[Gerry Zagorski]

Had a few days that were OK but most were a tough grind still fun but not the great fishing we're used to and a lot of shorts around...

I'm thinking that Blackfish are the new vanity fish so more people are targeting them. Couple that with the technologies like detailed relief GPS mapping and spot lock tolling motors, it's a lot less challenging.

I'm told that the smaller fish swim all over the place but the larger fish usually return to the same areas every year and only migrate east to west. They go east off into the deep when it cools off inshore and come back to the exact same piece of structure each year when the water warms up.

This might explain all the shorts and a lack of larger fish since they are pressured on the same spots every year and sooner or later the spot is fished out. I do however notice a lot more people are into catch and release, especially the larger females and I think that's a good thing..

Anyone else have any thoughts? Is there a Marine Biologist here?