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Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 63
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Help identify this fish
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 310
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Pacific Sand Dab, maybe a Speckled Sand Dab
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Posts: 238
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Bigmouth sole!
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 86
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#5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Palos Verdes
Posts: 1,851
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Dabs vs. Butts
No Teeth on Sand Dabs
A rounded tail on the Dabs A straight lateral line on the Sole/Sand Dabs...the Halibut has that hook or bend in the upper part of the line... Here are a couple of screen grabs from my last FHS seminar...
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: San Diego, CA
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#7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Posts: 238
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The list of left-eyed flounders is pretty short. The only one not on this page of my book is fantail sole. The big mouth, symmetric body spots, body shape, and size all point to bigmouth.
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#8 |
Member
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 63
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Thanks
Thanks guys I wasn't sure so let him go and let him grow.
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#9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 1,884
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You did the best thing by releasing it.
When in doubt of positive ID, the fish should be released. It does very much look like a sand dab. |
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#10 |
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla
Posts: 2,641
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I think he provably was grown.
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#11 |
Brandon
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,345
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Lingcod bait
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