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Junior
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 18
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What’s this fish?
Quick hard bite, zig zag run, some straight runs, a drag burner, and no color seen. The bay does have sea turtles, but I don’t know if they zig zag. I plan on going Saturday to catch the beast. Both fights were in the fifteen minute range. |
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#2 |
Large Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: La Verne, CA
Posts: 1,004
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Shark or mud marlin
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 1,884
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Leopard shark?
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: South OC
Posts: 102
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Probably a bat ray, thick in places right now...
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,384
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If they were still having good runs more than 6 or 7 minutes into the fight, I would go with Batray, BSB or possibly Thresher. Although BSB is less likely than the other two. Probably not Leopard shark or Halibut. Soupfin is another possibility but also less common in the bays.
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#6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 809
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Unless you were flylining some eel grass it probably wasn't a turtle
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Brandon
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,345
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: San Diego, CA
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Brandon
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,345
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Both times we thought they were giant grouper! I’ve also caught a few giant snapping turtle at my grandparents farm house in Ohio, back in the day. Fishing plastic worms. Here’s an old pic of one That I caught. ![]() And here is a picture of a free swimming sea turtle in La Jolla back in 2014 ![]() |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 809
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That snapper is nuts. I have seen some big ones swimming in the NH lakes and rivers of my childhood, and even hooked one in a trout stream one time (although not quite that big!). They look like straight up dinosaurs.
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Brandon
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,345
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My grandfather used to pluck them off with a 30/30 every couple mornings so us kids wouldn’t lose a toe while we were swimming. |
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