thanks for the replies and the fish id! i was thinking it was a grass rockfish except the big guy was really dark colored. (we caught a bunch of smaller ones that were clearly grass rf)
we released every fish safely, and out of the 24 legal bugs, we only kept 6 total. it was just fun pulling on nets filled with life, and most females had those sacks on them which is a really good thing to see.
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