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Title: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: mooch on May 19, 2006, 12:42:15 PM
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REGS: DO NOT KEEP THIS FISH  :smt018
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: mooch on July 06, 2006, 12:16:30 PM
DO NOT KEEP ME
(even though I'm half dead from being pulled out of a hundred feet of water)

As Brian / bsteves mentioned before: these are schooling fish, If you catch one - move on to another spot to reduce the killing of more Canarys  :smt045
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: sudmucker on October 03, 2006, 10:47:17 AM
Live and learn. Again thanks for the heads up :smt006
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: ScottThornley on October 05, 2006, 12:28:28 PM
Sudmucker,

You guys were in pretty shallow. There's a good possiblilty that you picked up a Copper, and not a Canary, as Canary's are generally at 100' plus.

Scott
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: Randy on October 15, 2006, 04:43:39 PM
Caught in Carmel Bay 10/15/06.  Came up healthy and went back down the same way.  :smt001


Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: surfingmarmot on October 15, 2006, 07:07:11 PM
Was that 58 feet? I thought Canary Rockfish were deep water Rockfish :smt017. I guess someone forgot to tell the Canarys :smt003.
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: Randy on October 15, 2006, 08:07:00 PM
Was that 58 feet? I thought Canary Rockfish were deep water Rockfish :smt017. I guess someone forgot to tell the Canarys :smt003.

Hard to read, but I think it was 131 feet.
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: Windrider on October 16, 2006, 10:58:55 PM
At Fort Ross, on Saturday 10/14, I caught two canaries at one time in 55 to 60 feet of water.  I had a total of six for the day and they were all caught in water less than 80 feet deep.
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: Sin Coast on June 18, 2007, 01:35:19 PM
I hardly ever fish deeper than 100 feet and I always catch a few canaries. Especially in Carmel Bay...have had days when I couldn't escape them!
If you're worried about barotrauma, just get a Shelton Release and rig it inline above your offering.

PK

Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: splashdown on June 19, 2007, 07:27:49 AM
I get my share of them all the time. I've heard in deeper water during a "state bilogical" study, a boat caught a lot of bomer sized canaries and the marked schools were huge. Why are they protected?
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: mooch on July 25, 2007, 10:18:55 AM
Canary at Bean Hollow - Phot by: Chris / CPyak
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: Bulldog---Alex on October 02, 2007, 06:07:29 PM
In my rock cod id. the cow cod looks similar. I know it is not a cod you can keep. Does anyone have a photo of one? Thanks, Bulldog :smt001
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: mooch on July 31, 2009, 01:12:56 AM
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Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: Sin Coast on July 31, 2009, 01:18:59 PM
Beautiful photo Moochie.
Here's another canary RF. Caught at Da Cove in approx 50ft.
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq217/Sin_Coast/Shelter%20Cove%2009/P7020761.jpg)
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: Grumpy on July 31, 2009, 02:15:25 PM
Sounds like the conservation measures are working.  I  caught several juvenile canaries while pre-fishing Albion before the meet.  Almost all were in the 40-60 ft  reefs around kelp.  Some did not have to be descended; they showed no signs of trauma and didn't waste any time getting down.

Doug
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: Sin Coast on July 31, 2009, 02:45:09 PM
Sounds like the conservation measures are working. 

Working redundantly!  :smt044
Title: Re: Rockfish ID photo: Canary
Post by: bradster on September 05, 2009, 07:22:03 PM
I noticed from these pics that a lot of the fish had the tell tale black spot on the dorsal fin.