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10-24-2011, 07:13 PM | #1 |
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WHAT IS IT PLEASE
So i went shore fishing mon I was tired and didn't feel like going out on the yak, went to la jolla and fished a spot for about 5 hours threw every thing but my rods in the seaweed. Used squid, and small rock or foamers started getting hits, but STILL nothing!!!!! then as I was about to leave, I thot my dad told me old timers would spit on their hooks !!! WTF???? so I threw out a squid and spit on a baby crab........ and BAM !!!!!! iI hooked up fought for a little while and it was heavy brought it to shore and my 8 pd leader broke!!!!! I grabbed it not knowing what IT was. It weighed about 5lbs and had blue and brown I am going to say SPLOCHES???? and a weird BLUE mouth, tongue.skin and no scales, lots of SPINES...... BIG ONES. It was 20 inches long and I have pics. I cleaned it after slicing my finger. the fillets were nice ,,,but again had a blue tint????? can SOMEONE TELL ME what I caught?????? Thanxxxx ahead of time. HUGE SCULPIN?????? pics im still confused i sent the pics to my album
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10-24-2011, 07:18 PM | #2 |
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first off ill start by saying....if you dont know what it is, dont keep it. Could have size limit or seasonality attached to it.
2ndly ill say cabezon. |
10-24-2011, 07:19 PM | #3 |
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Sounds like dinner to me
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10-24-2011, 07:19 PM | #4 |
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baby dolphin
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10-24-2011, 07:20 PM | #5 |
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My guess is a blue ling cod butI without pics its hard to tell
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10-24-2011, 07:23 PM | #6 |
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Cabezon 20 in is a good sized one
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10-24-2011, 07:27 PM | #7 |
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ya you dont see em that large down here to often but that was the average size from shore when i was living in Monterey fishing Pacific Grove down to Big Sur coast. The stringer of fish in my photos is of a 20 inch Cabbie that was about 4.5lbs. I figured id throw Cabbie out there that way if i was right he was actually in the regs and not taking a short Ling. Either way, only 2 fish i know of that can be blue like that so im guessing its one or the other.
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10-24-2011, 07:36 PM | #8 |
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If it was multi-colored it was a gay fish
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10-24-2011, 07:40 PM | #9 |
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I was thinking ling. Pick up a regs booklet at any sporting good store for free. Don't get caught up in killing a fish to find out what it is. Take a pic, let it go, ID it and then you know for next time. Or kill the last living leprachaun fish on earth, whatever
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10-24-2011, 07:25 PM | #10 |
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Ling cod or midshipman. (if a ling, it's undersized.)
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10-24-2011, 07:24 PM | #11 |
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still trying to upload pics sorry
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10-24-2011, 07:49 PM | #12 |
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BUS KID WINS
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10-24-2011, 07:52 PM | #13 |
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Glad to hear it was a legal catch. Cabezon have to be at least 15 inches to keep. Like it has been said, get a reg book or go over it online. Especially with the rockfish as they can be difficult to differentiate between some of them. Nice fish either way.
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10-24-2011, 07:56 PM | #14 |
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A smart phone can also work for quick on the water lookups on regs on the DFG website. Although the book is better if you have it
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10-24-2011, 07:52 PM | #15 |
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THANXXX for the help guys
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10-24-2011, 07:54 PM | #16 |
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I need a book to keep with me and i uploaded the pics on my album
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10-24-2011, 08:30 PM | #17 |
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10-25-2011, 01:33 PM | #18 |
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CABAZON PIC
THE PIC IS IN MEMBER GALLERY SORRY, U MAY HAVE TO TURN UR COMPUTER UPSIDE DOWN
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10-25-2011, 02:36 PM | #19 |
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Photobucket. If you dont have an account get one. makes it so much easier to just cut and paste the html code directly to your post.
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10-25-2011, 02:53 PM | #20 |
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