releasing bass- working as a deckhand on a 6 pack out of SD in the late 80's, we had notches on the aluminum bait tank to measure the legal bass- 12", 22" for the butts, 28" for the WSB, etc- as there were little to no albies or other tuna these years, many trips were spent fishing the bass and shallow water rockfish from the Coronados south to Ensenada Bay- the passengers never noticed that the mark we made for the bass was really 15", they still went home happy and hopefully a few bass got to live to spawn a couple more times. Wish they would make that the law here, and drop it from ten to five per angler. I have faith in the DF&G, if there was a problem with the bass they'd address it, but I wouldn't mind C&R some of those bass that escaped the gunny sack. Just my dos pesos.

Oh yeah, nice new kelp popping up off San Mateo, really nice, had the bass going nuts this afternoon, Calis, sandies, and even the Johnny bass- glad to say they will all be there for you tomorrow.