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Rockfish Season Reaches End

The season ends with impressive New Year weekend fishing.

The bite remained good for most during the final weekend of —the season closed Sunday, and does not return until March 1.

During the weekend, besides a chance to see gray whales and huge pods of dolphin, anglers were able to catch some fresh delicious fish for their New Year celebrations.

Fishing for rockfish was productive for a variety of the more than 50 different species of bottom dwellers that inhabit our local coast.

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The New Year not only brought the rockfish season end, but also Southern California’s newly established marine protected areas, which went into effect Sunday.

Now it will be up to anglers to know where and when they cannot fish.

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Coming up next on Hermosa Beach Patch—we’ll show you where to find maps of the newly established marine protected areas across California.

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