View Full Version : ID this fish from Redondo Pier?
gavin310
07-28-2009, 05:28 PM
Can anyone tell me what type of fish this is?
I was getting these tiny bites constantly and couldn't hook them. I thought it was baby mackerel. So I put on one of my tiny trout treble hooks with a small piece of squid. After them stealing my bait about 15 times I finally managed to hook one and was surprised to not find a mackerel on my hook. They have tiny mouths.
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It's a Senorita Wrasse. Nice catch, they aren't too common on piers. Where you were has a few other species not normally associated with piers either.
gavin310
07-28-2009, 05:37 PM
Right on, thanks for the ID. It's funny, "wrasse" kept popping into my head but for some reason I thought a wrasse was like an eel. Although in terms of body shape it kind of is.
Yep you're right about the species :Cool: Not gonna elaborate on that though.
old pudd fisher
07-28-2009, 06:05 PM
kind of a odd fish, thats what I like about ocean fishing thiers all types out thier. I'am not blaming you but that cigarette butt looks like it could have set that wood pier a blaze. People should be careful with that.
bonitoboy
07-29-2009, 11:26 AM
You should have thrown that sucker back out on a hook. Towards the rocks and kelp. Calicos love senoritas.
MAVERICK27
07-29-2009, 12:14 PM
i CATCH THOSE A LOT AT NPH AND THEY STEAL MY BAIT. I'VE TOSSED EM OUT WHOLE AND CUT WITH NO LOVE THOUGH...MAYBE IT DEPENDS ON WHERE I TOSSED EM. THAKS FOR THE ID...I DIDN'T KNOW EITHER
Puropuro
07-29-2009, 01:45 PM
Cool looking fish though, it's kinda pretty....well, in a fish-kinda way.
vagabond
07-29-2009, 04:41 PM
nice looking wrasse,it would look tight on a big saltwater aquarium too
Ifishtoolittle
07-29-2009, 10:44 PM
Senorita fish. I caught over 50 of those the last time I visited redondo. On a side note the meat off those guys will catch Macs and vice versa LOL!
TroutOnly
07-30-2009, 07:26 AM
Is that a trollyfish
megafisher94
07-30-2009, 10:29 AM
either a senorita or a rock wrasse, im not sure, but i catch LOADS of them at catalina.
bassaholic90
07-31-2009, 12:26 PM
obviously this a cold water species you see alot of the in tropical reef trade look up lunar wrass.
flyngby
08-18-2009, 08:40 PM
It is a species I have yet to entice into a bite!
Steve