"Yogi of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:49:16 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Anchor fishing, landed a
couple small Mud Marlins (Bat Rays) and a few Smooth Hound sharks. Was
fun.
Another boat at the ramp lost a 7' 7 gill shark at the boat. They are a
good tasting shark.

We're having quite the debate back East about sharking.

There's some alarming evidence that the normal numbers of dogfish are
decreasing along with some other species we see off the islands this
time of year. Apparently doggies are popular in Britian for use in
fish 'n chips - who knew.

There's been some suggestion that the makos, blues and sand sharks
normally visiting the environs by this time just aren't there and it's
been getting worse every year since about 2004.

We can send you some Blues. The most overfished are the Threshers. Most
off our coast are juniors. So the teenagers are wiped out a lot. The
Smoothhounds are about 2-3' and not edible as far as I know. The 7 gills
and the Leopard sharks are very edible. Leopards have to be 36", so that
keeps a large population reproducing. Must are C&Red. Fun to catch a
20-80# bat ray.