WHAT IS IT PLEASE

[RAYMO]

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 :D:confused: im still confused i sent the pics to my album

[fishsouthcounty]

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.

[danjor]

Sounds like dinner to me

[RK]

baby dolphin

[danjor]

My guess is a blue ling cod butI without pics its hard to tell

[The Kid]

Cabezon 20 in is a good sized one

[RAYMO]

still trying to upload pics sorry

[pchen911]

Ling cod or midshipman. (if a ling, it's undersized.)

[fishsouthcounty]

Cabezon 20 in is a good sized one

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.

[jorluivil]

If it was multi-colored it was a gay fish

[William Novotny]

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

[RAYMO]

BUS KID WINS:luxhello:

[fishsouthcounty]

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.

[RAYMO]

THANXXX for the help guys

[RAYMO]

I need a book to keep with me and i uploaded the pics on my album:cheers1:

[danjor]

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

[fishsouthcounty]

no all credit goes to Tim. I though you were :sifone: until he spoke up.
:cheers1:


question is...what album did you load the photos in??? only thing i see is you with a shovelnose.

[RAYMO]

GUESS I DIDNT LOAD AFTER ALL ILL TRY LATER:boxing_smiley:

[RAYMO]

THE CAB IS UP NOW MEMBR GALLERY

[fishsouthcounty]

nice cabbie....very cool looking fish. come in a few diff colors. Saw a really bright red one a couple months back fishing on the Fury out of Dana Wharf.

[RAYMO]

THE PIC IS IN MEMBER GALLERY SORRY, U MAY HAVE TO TURN UR COMPUTER UPSIDE DOWN:notworthy:

[William Novotny]

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.

[Fiskadoro]

THE PIC IS IN MEMBER GALLERY SORRY, U MAY HAVE TO TURN UR COMPUTER UPSIDE DOWN:notworthy:
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