Santa Monica Bay Report 2/2 w-pics

[Red Drum]

Went out for an afternoon fishing/hooping trip with David "bajaconcept". Sea and weather conditions were excellent until 7pm when rain and Santa Ana winds kicked in. We cleaned the nets around 8:30pm because it was getting too rough with winds to 25mph and the bugs stopped crawling.
Fishing was pretty good on the live squid.

Here is David with a nice Triggerfish.
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Typical schoolie Sand Bass.
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David and one of his Sandies, with my rod going bendo in the background.
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Nice Calico Bass.
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Nice haul of big Yellow Crabs.
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David with the big bug of the night.
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Ended the night with 9 keeper bugs for the two of us. Made for some good Superbowl eats. Can't wait to do it again. HOOK-UP!!

Till next tide,

[Fishbones]

Great report and pics, what a great day fishin & buggin and lots of fun, Congrats Gentleman.

[Wingnut]

David told me that he was out fishing when Icalled him on Saturday, now I know where... :Razz:
Quality catch gentlemen, good Super Bowl eats indeed! :Envious:

[ILL PHIL]

Hey awesome post and photos. I just got my own little vessel, a 11ft AB hard bottom inflatable with a 9.9. Maybe i will see you out there!

[TUNAVIC]

Wow,very nice way to prepare for Superbowl feast,that's one slob Trigger! WTG

Cya TunaVic

[WAHBAM]

Thanks for sharing, great photos

[DockRat]

You guys always get the Triggers.
Never even seen one caught.
Japan Ron, how often have you seen Triggers S of PV or the Shoe ?
Thnx, DR

Found a article about this ' RARE ' catch.
Lol 'Rare' maybe for 99% of us.
How many Triggers have you guys landed on your boats in SM Vince ?
Thnx for the report. DR

Video: Rare Triggerfish Caught Off Coast

Also, what is that slimy glob of goo that came over the rail?

By Philip Friedman
January 21, 2012

Southern California anglers caught two unusual sea creatures this past week.

Sergio Fainsztein was red hot last Saturday on the Westerly out of Long Beach Sportfishing when he hooked what he thought was another wintertime sand bass. As the fish neared the surface, he discovered it was something rare.

“Triggerfish!” yelled Capt. Ricky Perez.

Crew member Todd Lee netted the big trigger and lifted it over the rail. After watching footage of the catch, Rick Feeney from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County further identified the unusual creature.

“That's a nice fine-scale triggerfish,” Feeney said. “They are fairly rare up here, I would assume because of the cooler water. We have two in our collection from SoCal.”

Feeney emphasized the importance of taking a photo or video when anglers catch something rare.

“That's two [triggerfish] out of about 50 lots on our shelf,” he said. “Most of our specimens have been collected in the last 80 years. ... It is important, if you're not sure about a rare fish, to take a least a picture of it and send it to a museum, just to have a record of it."

Another strange catch that could only be described as a slimy glob came over the Westerly’s rail Monday.

“I’ve been a captain for 35 years and have never seen anything like that,” Larry Moore said. “I wouldn’t even want to touch that thing.”

Turns out the gooey glob was not as diabolical as many thought—it was a sea anemone.

“The species is widely known as Metridium giganteus, but the correct name is M. farcimen,” said Gordon Hendler, curator of echinoderms at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.



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