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question is the campsite everyone using the anchor bay campgrounds?
http://www.abcamp.com
thnks

Yes. The north side of the campground beach (chicken cove) is the launch. They have a great picnic/social area right next to the fishing cleaning station where the awards will be held. It's not a huge campground so I would reserve now, I believe they only had 12 or so spots left last time I checked.

There is also Gualala River Redwood campground roughly 4 miles south of AB. I've never camped there but I've heard it's a nice place.  http://gualalapark.com/
Sea Ranch house rentals is also another option. They usually have specials in the off season. http://www.searanchgetaway.com/

Mike

GRRP is closed in the winter.

question is the campsite everyone using the anchor bay campgrounds?
http://www.abcamp.com
thnks

Yes. The north side of the campground beach (chicken cove) is the launch. They have a great picnic/social area right next to the fishing cleaning station where the awards will be held. It's not a huge campground so I would reserve now, I believe they only had 12 or so spots left last time I checked.

There is also Gualala River Redwood campground roughly 4 miles south of AB. I've never camped there but I've heard it's a nice place.  http://gualalapark.com/
Sea Ranch house rentals is also another option. They usually have specials in the off season. http://www.searanchgetaway.com/

Mike

GRRP is closed in the winter.

Thanks for the heads up Chad. If anyone else know of another campground in the area please post. Mike

ps- Nice fish Rider. This verm was caught less than 4 miles from AB.

Looks like your going the distance.

just got site #58. There are only a few left.  Where is the sign up forms?
Smc crew will be there.

I was recent talking to someone regarding the LRC. They asked me if there was any big rockfish in that area. I told him about a 10+ lb verm I caught and a 18.75" blue I caught roughly 3 miles from Anchor Bay. His reply was ... WHAT, A BLUE, NO WAY! It was delicious!

I expect to see some big rockfish for this event.... getting pumped.

Thanks Adam (ATD) for stepping up as a CPR judge.

Reg and waivers will be up next week.


Mike

That's a monster Blue, biggest I've ever seen.


ruben

Yea it was a brute. Just for S&G I looked up the state record and it is 3lb 14oz, well I might have had it. Who knows, maybe someone will catch a bigger one at LRC, they're there. 

Mike

You sure that was a blue? Looks like a black to me. You do know the difference in the mouth size. Right?

Positive. Yea, If you look at the jaw it falls closer to the front of the eye plus the face is more compact forward. Also the "football" look to the body, unlike a black which would look longer and not so stocky. I try to target these big blues specifically every time I go out meet hunting. The fillets are huge due to the fishes smaller head size compared to a black.  AB is loaded with biggies.

Its hard to see the exact approximation of the maxillary as opposed to the eye from that angle. not true about the football shape though. More distinguishing is the anal fin as they both are real different. Never ever seen a blue that big.

Here is a pict of a black and the blue.. The body is definitely different for each fish. Another way to tell is if you look at the "granite" like pattern on both fish, right behind the pectoral. The pattern on a blue always has larger "dot" markings unlike a black which has smaller "dot" markings.   

Here are three different photos of a black rockfish. Notice the rounded anal fin. They also exhibit the blotchy granite markings you are describing as a Blue rockfish ID criteria. I could really know if the coloration was still fresh on the fish as the color gives it away completely when just out of the water. Its a great fish non the less. See you Saturday?

Its a great fish non the less. See you Saturday?

Thanks. Yea I'll be there, should be fun.

When ya posting the registration info?