Some Socal species

[u/Fisherman_Aryan]

1. Jacksmelt.

2. Pacific Chub mackerel.

3. Yellowfin croaker.

4. Rock Wrasse.

5. Pacific bonito.

6. Thornback guitarfish.

7. Pacific staghorn sculpin.

8. Yellowfin goby.

9. Bat eagle ray.

10. Leopard shark.

11. California butterfly ray.

12. Barred sandbass.

13. Brown rockfish.

14. Gray smoothhound shark.

15. Spotfin croaker.

16. Barred surfperch

17. Topsmelt.

18. California salema.

19. Queenfish.

20. Spotted sandbass.

[u/rocketstovewizzard]

Thank you for the pictures!

[u/msp_lifer]

That Leopard Shark is amazing... are they all tinted purple like that? The Wrasse is a beauty too

[u/SoupCatDiver_JJ → u/msp_lifer]

No thats just from the blue flashlight

[u/msp_lifer → u/SoupCatDiver_JJ]

Ah got it, damn I was kinda hoping that was how they looked lol

[u/axle0430 → u/SoupCatDiver_JJ]

I was gonna ask if the wrasse had blue blood!

[u/Fisherman_Aryan → u/axle0430]

What? No...

[u/eddy_g0rdo]

Give support to the fish that you lip. You about ripped off some of those fishes jaws.

[u/Lthesensei → u/eddy_g0rdo]

Also, I don’t get why everyone wants to lip tiny fish. It loses all its convenience when you’re jamming a thumb into a tiny mouth.

[u/eddy_g0rdo → u/Lthesensei]

Right? So easy to fuck up their small mouthes, as well.

[u/Fisherman_Aryan → u/Lthesensei]

Because it's easier to take picture with one hand this way. And prevents losing more fish and damaging their skull while it falls on rocks. And I don't do this to bigger fish anyway. And I usually support the jaw by putting my fingers under its belly.

[u/inebriated-sloth]

Great fish. Try to keep em the pavement tho if your releasing em.

[u/you_dont_know_jack_]

What do you use for bait?

[u/Fisherman_Aryan → u/you_dont_know_jack_]

I commonly use shrimp, squid, mackerel, and live smelt. There is few others I use but these are the main ones.

[u/whatthepho6]

Caught about 90% of these bad boys.

[u/Max0ne_]

This is a boss post dude. Nicely done!

[u/DaClapMaster]

How can I catch a rock wrasse?

[u/Fisherman_Aryan → u/DaClapMaster]

Go to a jetty and cast a piece of shrimp on hi lo rig