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ful-rac · 10-12-2015, 05:37 PM

3 1/4' Calico Bass?

I catch'm all the time!

Dave Legacy · 10-12-2015, 06:53 PM

Could there be any chance what you saw was a Broomtail Grouper?

Sheephead · 10-13-2015, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Legacy

Could there be any chance what you saw was a Broomtail Grouper?

I suppose its possible. The pattern looks semi similar to what I saw but the tail was definitely not as big as a broomtail's from what I could see. Forgive me if i'm wrong but don't those live way down south?

Dave Legacy · 10-13-2015, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheephead

Forgive me if i'm wrong but don't those live way down south?

So do Wahoo, right? This is the year that anything can happen. The reason it came to mind is I kind of recall Broomtail are protected in CA. Your story happens to sound very "grouper-like" and when I googled Broomtail it came back with stuff that didn't look all that far off from calico pattern-wise.

I've never seen a huge calico up close before. I'm just speculating. Seeing a Broomtail might be even more rare.

Sheephead · 10-14-2015, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Legacy

So do Wahoo, right? This is the year that anything can happen. The reason it came to mind is I kind of recall Broomtail are protected in CA. Your story happens to sound very "grouper-like" and when I googled Broomtail it came back with stuff that didn't look all that far off from calico pattern-wise.

I've never seen a huge calico up close before. I'm just speculating. Seeing a Broomtail might be even more rare.

Your absolutely right! Its definitely possible it was a broomtail but the only factor that makes me doubt it could have been is that broomtail don't seem like migratory fish so the thought of it traveling several hundred miles seems far and few between, even for our unusually warm water. Hell, I'd love to say it was though so i'll take your guy's word for it! Rare fish woo!

Sheephead · 10-13-2015, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ful-rac

3 1/4' Calico Bass?

I catch'm all the time!

Including the waters magnification and 10-15' down, yeah. Not sure how big that would be out of the water.

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