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03-28-2008, 10:54 PM | #1 |
Nor Cal Diver
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Is chumming legal?
I'm new to the site & only been spearing for a few years. I'm heading up north for a little Abalone diving next weekend, & was planning on doing a little Spearing after gathering my snails. I was planning on bringing a frozen block of chum, but I'm not sure if It's legal, any info would be appreciated.
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03-28-2008, 11:13 PM | #2 |
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Re: Is chumming legal?
All the cattle and private boats chum here in southern CA. So I don't see why it would be any different up there unless maybe your going after salmon.. They get funny about salmon.
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03-28-2008, 11:15 PM | #3 |
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Re: Is chumming legal?
depends on what kind of fish you are after
i heard some spots in nor cal are really good for GWS
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03-28-2008, 11:29 PM | #4 |
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Re: Is chumming legal?
Looking for Ling cod, Rockfish & cabezon, definately not GWS!
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03-29-2008, 12:59 AM | #5 |
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Re: Is chumming legal?
It's legal.
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03-29-2008, 01:02 AM | #6 | |
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03-29-2008, 01:17 AM | #7 |
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Re: Is chumming legal?
It's legal and effective. Don't let so cal get you down. However if you are after rockfish just swim to a better spot. They are stupid and easy to shoot. The only chumming I do is with all my ab trimmings. I'll dump them in a cove on the way out and search hard for monster cabs on the way in.
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03-29-2008, 05:34 AM | #8 |
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Abalone Broadcasting Eggs/Sperm?
I have crunched the large purple sea urchins with my ab iron and attracted dungeness/rock crabs, kelp greenlings and perch, and small blues rockfish - not my favorite type of fishes that I would take though I find a large perch to be tasty just a chore if cabezon and ling cod not available, but worth the effort sometimes picking around bones. Now abalone on the other hand. I noticed it attracts Cabezone and ling cod. I was not chumming, but sometimes just in removing the abalone they spew a milky liquid - eggs maybe? And this has attracted Cabezone and Ling Cod.
I have found small abalone and small crabs in Ling Cod and Cabezone stomachs. My buddy claims that abalone makes the Ling Cod and Cabezone flesh blue to green tint, but he kids around a lot with me sometimes. He may think I am gullible and always believes what he says. |
03-29-2008, 09:44 AM | #9 |
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Re: Abalone Broadcasting Eggs/Sperm?
I always thought it was from eating octopus and their ink causes the change in color. I haven't confirmed this but it makes sense to me.
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03-29-2008, 10:10 AM | #10 |
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Re: Abalone Broadcasting Eggs/Sperm?
Dennis, I eat a lot of octopus, and the only part of me that turns dark is the angry inch..... and it has everything to do with a 'pus, but not the octo variety!!!!!
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03-29-2008, 10:15 AM | #11 |
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Re: Is chumming legal?
Chumming is legal. It makes it almost to easy to shoot the rockfish but it does get the lings out of their holes. I only chum when i am taking a rookie or old timer or some kids out so they can try to polespear some fish. One time i took my wife and a couple of her female freinds out to an easy spot and got really lucky, i was able to chum up a big school of blues that swam all around them. They even had some come up and take the cum right out of their hands. No shooting fish of course purely a nature tourist thing.
The green meat on lings and cabs are the color of the male fish. The females are white fleshed. The white stuff on the abalone that comes off when you pull it off the rock is their blood, i believe. Filet the perch, the striped perch are very tasty and bake up really nice. My first hunt of the year is a place where a school of about 100 female perch congergate in the spring. I hunt there only once and shoot one limit, then leave them alone till next year. Thats the most enjoyable hunt of the year chasing that school around picking out only the biggest ones, all in 10 feet of water. Using a polespear. |
03-29-2008, 12:30 PM | #12 |
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Re: Is chumming legal?
I just shoot a blue or 2, then lower the stringer some. It brings the lings out.
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03-29-2008, 02:56 PM | #13 |
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03-29-2008, 06:11 PM | #14 |
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Re: Is chumming legal?
You're right about the Ling Cods being attracted to bleeding fish. I was having bad luck at Garrapata SP and shot a large perch for dinner. In less than 10' of water, I looked down and saw a good size Ling hanging out below me. I always thought to myself just shoot a good size blue or perch for dinner it may attract something big. But I have never done it again.
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03-29-2008, 06:45 PM | #15 |
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Re: Is chumming legal?
Thanks for all the good info guys, we'll giver er a go. Well the so cal guys seem to have a little issue with sharks or something, Don't worry you won't even feel it.
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