Once again, I went out of Redondo again with the hope of getting a couple rockfish for dinner. Long story short, I found a new spot that gave up enough fish for a few meals.
FD
First legitimate fish. Got this guy on a Zman minnowz in green pumpkin.
Small Calico on the Zman.
And then I got lucky with this little guy after endlessly scanning around the bottom for structure.
Murdered 5 of them for a tasty cause. I sent a couple of the reds back down using a DIY decompression tool (J hook rigged hook point down). I also lost one at the surface, thinking that it could not swim down, I didn't bear grab it. To my surprise the fish managed to swim back down considering the depth it came out of.
They've been eating good.
Pops did a few intentional hack job fillets for the steamer and the bones and head were used for soup.
All the meat was carefully picked off.
Damn were these Reds tasty! Much tastier than NPH Reds. It must be the shrimp that they're eating. Sweeter meat.