I tried to fish strands after work today, my buddy and I were getting some sandcrabs and a sherif on a quad stopped us and said we were not allowed to take anything off the beach, I said were not taking them home were here to fish. He had total attitude and said we can argue this in court? Is this right? whats the deal, Is my summer surf fishing done?

fishtrax_65

wow that is surprising....you would think that they would bust the people on the rocks....and not surf fishermen...is it illegal to use sand crabs? Ive never heard of that down here.

Save a wave, Ride a surfer.

I thought that technically we were aloowed to, right? we are required to have a current fishing license to surffhish, and as far as I remember there are no closures, bag limits or minimum size requirements on sand crabs (yet!) I dont know what the deal was, he must have had a serious case of quad rash or something like that and was just venting out. In any given case it wouldnt be a bad idea to research the subject and be prepared, I wouldnt be surprised if all of the sudden all these environmentalists decide that perch and corbina and even sand crabs are also in risk of extinction and thus should be protected.

I Fish...Therefore I Am

Strands is notorious for stuff like that- The DFG has been down there lately as well. The cops on the quad WILL hassle you, just a word of warning. Sometimes between that and the kelp it is easier just to forget that place.

He's wrong. Too bad you didn't get a badge number. There used to be signs on the stairs going down there that stated that certain tide pool species were not to collected (just like at the tide pools at Dana Harbor), but sand crabs and perch and corbina were not on the list. Just like anyone, you get some good ones and some bad ones.

david hasselhoff was so worried about his powertrip he would not back down, He said the ticket would be 1,000 $ and a day in court. We did not get a ticket but I wish I could prove him wrong.....


I used to surf down by gravels how is that spot???

fishtrax_65

Gravels has been very slow......Oceanside has been much better for the corbina! Getting harrassed for fishing at Strands? I will stick to Oceanside, the Cops are friendly down there at least.....

1/2 Monty

Hey Monty'

Where do you surf fish in Oceanside without getting too specific? And... Monty wouldn't have anything to do with Montezuma as in Aztecs would it? :7 Just curious.


Stay Bent!

Aztecwin

I fish just North of the pier. I remember a guy with the "Monty" handle on that site last year. I'm a Arizona alum, so I stopped in to check that site out before our game in SD.

Monty

DFG Section 29.85. Crabs; (d) Sand Crabs, (Emerita analoga): Limite: 50

That's all I could find on sand crabs...

so there's actually a posession limit on sand crabs
go figure...

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