It was this big... Now its this big...

[sp1187]

don't look now but things are starting to slide.
lunch best be soon or i won't have things to bring.

 

[Goaway]

its a silly movie but its a good one.

It definitely gave me several laughs. "if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball." I am pretty sure he threw them into traffic too. I only seen it once.

I think I have decided that triggers are more on the reef safe with lots of caution list at this point. they like to jump and they like to eat other fish except the head. They carry that around in their mouth like a trophy. Just to rub it in. They also eat my cleaner shrimp when they can. I will not be purchasing any more for my reef, and trying to decide what to do with my beautiful male blue throat.

I think they are still on the lost list. Not so sure though. I haven't tried shrimp sense I have wrasse who will rip them apart. I might because my eel could use a nice dentist.

 

[F i s h y]

don't look now but things are starting to slide.
lunch best be soon or i won't have things to bring.

uh oh!!!! What is sliding?
We will schedule it soon. my car has been in the shop since last Monday. driving a rental. hoping it is fixed today!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Now when are one of you monster tankers going to get a pair of crosshatch triggers?

You buying?

They are $5,000 a pair.

 

[Goaway]

You buying?

They are $5,000 a pair.

If i had the tank. . Id get em for me!!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

If i had the tank. . Id get em for me!!

I don't ball that hard $$

They can sometimes be caught off the San Diego coast. I may just have to wait until an El nino year (maybe this year) and go try to collect a few small ones.

 

[Goaway]

I don't ball that hard $$

They can sometimes be caught off the San Diego coast. I may just have to wait until an El nino year (maybe this year) and go try to collect a few small ones.

That would be pretty cool. And if you get lucky, more than a few and cash in!

 

[crusso1993]

I use to have a bonded pair of watanabei but lost the female, replace her with a smaller one and then the male lost his black stripes and looked female again. Both remain in female colors. Don’t know why; it was weird.

Because it’s easier being a female.

I can dodge a wrench...

Yeah but can you tune a fish?

 

[Projects with Sam]

I don't ball that hard $$

They can sometimes be caught off the San Diego coast. I may just have to wait until an El nino year (maybe this year) and go try to collect a few small ones.

I'd learn to use a 10' cast net

 

[sp1187]

uh oh!!!! What is sliding?
We will schedule it soon. my car has been in the shop since last Monday. driving a rental. hoping it is fixed today!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I think I have decided that triggers are more on the reef safe with lots of caution list at this point. they like to jump and they like to eat other fish except the head. They carry that around in their mouth like a trophy. Just to rub it in. They also eat my cleaner shrimp when they can. I will not be purchasing any more for my reef, and trying to decide what to do with my beautiful male blue throat.

Funny the distinctions we make.

Reef safe to me, should mean it will not bother coral, inverts, or other fish.

I've found Blue throats (2 sample size) to be reef safe by that definition.

I've found pink tails (2 sample size) to flip/swat at/destroy coral, eat inverts and other fish (carrying around the head as a trophy). This goes in not reef safe at all, to me.

The crosshatch I still very much want to try, but I don't have the highest expectations of them being truly reef safe, by the definition above.

 

[Projects with Sam]

I don't ball that hard $$

They can sometimes be caught off the San Diego coast. I may just have to wait until an El nino year (maybe this year) and go try to collect a few small ones.

I'd boogie & surfboard off the South fork of Long Island when I was a kid and I remember one year seeing Portuguese man o'war jellyfish and clownfish out in the surf.

 

[Goaway]

I'd boogie & surfboard off the South fork of Long Island when I was a kid and I remember one year seeing Portuguese man o'war jellyfish and clownfish out in the surf.

I'd pass on the manowars. Yikes...

 

[F i s h y]

I don't ball that hard $$

They can sometimes be caught off the San Diego coast. I may just have to wait until an El nino year (maybe this year) and go try to collect a few small ones.

I'll come help.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

I'd learn to use a 10' cast net

Using a cast net for a gamefish (only quantity taken limit on them, no size limit), you better learn to do more than throw a cast net, as they will bury you under the jail for breaking fishing regulations lol.

 

[Projects with Sam]

Using a cast net for a gamefish (only quantity taken limit on them, no size limit), you better learn to do more than throw a cast net, as they will bury you under the jail for breaking fishing regulations lol.

lol... what?! they don't enforce any environmental laws in CA... haha

 

[Eagle_Steve]

lol... what?! they don't enforce any environmental laws in CA... haha

Some of the only few they prosecute to the fullest extent of the law lol.

 

[F i s h y]

Using a cast net for a gamefish (only quantity taken limit on them, no size limit), you better learn to do more than throw a cast net, as they will bury you under the jail for breaking fishing regulations lol.

im thinking ultra light gear, small hooks, and fresh bait

 

[Eagle_Steve]

im thinking ultra light gear, small hooks, and fresh bait

We catch triggers in Fl with #2 crappie hooks, shrimp or another bait, and mono leader. The crappie hooks work great, as they are a little longer and keep the trigger from biting the line. They are also legal for most SW fish, as they bend easily (not an issue with a trigger) and rust quickly if left in the fish.

In addition, if going for smaller ones, the long cricket hooks are even better. Those are what I use to catch smaller wrasse and tangs lol.

 

[F i s h y]

We catch triggers in Fl with #2 crappie hooks, shrimp or another bait, and mono leader. The crappie hooks work great, as they are a little longer and keep the trigger from biting the line. They are also legal for most SW fish, as they bend easily (not an issue with a trigger) and rust quickly if left in the fish.

In addition, if going for smaller ones, the long cricket hooks are even better. Those are what I use to catch smaller wrasse and tangs lol.

@Lost in the Sauce how far out would we have to go to catch them? we talking to the islands again?