LJ 10/10 report and Rare sighting! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

yak-fishing-socal · 10-13-2015, 11:49 PM

Most likely it was a briomtail https://youtu.be/VZ5_gySwBhI they do live in socal just very rare

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taggermike · 10-14-2015, 07:38 AM

3.25' calico would at least double the world record. There is a small resident population of broom tail grouper in La Jolla. They're seen ocationally and I've seen a few photos. Broom tails look much more like calicos than small bsb do. Especially under water with the sun shining on them. Some fish come north seasonally then migrate back south; dodos, wahoo, even seen sierra once. Others come north perhaps as larvae or juveniles and stay, but can't reproduce; grouper and the green sea turtles in south SD Bay. Some come and set up reproducing populations; like short fin corvina and bone fish. If you saw a broom tail you're lucky and if it was a massive calico, that's lucky too. Mike

Sheephead · 10-14-2015, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by taggermike

3.25' calico would at least double the world record. There is a small resident population of broom tail grouper in La Jolla. They're seen ocationally and I've seen a few photos. Broom tails look much more like calicos than small bsb do. Especially under water with the sun shining on them. Some fish come north seasonally then migrate back south; dodos, wahoo, even seen sierra once. Others come north perhaps as larvae or juveniles and stay, but can't reproduce; grouper and the green sea turtles in south SD Bay. Some come and set up reproducing populations; like short fin corvina and bone fish. If you saw a broom tail you're lucky and if it was a massive calico, that's lucky too. Mike

Thanks for the awesome info! Broomtail's don't seem like migratory fish so it's cool if you say they are, love learning new things about fish!

Dave Legacy · 10-15-2015, 02:18 PM

I think the deal would more likely be that you ran into a rare local as opposed to a migratory fish. =)

10-13-2015, 11:49 PM	#1
yak-fishing-socal kayak fishing socal Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Southern California / Whittier Posts: 438	Most likely it was a briomtail https://youtu.be/VZ5_gySwBhI they do live in socal just very rare sent from my thumbs on my G4

10-14-2015, 07:38 AM	#2
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	3.25' calico would at least double the world record. There is a small resident population of broom tail grouper in La Jolla. They're seen ocationally and I've seen a few photos. Broom tails look much more like calicos than small bsb do. Especially under water with the sun shining on them. Some fish come north seasonally then migrate back south; dodos, wahoo, even seen sierra once. Others come north perhaps as larvae or juveniles and stay, but can't reproduce; grouper and the green sea turtles in south SD Bay. Some come and set up reproducing populations; like short fin corvina and bone fish. If you saw a broom tail you're lucky and if it was a massive calico, that's lucky too. Mike

10-15-2015, 02:18 PM	#4
Dave Legacy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Hacienda Heights, CA Posts: 427	I think the deal would more likely be that you ran into a rare local as opposed to a migratory fish. =)