59°F VISIBILITY


SURFACE TEMPERATURE: LOW


Water Conditions HIGH


61°F 0'–15'


High onshore winds midweek with drive a short-period head-high west swell in by early Thursday and stir it up inside. That coupled with an increasing tide swing will keep visibility low while increasing rip currents along the west-facing beaches. Though the surf will be tempting to the carvers, it will be a bit trashy with the wind on it. Boaters should especially keep an extra eye out for divers near the reefs and chan- nel edges and divers always mark yourselves and area appropriately.


Visibility based on existing conditions and NOAA predicted swell and weather conditions at press time. Check up-to-date daily visibility/ conditions at the San Diego County Lifeguard info line: 619-221-8824


Moon Calendar SUNRISE


FEB/MAR SUNSET


THUR 23


6:24 17:41


LENGTH OF DAY 11H 17M


SAT 25


6:21 17:43


11H 22M


MON 27


6:19 17:44


11H 25M


WED 1


6:17 17:46


11H 29M


San Mateo Creek at Trestles — “particularly upsetting” “We found it in so many places where


there aren’t sewer and septic tanks, areas we know that humans never developed,” Nagoda said. Caffeine was found at the Barrett and


Moreno reservoirs, at Adobe Falls and Cedar Creek Falls, and in Bluewater Canyon. Among the sites with strong caffeine presence: the San Mateo Wilderness area of the Cleveland National Forest. Turner could immediately picture the


hikes: “There are no bathroom facilities at the trailheads and the trails follow very closely to the creeks,” he said. “There aren’t any facilities near either the fishermen’s creek trail or the Tenaja Falls trail.” Turner said that urine contaminating


the creeks that feed the San Mateo Creek (the creek that empties into Trestles beach at Orange County line) is particularly upset- ting because the river has a population of the


endangered steelhead trout. “San Mateo is one of the last creeks that isn’t channelized or diverted,” he said.


— Marty Graham


Feral cats of Mission Bay and their friends A recent petition addressed to mayor Kevin Faulconer asks him to overturn an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to round up and kill feral cats. The petition points to one cat colony in particular — the “jetty cats” of Mission Bay. On December 23, 2016, the city posted a


notice regarding the “predator management” program. The notice stated the main focus of the program is to protect the endangered California least terns and their nests from predatory animals at nesting sites around Mis- sion Bay. The notice states that actions against potential predators (including feral cats) can


Lucifer’s arrival, the fleet was concentrated mostly on the local kelps for calico bass and sculpin or on the flats looking for sand bass with the ¾ day and longer boats heading just south of the border toward the Coronado Islands while mostly targeting lingcod, yellowtail, sheephead and rockfish. Flurries of yellowtail were biting off the nearshore banks from Colonet south early in the week, but mostly only for the local pangas that were able to get on them as the impending storm kept the San Diego boats closer to home. Still, with the lowest weekly angler count in years, the rockfish numbers were pretty good for the boats that


Jetty cats — “Trusting humans is dangerous for them.”


include, but are not limited to: monitoring, trapping, dispersal, and shooting. Amber Millen from the Feral Cat Coali-


tion spoke to me about her part in manag- ing the feral cats at the jetty. She said that her group and East County Animal Rescue trapped all the cats about eight years ago to spay and neuter. There were more than 80 cats at the time, she said. “East County Animal Rescue took at least


12 kittens in to get socialized and adopted into homes,” said Millen. “The rest of the cats were either feral or not candidates for homes, so they were returned to the jetty after being fixed, vaccinated, and ear tipped.” All cats at the jetty have their ears “tipped” — a quarter inch or so clipped while sedated — for easy identification. “The population has gone down over the


years as cats died of old age, were adopted, or disappeared. There are now less than 30


made the run across the border. Top performing boats of the week:


2/12:The San Diego running out of Seaforth Landing with 26 anglers aboard fished the Coronado Islands area and returned to the slip with 1 lingcod , 1 yellowtail , 1 bonito and 120 Rockfish in the gunnysacks. Also out of Seaforth, the Eclipse carrying 24 anglers returned from a 1.5 day to Colonet run with 226 rockfish and 8 lingcod in the hold. The Jig Strike out of H&M with 10 hoop-netters aboard


cats in the area.” I talked to a volunteer while she was feed-


ing four jetty cats after sunset. She’s been vol- unteering for about five years and said there are seven cats at the most in this one area with maybe 40 down the jetty. “I only feed these ones at night because they’re very shy and only come out at night.” The volunteer instructed me to stay


back. “Trusting humans is dangerous for them. I don’t care if they ever like me or not; it’s better that they don’t. It keeps them safe. We don’t want the kitties to be too friendly, because there are people around that are really mean.” Case in point is a man in his 60s who


she said destroys the cats’ water bowls all the time; three weeks ago she saw him about to do it again, but he stopped when they made eye contact.


— Julie Stalmer


reported 57 spiny lobster caught (5 kept, 52 released) and one spider crab raised.


2/13: The Premier out of H&M reported 109 rockfish for their 14 anglers on an extended ½ day trip south of the border.


2/15


Another productive run to the Coronado Island area for the San Diego out of Seaforth ends with 19 anglers catching 95 whitefish, 1 lingcod, 8 sheephead and 85 rockfish.


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