What kind of RF is this one from Capitola? Rockfish ID needed.

What kind of rockfish is this?

I dont think i ever caught one myself....

http://capitolaboatandbait.com/wpg2?g2_itemId=2966

In case you needed to see more photos of it to get a better idea:

http://capitolaboatandbait.com/wpg2?g2_itemId=2216&g2_page=26

Juvenile giant sea bass.  Probably not something you want to be showing off after fishing in a rental boat out of Capitola.

F#$%K.
Whats the allowable take for BSB b4 they do an emergency closure? And he posted the pics F%#@K!!!!
Even if its C&R, I still think its Illegal to keep it out of the water to photograph it, with his fingers in the gills like that.

LOL, allowable take.....there's been a moratorium on BSB for years.  In San Diego the public would lynch you if looked at one cross eyed. Its a rare catch for this far north, my guess would be pure ignorance of the fisherman and even moreso on capitola boat and bait for throwing that up on their website.

Good find John....send the link to DFG to see if they can ID it for us?   

Sorry agarcia, I guess i mis-posted. what i mean is how many of these can be illegaly taken, and counted/confirmed by the DFG b4 they close rockfish, like they did because of yelloweye take, north of PA?.....

I doubt they'd use it to shut down the season....nice huge fine and deservedly so. I'd be willing to bet that if this guy kept it the total for the year would be 1. 


PS....guy is sporting a bronco's hat, I'm calling caltip myself. 

Yeah, I actually mentioned this exact photo once before. It is not a good idea to post pictures of illegal and undersize fish on your business' website. But, hey, you gotta drum up business somehow, right?

So sad. 

I've got rope does anyone have torches?

-Brian G

Actually, seeing that picture was helpful in identifying what they look like when they're small...and many casual fishermen wouldn't make the right call on that one. Still, we would all be happier seeing him back in the water unharmed. Too bad. Releasing fish is cool.

If you can't ID it C&R it.

Actually, seeing that picture was helpful in identifying what they look like when they're small...and many casual fishermen wouldn't make the right call on that one. Still, we would all be happier seeing him back in the water unharmed. Too bad. Releasing fish is cool.

I couldn't have said that better myself.   

I'm glad to see what that looks like.

Seriously, how many blackish/purple rockfishy-type fish with big spots do we have in this area that can reach that size?
Any, besides black sea bass? Did the guy think it was a huuu-ge black rockfish, bigger than anyone has ever seen, ever?
Sadly, he probably did, or just thought of it as a Bigfish fish. They're pretty common if your'e a Realman Fishingstud.
 
Ok, that was kinda harsh. I hope he released it & it survived, & he's actually a good guy.

BUT....

I've never even seen a juvenile BSB before in the wild, & I knew what it was right off.
Mickfish is totally right.

That's Sherrif Larry,  a very, very experienced local.  If that is the fish I am thinking of, he is/was quite aware it being a BSB, and Ed from Cap B & B helped him to unhook the fish.  It was released completely unharmed, but they wanted to document the catch, it being so unusual.  I ran the picture on the weekly Sentinel report, i think it was last year.  I seem to remember the fish being bigger than that, thought it was a 50-pounder, but that could just be my faulty memory, or perhaps this is a different fish, I will ask Ed.

In the olden days, the bay was full of BSB, many going to the hundreds of pounds.  Sadly, the BSB story is one we can lay on overfishing.


Allen.

Someone else pretty much summed it up but - yeah - that's Sheriff Larry, he knew exactly what it was, and he released it (that's why it was taken while still on a boat - doesn't qualify as "landing").  It was a beautiful fish - the photo doesn't properly capture the color.