Sixty-thousand fish, all a part of the fall brood and each about four inches long, were dumped from the truck, through a wide rubber hose and into a specially made holding pen that was about 54 feet long by 30 feet wide and 14 feet deep. When the operation was complete, the pen was pulled to a mooring between the inner and outer break of the harbor.
The delicate operation was quite a spectacle. A crowd gathered at the end of Johnson Pier to watch as the fish splashed into the pen and shimmered in the sun.
The work is a joint venture by the Coastside Fishing Club and the California Department of Fish and Game, and it is funded through private club donations and proceeds from the salmon stamp necessary to fish for Salmon in California waters.
Mark Gorelnik is a member of the fishing club’s board of directors. He said the project is intended to introduce the fish to saltwater while bypassing the hazards of the inland delta. Salmon populations had diminished greatly in recent years. Gorelnik credits the hatchery trucking program, in part, with bringing back salmon in large numbers. This year fishermen expect a banner year.

Read more here:  http://forums.coastsidefishingclub.com/showthread.php?27995-Salmon-net-pens-the-guests-of-honor-have-arrived

Courtesy HMB Review

Lakes and rivers are warming up and so is the fishing. We are seeing some good reports being posted by members.

Carl Moyers wonderful 6 year old grandaughter Karmen caught her very first fish today from the shore at San Pablo reservoir.  Grandpa caught the other one. “Life just keeps getting better” say’s Carl followed by his trademark ” See you out there”

Paddled out of the Santa Cruz harbor Monday morning. Started trolling when we got to the buoy. Headed another 3 miles out to 180 feet of water and hooked up with a 30 inch salmon. Perfect conditions, no wind, glassy water, partly sunny. Tried to find where all the motor boats were headed, but they were too far out. Still, more than happy to have hooked up with salmon. Did 12 miles in total, but my buddy has a sail on his kayak and he towed me home when the breeze picked. Nice buddy!

Have a look..

ps This homepage will get its new logo this weekend

Starting with Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz by end of week and other planned stations in the works, Coastside will bring live VHF traffic from recreational boats to its subscribed members. The Coastside network is planned to have coverage out to the tuna grounds.

Click here to learn more about this exciting new feature

In an effort to tighten security, the Coastside BOD has enacted a change to the forums registration process.

Moving forward, users will now be now required to fill in key fields in their profiles:
1) The name of our sport (this has always been a requirement during initial registration)
2) Your name
3) Your location

All new users are now required to fill in the above. For existing users, you have 30 days to make these changes and update your profiles. We will notify you after April 1st if those changes are not made and ask that you do please do so.

How do you do this?
For New Users: A window to enter required information will pop up for the three fields requiring entry.

Existing Users: Please go to the top right corner of the screen, select the [Settings] option. On the next screen, midway on the left side you will find under “My Settings”, an option to [Edit Profile]. Select and make the updates on the screen that comes up. If you entered the “our sport” question at initial registration, you may not see a field for this. Name and location will be the only ones available for entry. Update those.

Quick Link: http://forums.coastsidefishingclub.com/profile.php?do=editprofile

We do understand that there maybe some glitches as we transition. If you are having trouble, please send an email to coastsidehelper@yahoo.com and we will assist.

Taj Sharma
Chairman – CSFC

Here’s what’s in the works for the 24th…

There will be a Coastside BBQ at Outdoor Pro Shop’s Cotati location from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

NO SALES TAX

10% OFF ALL RODS      

Outdoor Pro Shop is running a great special on cannonballs …  Huge discounts off last years price!

Stock up while you can.

Check out this post in Tackle Talk: Cannon Ball Sale