GS7 Side bet

Slight change:

Place side bets at the black Chevy truck pictured below, not a white Tacoma. Too much crap to fit the Taco. Also a gratuitous Shelter Cove rockfish pic. 

^ Isn't that a canary?  Somebody please tell me I'm wrong.

I think it's a copper - they can be dullish orange like that.  The canaries I've seen are brighter in the orange as well as the lighter parts - like 50-50 Bar colors.

See that white stripe running down its side.
I'm pretty sure that's a canary

Either way, I just ordered the Rockfish ID poster.  Probably won't be here by GS7, but at least I'll have it for the future.

See that white stripe running down its side.
I'm pretty sure that's a canary

You guys need to work on your rockfish ID. Coppers have a clear area on the last third of the lateral line. Canaries lateral line stripe goes the entire length of the fish.

Coming from an inlander too!  Nice work, Ed!   

That ID poster is a good thing to have, Michael.  DFW has been at GS that last few years handing some out along with some ID booklets, Shelton Descenders, measuring stickers...etc. 

Canaries are much more mottled on the head and shoulders.  Colorations can definitely overlap and be confusing, but the 50-50 Bar coloring is pretty common whereas the coppers, even if orange, are not so bright - it's like their coloring has some extent of brown mixed in, while Canaries have a yellow undertone.

The bar and the tail say copper. Canaries have a distinct grey/silver tip at the end of the forked tail.

Copper for sure. And a beauty as well. 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

When in doubt....throw it back.

Anthony

When in doubt....throw it back.

Anthony

For sure. No doubt on that copper though. 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Definitely a fat ass Copper!

ruben

Last time I was @ Timber cove I caught one. A nice one. Wasn't sure and threw it back. Went home and looked up copper.....oh well, they'll be more

Anthony

Thanks for taking this on Kayote. I'm your Huckleberry, put me down for both. 

If ur unsure rub the cornor of the mouth if its smooth both ways toss it back!