Otw fish id help - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

easyday · 07-17-2013, 08:32 AM

Caught this just now and not to sure what it is is it a sculpin?

ccacher1 · 07-17-2013, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by easyday

Caught this just now and not to sure what it is is it a sculpin?

Not sure if you added the picture of the fish to your post?

easyday · 07-17-2013, 08:41 AM

Updated the pic didn't go in the first time

easyday · 07-17-2013, 08:50 AM

Cabazon or a sculpin I think

ful-rac · 07-17-2013, 08:52 AM

No doubt that's a sculpin.

make sure he's 10".

Cadillyak · 07-17-2013, 08:57 AM

Sculpin, a dark one at that

easyday · 07-17-2013, 09:00 AM

Well hes 14.5

Deamon · 07-17-2013, 09:05 AM

Very nice size! Also great eating. The spines are quite poisonous if poked by them. Always handle with extreme caution. Jim

ccacher1 · 07-17-2013, 09:06 AM

Nice!

taggermike · 07-17-2013, 10:21 AM

Deffinately a sculpin and a nice one too. Thats a tasty fish. are you familiar with the sculpin "hair cut"? getting the spines off those things really helps safety wise. All dorsal spines, anal spines, and pelvic spines and thier arsenal is pretty much gone. the ones on the head hurt but aren't venomous. Mike

Famous2146 · 07-17-2013, 10:35 AM

Nice fish bro ill be home soon hopefully ill be able to go fishing with you and you can teach me a few things.

kareem korn · 07-17-2013, 10:37 AM

Sculpin. drop it in your lap to be sure.

easyday · 07-17-2013, 10:43 AM

Yea gave it the haircut and gutted it now its on ice in my cooler in the trunk

makobob · 07-17-2013, 10:43 AM

Sculpin, Cabazon has sky blue inside mouth. Both great eating

old_rookie · 07-17-2013, 11:43 AM

Very cool you can post while on the water AND get a response within 10 minutes.

StinkyMatt · 07-17-2013, 12:44 PM

Albacore

makobob · 07-17-2013, 12:50 PM

About time.

619-SWIM-DOG · 07-17-2013, 12:59 PM

Hey man, nice meeting you today on the water. Enjoy those taco's!!!

driftwood · 07-17-2013, 01:10 PM

that's a typical bay fish. The scientific name is wormiest wormfest
bassturd fish. If cooked right they are delicious!

Vikingj · 07-17-2013, 01:15 PM

The fleshy flap over the eye would lead me to ID it as a Cabezon (mouth/throat is not always blue). If it is, you can verify it by noticing fewer spines than a sculpin (scorpionfish) and blue flesh. Cabezon is one of the best eating fish ever! But don't eat their eggs - they are toxic.

07-17-2013, 08:32 AM	#1
easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,469	Otw fish id help Caught this just now and not to sure what it is is it a sculpin? __________________ Last edited by easyday; 07-17-2013 at 08:41 AM.

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easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,469	Updated the pic didn't go in the first time __________________

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easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,469	Cabazon or a sculpin I think __________________

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ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	No doubt that's a sculpin. make sure he's 10". __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

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easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,469	Well hes 14.5 __________________

07-17-2013, 08:57 AM	#6
Cadillyak Team Get $$ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 841	Sculpin, a dark one at that

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Deamon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,972	Very nice size! Also great eating. The spines are quite poisonous if poked by them. Always handle with extreme caution. Jim __________________ Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"

07-17-2013, 09:06 AM	#9
ccacher1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 157	Nice! __________________ fish forever, work whenever

07-17-2013, 10:21 AM	#10
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Deffinately a sculpin and a nice one too. Thats a tasty fish. are you familiar with the sculpin "hair cut"? getting the spines off those things really helps safety wise. All dorsal spines, anal spines, and pelvic spines and thier arsenal is pretty much gone. the ones on the head hurt but aren't venomous. Mike

07-17-2013, 10:35 AM	#11
Famous2146 Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: 29 Palms Posts: 47	Nice fish bro ill be home soon hopefully ill be able to go fishing with you and you can teach me a few things.

07-17-2013, 10:37 AM	#12
kareem korn Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: C-bad Posts: 431	Sculpin. drop it in your lap to be sure.

07-17-2013, 10:43 AM	#13
easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,469	Yea gave it the haircut and gutted it now its on ice in my cooler in the trunk __________________

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makobob Baitless on Baja Join Date: May 2013 Location: Vista California, Gonzaga, San Quintin, Asuncion, Mag Bay Posts: 4,250	Sculpin, Cabazon has sky blue inside mouth. Both great eating __________________ http://www.mako-ville.com Home 760-630-4470 Cell 760-520-2514 YES YOU CAN

07-17-2013, 11:43 AM	#15
old_rookie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Santee Posts: 904	Very cool you can post while on the water AND get a response within 10 minutes.

07-17-2013, 12:44 PM	#16
StinkyMatt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Under a bridge Posts: 2,168	Albacore

07-17-2013, 12:50 PM	#17
makobob Baitless on Baja Join Date: May 2013 Location: Vista California, Gonzaga, San Quintin, Asuncion, Mag Bay Posts: 4,250	About time. __________________ http://www.mako-ville.com Home 760-630-4470 Cell 760-520-2514 YES YOU CAN

07-17-2013, 12:59 PM	#18
619-SWIM-DOG Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Diego Posts: 619	Hey man, nice meeting you today on the water. Enjoy those taco's!!!

07-17-2013, 01:10 PM	#19
driftwood Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 1,086	that's a typical bay fish. The scientific name is wormiest wormfest bassturd fish. If cooked right they are delicious!

07-17-2013, 01:15 PM	#20
Vikingj Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dana Point area Posts: 438	The fleshy flap over the eye would lead me to ID it as a Cabezon (mouth/throat is not always blue). If it is, you can verify it by noticing fewer spines than a sculpin (scorpionfish) and blue flesh. Cabezon is one of the best eating fish ever! But don't eat their eggs - they are toxic.