Need Help IDing this Species - Also great sesh to start 2017!

[Ifishtoolittle]

Hey everyone, thanks for the replies. He must've felt threatened by my LC and attacked it, because I read online those things are herbivores! He put up a strong fight, too. I thought for sure I had a legal checker on, then was pretty surprised to see him come out of the water.

My friend and I also landed 4 calicos that morning, all in the 11-13 inch range. Watching the sunrise, tasting the salt spray on my lips, getting my line wet and landing some fishies... hell of a way to start a Saturday!

And, no I didn't bother eating him, @Ifishtoolittle! I've never bothered keeping any variety of perch as I've heard there are a lot of bones to contend with.

lol good to know.

[smokehound]

This is a risky fish to eat. They store toxins from algae and advertises this with its strong contrasting pattern, eating one could make you violently ill.

[carpanglerdude]

This is a risky fish to eat. They store toxins from algae and advertises this with its strong contrasting pattern, eating one could make you violently ill.

Ate one once. It was, quite literally, the worst fish I've ever eaten. Carp is better.

[GhettoBasster]

Ate one once. It was, quite literally, the worst fish I've ever eaten. Carp is better.

Tastes almost as bad as
Garibaldi.

[camdozer]

Tastes almost as bad as
Garibaldi.

Ha! That's just too much, man :P