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:44:14 -0500, Califbill wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 20:02:24 -0400, Alex wrote:

Mr Ed heard from Wayne on his facebook page. He is OK, Boat is fine
and he will be underway soon.


Hope all is well for all those in the area. Me, I went salmon fishing, not
catching, on the Sacramento River at Walnut Grove. Slight breeze, hot,
needed my shorts, not long pants. Saw one salmon hooked, one boat with one
dragging in the river and one acquaintances that lives in the area, had 2
early in the morning. Still do not understand people dragging a fish in
the water. In the river, the surface temp is probably still 65, which
makes for poor quality fish, and we do get sea lions all the way to
Sacramento. They will take the fish off the stringer. Gut them and put
them on ice for nice quality fish. These salmon are far enough down river,
that 90% are still ocean quality meat. Further up river, they may be mush,
black spawned out fish.

Maybe they didn't have a permit (if required) and wanted to be able to
cut it loose if the mounties
showed up. You know, "Aw, it was just a dogfish, officer."


Nope, see idiots tow trout in the lakes also. Warm water is not good for
great tasting fish. Just have a line in the water without a license will
get you a ticket.

Perhaps towing them keeps them alive longer? Hell, there must be a reason they do it.


Do not want to give up space for a fish cooler. Could plastic bag them and
throw in the beer cooler. My late fishing partner hated for bait to be in
the food cooler.

My last two boats have had dive platforms which made a great spot to put the fish/bait cooler.

In article ,
says...


That is the thought about fish on a stringer but a lot of time they
die and the deterioration starts immediately. Most state and federal
laws require that you are not filleting them on the water tho because
it is harder to enforce size limits. Throwing the whole fish into the
cooler or dropping them in a live well is the way to go if you think
the cops will see you.

Chain and hook stringers will keep fish alive a long time if you're not
moving too fast. I've fished for 5-6 hours and they were still kicking
when I filleted them. I haven't used a string "stringer" in many years.
Fish won't last on them.

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 10:15:53 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 07:49:29 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 01:13:46 -0500, Califbill wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:44:14 -0500, Califbill wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 20:02:24 -0400, Alex wrote:

Mr Ed heard from Wayne on his facebook page. He is OK, Boat is fine
and he will be underway soon.

Hope all is well for all those in the area. Me, I went salmon fishing, not
catching, on the Sacramento River at Walnut Grove. Slight breeze, hot,
needed my shorts, not long pants. Saw one salmon hooked, one boat with one
dragging in the river and one acquaintances that lives in the area, had 2
early in the morning. Still do not understand people dragging a fish in
the water. In the river, the surface temp is probably still 65, which
makes for poor quality fish, and we do get sea lions all the way to
Sacramento. They will take the fish off the stringer. Gut them and put
them on ice for nice quality fish. These salmon are far enough down river,
that 90% are still ocean quality meat. Further up river, they may be mush,
black spawned out fish.
Maybe they didn't have a permit (if required) and wanted to be able to
cut it loose if the mounties
showed up. You know, "Aw, it was just a dogfish, officer."

Nope, see idiots tow trout in the lakes also. Warm water is not good for
great tasting fish. Just have a line in the water without a license will
get you a ticket.
Perhaps towing them keeps them alive longer? Hell, there must be a reason they do it.
That is the thought about fish on a stringer but a lot of time they
die and the deterioration starts immediately. Most state and federal
laws require that you are not filleting them on the water tho because
it is harder to enforce size limits. Throwing the whole fish into the
cooler or dropping them in a live well is the way to go if you think
the cops will see you.
One cannot touch a rockfish up here. The cops do check the coolers though, and if the fish looks
close, they'll measure it.

On a stringer the fish isn't being pulled through the water, which it would be if trolled behind the
boat keeping water flowing past the gills.

I've never done it, but it would seem those folks must have a reason for doing so.


Trolling fish on a stringer will literally drown them. They can't
control their gills and "breathe" at their own pace.

On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:04:41 -0400, Alex wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 10:15:53 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 07:49:29 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 01:13:46 -0500, Califbill wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:44:14 -0500, Califbill wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 20:02:24 -0400, Alex wrote:

Mr Ed heard from Wayne on his facebook page. He is OK, Boat is fine
and he will be underway soon.

