Black Sea bass is definetily a tasty fish.
My Dad has been SCUBA diving since I was a lil boy. We werent a well of family but my father dove for our dinner. I was a rough childhood living on lobster, scallops, abalone and bsb or whatever he could scrounge.
Well he got a bsb on the skirt of table rock in front of Anacapa island. The beast was only 176lbs, but we ate well for a long time.
It was caught with a homade speargun equiped with 100ft of 600lb nylon with 3 36" co2 poppers.
Sorry for the pic but its a pic of a wall picture.
Notice the death grip he has on it. Back then they were everywhere on Anacapa and the other islands. Mind you this was probably 25+ years ago. But they are on a recovery and hopefully someday thay will not have to be on the protected list.
Yea, my first post but thought I would share on this.