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Fishing Talk => Fishing Talk => : BenCantrell November 02, 2020, 09:21:20 AM
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Behind on the blog again, so here's a quick photo update from the past two months. :)
Calico from La Jolla, kept a few legals to eat, they were really good.
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Salema, LJ.
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Whitefish, LJ.
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Honeycomb rockfish, LJ.
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Calico, San Pedro.
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Sand bass, San Pedro.
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Midshipman I found splashing on the surface in San Pedro. Scooped him up by hand to take a photo.
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Blackgill rockfish, San Pedro. +1 to the lifelist
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Shiner perch, Ventura.
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White croaker, Ventura.
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Pond Loach, freshwater stream in LA. Probably released by the Buddhist temple nearby. +1 to the lifelist
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Arroyo chub, freshwater stream LA.
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Giant kelpfish, snorkeling Catalina. Didn't end up fishing at all while I was there.
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Halfmoon, snorkeling Catalina.
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Trolled mackerel that got crushed in Carlsbad, probably by a yellowtail.
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Jacksmelt, SD Bay.
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Barracuda, SD Bay. My first from the kayak.
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Round ray, Harbor Island.
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Grumpy bass, Harbor Island.
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Gray smoothhound, Harbor Island. I've been carefully checking each one I catch to see if any are brown smoothhounds.
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Diamond ray, Harbor Island. Didn't weigh, but I'd guess 25+ lbs.
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Moray, LJ tidepools.
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Woolly sculpin, LJ tidepools.
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Opaleye, LJ tidepools.
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School of zebra perch and opaleye, LJ tidepools.
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Zebra perch, LJ tidepools. I gave underwater microfishing a try. It's surprisingly fun. I need a thicker wetsuit though if I want to do more.
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Rosy Rockfish, wreck alley out of MB.
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Sheephead, wreck alley out of MB.
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Swordspine rockfish, LJ.
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Pinkrose rockfish, LJ. ID gets tough for these guys.
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Greenblotched rockfish, LJ.
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Longspine combfish, LJ. Caught by my friend, would love to find another!
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Bay blenny, MB. Caught snorkel fishing.
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Orange terror, snorkeling MB.
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Dwarf surfperch, snorkeling MB.
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Jacksmelt or topsmelt, snorkeling in MB.
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Spotted kelpfish, snorkeling in MB.
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Rockpool blenny, snorkeling in MB.
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Sharpnose seaperch, wreck alley.
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Blackeye goby, wreck alley. +1 to the lifelist.
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Cabezon, wreck alley, +1 to the lifelist, and definitely a highlight for the year!
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Olive rockfish / Johnny bass, wreck alley.
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Pacific sanddab, wreck alley.
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I told myself I'd dedicate more time to catching a yellowtail from the kayak, but as you can see that clearly didn't pan out, haha. I'm easily distracted by the little fish.
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Holy crap I need to pay more attention to anything red that comes aboard haha. Your pictures are way better reference than anything DFW puts out.
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Damn Ben, you've been busy! I've caught the blackeye goby before, but the combfish is wild!
Did you ever make another attempt out to the 9-mile?
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Did you ever make another attempt out to the 9-mile?
Nope, I paid the price for that 31 mile paddle, started having wrist issues a week later. I was going to do the Catalina trip wearing powerlifting wrist wraps, but as you know I called it off due to the wind forecast. Since then I haven't done any of those crazy long paddles.
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I use the Lilliebridge wrist wraps for lifting. I can't wait to take them off after a heavy set. But the support they give is worth it especially since heavy squat days are usually a day or 2 after paddling.
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I use the Lilliebridge wrist wraps for lifting. I can't wait to take them off after a heavy set. But the support they give is worth it especially since heavy squat days are usually a day or 2 after paddling.
Small world! I used to know the Lilliebridges when I went to college in Illinois. That whole family is built like tanks.
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Funny about the midshipman on the surface, a while back I saw a tiny one in the back of CI harbor struggling on the surface as well. Started singing Circle of Life and a seagull came down and got it. Of all the fish in the world to corroborate a similar story, that’s an odd one.
Those combfish are cool, I’m just starting to add a #14 hook to my dropper rigs in hopes of discovering a new motley crew of short biters.
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I use the Lilliebridge wrist wraps for lifting. I can't wait to take them off after a heavy set. But the support they give is worth it especially since heavy squat days are usually a day or 2 after paddling.
Small world! I used to know the Lilliebridges when I went to college in Illinois. That whole family is built like tanks.
Whoa haha right on!
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I’m just starting to add a #14 hook to my dropper rigs in hopes of discovering a new motley crew of short biters.
That's a great idea!