Hope all is well for all those in the area. Me, I went salmon fishing, not
catching, on the Sacramento River at Walnut Grove. Slight breeze, hot,
needed my shorts, not long pants. Saw one salmon hooked, one boat with one
dragging in the river and one acquaintances that lives in the area, had 2
early in the morning. Still do not understand people dragging a fish in
the water. In the river, the surface temp is probably still 65, which
makes for poor quality fish, and we do get sea lions all the way to
Sacramento. They will take the fish off the stringer. Gut them and put
them on ice for nice quality fish. These salmon are far enough down river,
that 90% are still ocean quality meat. Further up river, they may be mush,
black spawned out fish.
Maybe they didn't have a permit (if required) and wanted to be able to
cut it loose if the mounties
showed up. You know, "Aw, it was just a dogfish, officer."

Nope, see idiots tow trout in the lakes also. Warm water is not good for
great tasting fish. Just have a line in the water without a license will
get you a ticket.
Perhaps towing them keeps them alive longer? Hell, there must be a reason they do it.
That is the thought about fish on a stringer but a lot of time they
die and the deterioration starts immediately. Most state and federal
laws require that you are not filleting them on the water tho because
it is harder to enforce size limits. Throwing the whole fish into the
cooler or dropping them in a live well is the way to go if you think
the cops will see you.
One cannot touch a rockfish up here. The cops do check the coolers though, and if the fish looks
close, they'll measure it.

On a stringer the fish isn't being pulled through the water, which it would be if trolled behind the
boat keeping water flowing past the gills.

I've never done it, but it would seem those folks must have a reason for doing so.


Trolling fish on a stringer will literally drown them. They can't
control their gills and "breathe" at their own pace.

OK, you've convinced me. I'm not going to do it...ever.

Now, why do you reckon those turkeys in CA were doing it?

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:04:41 -0400, Alex wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 10:15:53 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 07:49:29 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 01:13:46 -0500, Califbill wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:44:14 -0500, Califbill wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 20:02:24 -0400, Alex wrote:

Mr Ed heard from Wayne on his facebook page. He is OK, Boat is fine
and he will be underway soon.

Hope all is well for all those in the area. Me, I went salmon fishing, not
catching, on the Sacramento River at Walnut Grove. Slight breeze, hot,
needed my shorts, not long pants. Saw one salmon hooked, one boat with one
dragging in the river and one acquaintances that lives in the area, had 2
early in the morning. Still do not understand people dragging a fish in
the water. In the river, the surface temp is probably still 65, which
makes for poor quality fish, and we do get sea lions all the way to
Sacramento. They will take the fish off the stringer. Gut them and put
them on ice for nice quality fish. These salmon are far enough down river,
that 90% are still ocean quality meat. Further up river, they may be mush,
black spawned out fish.
Maybe they didn't have a permit (if required) and wanted to be able to
cut it loose if the mounties
showed up. You know, "Aw, it was just a dogfish, officer."

Nope, see idiots tow trout in the lakes also. Warm water is not good for
great tasting fish. Just have a line in the water without a license will
get you a ticket.
Perhaps towing them keeps them alive longer? Hell, there must be a reason they do it.
That is the thought about fish on a stringer but a lot of time they
die and the deterioration starts immediately. Most state and federal
laws require that you are not filleting them on the water tho because
it is harder to enforce size limits. Throwing the whole fish into the
cooler or dropping them in a live well is the way to go if you think
the cops will see you.
One cannot touch a rockfish up here. The cops do check the coolers
though, and if the fish looks
close, they'll measure it.

On a stringer the fish isn't being pulled through the water, which it
would be if trolled behind the
boat keeping water flowing past the gills.

I've never done it, but it would seem those folks must have a reason for doing so.


Trolling fish on a stringer will literally drown them. They can't
control their gills and "breathe" at their own pace.

OK, you've convinced me. I'm not going to do it...ever.

Now, why do you reckon those turkeys in CA were doing it?


Dumb?

On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:03:39 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:


Trolling fish on a stringer will literally drown them. They can't
control their gills and "breathe" at their own pace.

OK, you've convinced me. I'm not going to do it...ever.

Now, why do you reckon those turkeys in CA were doing it?

Maybe they are confusing a stringer hanging from the dock to a
stringer on a moving boat.

