Shaun, his son, and I had plans to look for tuna but conditions didn't look right for a long run and his son just wanted to "Catch Fish". With the closure looming and the regulations set to cut the rockfish bag limit in half, this was a great time to pull up some denizens.
The tide was SUPER high this morning. It looked way higher than a 6.33' as the water was up to the grass and there was a swell at the ramp!
Beautiful sunrise however.
The ride to the 9 was cold! There were no sword fishermen out there, but quite a few cattle boats soaking for cod.
The action was steady and critters from 550' started coming over the rail. Mexicas... Green Blotched....
Lots of Green Blotched.
Some that I think are Green Blotched but not sure.
Green Striped
More than enough big dabs. A couple of varieties came up from the depths.
I thought we had a sablefish on our hands, but it only turned out to be a Pacific Hake. Still a new species none the less!
Then I thought I had a Tiger Rockfish, but quickly realized I had a new species! My first Cowcod! After a quick picture, we sent it down on the descending tool and never saw it come up, so the fancy gadget seemed to work!
Chillipeppers
I forgot what fun it is to catch nice a grade of rockfish, but dropping and reeling up 30 times from 550 feet was a bit annoying and tiresome. Time for an electric reel!
Thanks for reading and until next tide....