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Old 05-23-2012, 02:52 PM   #1
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[SD North County] Is spearfishing here legal?

I went out spearfishing at pipes with my brother for the first time in several years - while we were in the water a surfer swam by and said it was illegal to spearfish there. I checked the CA fish & game site and the restrictions in the area look the same as they've always been.
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/scmpas_list.asp (Swamis SMCA)

Did i miss something or was the guy wrong?
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Old 05-23-2012, 04:00 PM   #2
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Re: [SD North County] Is spearfishing here legal?

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I went out spearfishing at pipes with my brother for the first time in several years - while we were in the water a surfer swam by and said it was illegal to spearfish there. I checked the CA fish & game site and the restrictions in the area look the same as they've always been.
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/scmpas_list.asp (Swamis SMCA)

Did i miss something or was the guy wrong?
Blue areas have different restrictions than Red areas. You can not spear in the Swamis SMCA with the EXCEPTION of pelagics. No calicos, no Sheeps or the other reef fish. You can however spear YT and WSB (pelagics)

Take a look at the definition and regs that apply to the SMCA in the area where you are planning to spear. Read areas=no take.

Mo matter what, in that area, someone will always give you shit becasue it's full of hippies and Range Rover leasing hipsters. but DO NOT let that keep you out of that area, it is your right and feel free to excersize it..just keep it cool and know the rules and you are good to go.
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Re: [SD North County] Is spearfishing here legal?

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Mo matter what, in that area, someone will always give you shit becasue it's full of hippies and Range Rover leasing hipsters. but DO NOT let that keep you out of that area, it is your right and feel free to excersize it..just keep it cool and know the rules and you are good to go.
Lmfao. Ranger rover leasing hipsters. So true.
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