Watch your limits folks...

[MITCHELL]

I only got one but 2 pictures.

[AlwaysFishing]

Originally Posted by MITCHELL

I only got one but 2 pictures.

Yes, that is a Copper (Chucklehead).

[JohnMckroidJr]

Originally Posted by MITCHELL

I only got one but 2 pictures.

What is the mark on the side of that Copper rockfish? Is that a scratch on the photo? Scar on the fish? or some kind of tag?

Thanks for the info PapaDave. One Copper is better than the way of the Cowcod(none).

Still sad when one looks back at the past. This picture is from a half-day trip on the City of Redondo 45 years ago. The boat did a brief stop surface fishing Bluff Cove before heading out for the full 15 fish limits of rockfish in about 250ft. The Calico Bass at the bottom was barely legal 12 inches for reference.

[MrPukaShell]

I heard this was coming from the Stardust crew, bummer. Catch a lot of chucks at the channel islands

[AlwaysFishing]

Originally Posted by JohnMckroidJr

What is the mark on the side of that Copper rockfish? Is that a scratch on the photo? Scar on the fish? or some kind of tag?

Thanks for the info PapaDave. One Copper is better than the way of the Cowcod(none).

Still sad when one looks back at the past. This picture is from a half-day trip on the City of Redondo 45 years ago. The boat did a brief stop surface fishing Bluff Cove before heading out for the full 15 fish limits of rockfish in about 250ft. The Calico Bass at the bottom was barely legal 12 inches for reference.

That's a nice haul there John. I didn't realized the limit used to be 15. I can't tell what kind of RF those are. I got into this hobby a couple of years ago and see that the limit has changed once (Vermillion sub-bag) and now the Copper sub-bag.
I've caught a few 20"+ Coppers this year in Redondo with 18"-19" are pretty common. But never found any that are at 250ft though. I have to go way deeper, like 300ft-400ft+.