NorCal Kayak Anglers
General => Fish Talk => Fish ID sub-forum => Topic started by: Jeremy on August 17, 2015, 02:39:32 PM
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I just saw them for the first time over the weekend. Around 20FOW, mixed into a school of blues. Looks like a hybrid between a blue rockfish and a garibaldi. I was tempted to take one, but the big scales reminded me of a perch, so I passed.
In the ~100 hours of bottom time I have on the central coast, I haven't seen them before. A sign of warmer waters? Or maybe I'm just blind?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromis_punctipinnis
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Chromis_punctipinnis.jpg/220px-Chromis_punctipinnis.jpg)
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they are very common in SoCal, especially at the islands.
Could be that warmer water temps have brought them farther north this year.
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I see em off and on up here...have seen more of them and halfmoons in the past 12 months or so but have seen them before...
http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=40108.0
I put em in the same category as sheephead and opaleye and calicos...SoCal transplants that if you spend enough time in the water up here you will see...
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Sincerely,
Jim
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how do they taste?
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how do they taste?
Meh.
I haven't shot another one and that was three years ago.
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:smt006
Sincerely,
Jim
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I see em off and on up here...have seen more of them and halfmoons in the past 12 months or so but have seen them before...
http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=40108.0
I put em in the same category as sheephead and opaleye and calicos...SoCal transplants that if you spend enough time in the water up here you will see...
:smt006
Sincerely,
Jim
Glad I didn't take one then, if you haven't eaten one since! I also saw a school of MASSIVE opaleye near the same spot. Much bigger than I've seen in SoCal.