News that the California Fish and Game Commission (FGC) voted last week to tighten the size and bag limits for kelp bass, barred sand bass and spotted sand bass has sparked the ire of passenger sport-fishing boat operators in the southern part of the state where at least two of these saltwater species represent a major portion of the catch along the coast and at the offshore islands.The new regulations, which take effect April 2013, increase the size limit to 14 inches (currently 12 inches) and decrease the daily possession limit to five bass (currently 10). All three species are combined in a daily limit.Operators of Southern California passenger sport-fishing boats (known locally as party boats) have been hit hard in recent years by the weak economy, high fuel prices, lackluster offshore seasons, angling closures due to the adoption ...Image may be NSFW.
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