Pictures

In a greater effort to educate myself on local species, if you post a picture of a rockfish and know it species, please indicate it so I can learn more.

Missed the opener today.  I may be fishing tomorrow, and will certainly fish july 4.

MolBasser

These aren't rockfish from a report, but rather photos I've taken of the various rockfish in the large tank we have here at the Bodega Marine Lab.

They're some of the more common species you'll find in close to shore.

Probably the most common is the Black Rockfish, Sebastes melanops


Followed by:

Blue Rockfish Sebastes mystinus


Copper Rockfish Sebastes caurinus


Grass Rockfish Sebastes rastrelliger


Brown Rockfish Sebastes ayriculatus


Vermillion Rockfish Sebastes miniatus


Black & Yellow Rockfish Sebastes chrysomelas


Gopher Rockfish Sebastes carnatus

Thanks.

MolBasser

These guys are among the prettiest you can pull up.  Tend to be dinky though - and sting!  Some people call them 'nike' rockfish.  Can you guess why?