Decided to keep track of how many species I could get this year. Thought it would be cool to catch as many species, as how many years old I am. I needed 32. Might be easy now, a bit more of a challenge once I turn like 60.
Here they are, not really organized. I have a few size upgrades on a few species, but decided to keep the pic of the first of each species I caught.
Here they are in no particular order
Salt Bass
Calico
Spot
Sand
Johnny
Perch
Barred
Walleye
Pile
Halfmoon
Bait
Spanish
Green
Sardine
Smelt
Some sort of sculpin?
Rockfish
Red
Bocaccio
Sheep
Bank Perch
Mexican
Green?
Starry?
Sculpin
Chili
Brown?
Ling
Croakers
WSB
Queen?
Black
Flatfish
Dab
Hali
Freshwater
Bass
Bluegill
Brown
Rainbow
Brook
Sharks
Guitar
Smooth hound?
Leopard
Bluefin
Misc that don’t count.
Market
Humboldt
Sea Cock
Krill
Octopus
Cucumber
Turtle
Crab
Reef
That’s all. I also got anchovy, but no pic = BS, so I cant count it.
Completely new species for me this year were:
BSB
Leopard
Pile
Johnny
Pile
Bluefin
I’m always really stoked to get a new species. One of the coolest things about the ocean is the variety of fish, you never know what could be on the end of your line.
One fish that eluded me this year in a bad bad way, were those pesky yellowtail. I didn’t down to LJ that much, and when I did I heard a lot of “You should have been here yesterday”. I hear they are all chewy and nasty anyways, and guys just throw them back, so its no big deal I guess…