On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:31:23 -0500, Califbill wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:04:41 -0400, Alex wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 10:15:53 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 07:49:29 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 01:13:46 -0500, Califbill wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:44:14 -0500, Califbill wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 20:02:24 -0400, Alex wrote:

Mr Ed heard from Wayne on his facebook page. He is OK, Boat is fine
and he will be underway soon.

Hope all is well for all those in the area. Me, I went salmon fishing, not
catching, on the Sacramento River at Walnut Grove. Slight breeze, hot,
needed my shorts, not long pants. Saw one salmon hooked, one boat with one
dragging in the river and one acquaintances that lives in the area, had 2
early in the morning. Still do not understand people dragging a fish in
the water. In the river, the surface temp is probably still 65, which
makes for poor quality fish, and we do get sea lions all the way to
Sacramento. They will take the fish off the stringer. Gut them and put
them on ice for nice quality fish. These salmon are far enough down river,
that 90% are still ocean quality meat. Further up river, they may be mush,
black spawned out fish.
Maybe they didn't have a permit (if required) and wanted to be able to
cut it loose if the mounties
showed up. You know, "Aw, it was just a dogfish, officer."

Nope, see idiots tow trout in the lakes also. Warm water is not good for
great tasting fish. Just have a line in the water without a license will
get you a ticket.
Perhaps towing them keeps them alive longer? Hell, there must be a reason they do it.
That is the thought about fish on a stringer but a lot of time they
die and the deterioration starts immediately. Most state and federal
laws require that you are not filleting them on the water tho because
it is harder to enforce size limits. Throwing the whole fish into the
cooler or dropping them in a live well is the way to go if you think
the cops will see you.
One cannot touch a rockfish up here. The cops do check the coolers
though, and if the fish looks
close, they'll measure it.

On a stringer the fish isn't being pulled through the water, which it
would be if trolled behind the
boat keeping water flowing past the gills.

I've never done it, but it would seem those folks must have a reason for doing so.


Trolling fish on a stringer will literally drown them. They can't
control their gills and "breathe" at their own pace.

OK, you've convinced me. I'm not going to do it...ever.

Now, why do you reckon those turkeys in CA were doing it?


Dumb?

I think you figured it out.

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:04:41 -0400, Alex wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 10:15:53 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 07:49:29 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 01:13:46 -0500, Califbill wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:44:14 -0500, Califbill wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 20:02:24 -0400, Alex wrote:

Mr Ed heard from Wayne on his facebook page. He is OK, Boat is fine
and he will be underway soon.

Hope all is well for all those in the area. Me, I went salmon fishing, not
catching, on the Sacramento River at Walnut Grove. Slight breeze, hot,
needed my shorts, not long pants. Saw one salmon hooked, one boat with one
dragging in the river and one acquaintances that lives in the area, had 2
early in the morning. Still do not understand people dragging a fish in
the water. In the river, the surface temp is probably still 65, which
makes for poor quality fish, and we do get sea lions all the way to
Sacramento. They will take the fish off the stringer. Gut them and put
them on ice for nice quality fish. These salmon are far enough down river,
that 90% are still ocean quality meat. Further up river, they may be mush,
black spawned out fish.
Maybe they didn't have a permit (if required) and wanted to be able to
cut it loose if the mounties
showed up. You know, "Aw, it was just a dogfish, officer."

Nope, see idiots tow trout in the lakes also. Warm water is not good for
great tasting fish. Just have a line in the water without a license will
get you a ticket.
Perhaps towing them keeps them alive longer? Hell, there must be a reason they do it.
That is the thought about fish on a stringer but a lot of time they
die and the deterioration starts immediately. Most state and federal
laws require that you are not filleting them on the water tho because
it is harder to enforce size limits. Throwing the whole fish into the
cooler or dropping them in a live well is the way to go if you think
the cops will see you.
One cannot touch a rockfish up here. The cops do check the coolers though, and if the fish looks
close, they'll measure it.

On a stringer the fish isn't being pulled through the water, which it would be if trolled behind the
boat keeping water flowing past the gills.

I've never done it, but it would seem those folks must have a reason for doing so.

Trolling fish on a stringer will literally drown them. They can't
control their gills and "breathe" at their own pace.
OK, you've convinced me. I'm not going to do it...ever.

Now, why do you reckon those turkeys in CA were doing it?

No idea. I learned that lesson many years ago. You can make a nice
live well out of a cooler and a kit from Bass Pro. Larger fish are put
on ice right away.