Rockfish ID photo: Treefish

Caught by rdavid8592 - Monterey - 07.09.06

Randy's Treefish

I'm very jealous, we don't get those up here and they're missing from my "species I have caught" list.  One of the prettiest of rockfish in my opinion.

Brian

Randy's is still there, Brian.  Come on down and we can go look for him again..........

Photo by CoS....

Caught 5/30 in el sur grande in 80ft. I've caught a few down there but this is the biggest. Eating it for dinner tonight to see how they taste.

Ate one... never had a desire to eat another.  

Not bad,  just nothing special and their yield isn't very good.  Some areas we dive have a pretty healthy population of them.

Cool fish! I don't think I could ever keep one, though, 'cause they look too much like my Tiger Datnoid!

One of the prettiest of rockfish in my opinion.

I agree, I've yet to catch another fish that puts on lipstick before you get it to the kayak.

Most RF I catch just have the "I'm about to barf...in your lap" look on their little spiny faces.

Big Sur by Aaron