NorCal Kayak Anglers
General => Fish Talk => Fish ID sub-forum => Topic started by: mooch on May 19, 2006, 12:12:40 PM
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Minimum size: 15 inches
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Jim's cabby at Elk
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cabby from Big Sur
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Linda Mar Cabezon
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Just another day at pescadero:
(http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=81&g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6237&g2_serialNumber=1&g2_GALLERYSID=a04c07dd860ec4d534a255d1c79c22b1)
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Josh - nice variety there! Pescadero might just be the place to go on the opener. I launched there once whith Lee and Ethan (we caught a lot of fish but only a few keepers = it was a calm day - so it was easy getting back to shore. I can't imagime it on a big day :smt010
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cabby from Big Sur
That looks like a toad sculpin to me, not a cab...
MolBasser
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I'm not sure what a "Toad sculpin" is. Neither Fishbase nor the American Society of Fisheries recognizes that common name. A quick search on google only led to some unhappy fishing reports from San Diego so I'm guessing it's a local name down there. However, that fish from Big Sur is a Cabezon... you can even seen the cirrus on the nose ( a key characteristic).
Brian
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Toad being the generic fish term for large.
Sculpin, being the california scorpion fish.
And it may or may not be one, but it sure looks like a sculpin.
MolBasser
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BTW, are cabezon spines as gnarly poisonous as sculpins are?
MolBasser
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Okay, that makes sense.. I can see where they might look similar.
Anyway, cabezon spines (as far as I know) aren't poisinous but the roe (eggs) are.
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Cabbies vary in color dramatically from grey/black to blue to red to brown.
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Why do cabby's growl it freaked me out last weekend and he spit water at me too mean little guys but I got the better of him sauted in garlic. haha.
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I believe it's a bit of posturing, that is to say, looking impressive to prevent you from attacking/eating it (didn't work did it). Other sculpins like staghorns and buffalo sculpin have large operculum spines that they stick out. In the case of cabezons they also seem to flare their gill covers while producing a nice croaking/grinding sound with their pharyngeal teeth (see link below). I've never had one spit at me though.
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Glossary/Glossary.cfm?TermEnglish=pharyngeal%20teeth
Brian
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Our experience is that they are the most consistent "poopers" that we get. The deck is a mess after handling one.
Is there a name for the cow like plate in the front of a cabezon's mouth where a ling has teeth?
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Gabe's PB cabbie from Fort Ross, and my first kayak cabbie and China from Fort Ross 10-16-09
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Tha's not a cabby. This is a cabby.....
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DUDE! Thats a CABBIE. Hahahaha. Save that one for tourney day this year OK? Put it on a leash. I wont tell anyone. :smt006
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DUDE! Thats a CABBIE. Hahahaha. Save that one for tourney day this year OK? Put it on a leash. I wont tell anyone. :smt006
I couldn't resist. Minus 15 here and it is even too cold to ice fish.
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I love pissed off Cabi's! The more they growl the better they taste!
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs362.ash2/64074_440288107423_589802423_5413988_5844978_n.jpg)
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Speared these two Cabs..Last day of Ab season..They both flaired-up..Until I put the tip of my spear...inches from thier head...The rest..is HISTORY..! ! ! ....Loco
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Ever see an Orange cab? My boyfriend caught this at Timber Cove this summer...Probably the coolest fish I've seen
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How about this guy I caught in Lake Natoma last week. I guess those cabbies I planted last year are breeding. :smt002 :smt044
Mike
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Nice sculpin, use em for bait stripers love those things