what the heck was that?

[Jencourt]

Wen I was out on the weekend my buddy got a fish that I have no idea what it was. It had a big bucket head like a Ling and similar coloring, only lighter and with a little more yellow I think.It Looked a lot like a ling except it's body was way shorter and fatter. It also had a bunch of fins coming off its belly. Kinda almost reminded me of a bullhead only not as dark,and it was big .I am guessing 10-15 lbs maybe more.we let it go of course and never thought to take a pic first.

Any ideas?

Cheers: Ray

No place I would rather be (FISH ON)

 

[tubbed out]

sounds a little like a cabazon

they remind me of a big bullhead

 

[chris73]

Yup, Cabezon. Ugly but tasty creatures.

 

[highlights]

Most likely a Cabezon. There are other closely related critters down there but as others have said, most likely Cabezon.

 

[Charter Tofino]

x4

http://www.elasmodiver.com/BCMarinelife/images/Cabezon.jpg

 

[the fog ducker]

Jencourt

Wasn't fortunate ta geta glimps at ur " Hump " Damn"..[)]

,,but im gonna guess roughly where ya were , must a bin a serious Barkley Monument in ur pic..,,, 2 years ago i was fishing the surf area(s) and i came accross a hole that must of had hundreds of these ugly Bullhead like lookin creatures that fought like trains , yes they were cabazon ,coulda swore a few of them were over 20,,, never did keep any , back then i was told they were not all that great on the table , now iv'e heard dfferent a few times ,

btw , nice fish JC

Felix...

thefogducker@hotmail.com

 

[Lipripper]

Their colours really vary but like this........
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autismmom/310013989/

 

[Osama Bin Hopper]

yummmy

Gimee the gaff!!!

 

[the fog ducker]

Ah

must have bin a little tuned that day , umm definately was ,[:0]..after googlin cabazon , they typically don't exceed 15 lbds , funny , looked at my plotter , the areas i found these fish , i marked the waypoints with a "Poison" symbol , lol,,, there UGLY man... ,,,,



FD



thefogducker@hotmail.com

 

[Karma-Kazi]

One day I got one off race that was 32 pounds. Thing was ugly. It tasted not bad either. Just an odd texture.

-Steve

 

[Jencourt]

Yup.
After looking at some pics i say yes to it being a cabazon.Thanks for that folks.

F.D>
They are only ugly if your friends catch ya eating them.

Cheers.



No place I would rather be (FISH ON)

 

[Duffer]

Jen you have now been promoted from Dogfish Man to Cabazon Man...

 

[Fish Assassin]

quote:Originally posted by Duffer

Jen you have now been promoted from Dogfish Man to Cabazon Man...

Is that a promotion?

Ray give me a call...I lost your #

 

[Jencourt]

Thanks for the promotion Duff.
Anything is better than Dogfish man. Of course we caught way more Hali and ling than anything else,So you could have picked one of those.[8D]

Owen Email sent


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[Anonymous]

DID IT LOOK LIKE THIS?

 

[Jencourt]

Anonymous
It may have looked like that yes. Hard to be surre as i thought it had more underside fins.

No place I would rather be (FISH ON)

 

[Duffer]

Sorry Jen just sticking with the topic LOL good job on the Halis glad you caught good weather. Hali man

 

[Jencourt]

Thats funny duff.
Truth be told I have only caught abou 6 Hali in my life.Pretty sure I topped that number with the dogs I got this year alone.

No place I would rather be (FISH ON)

 

[Dave S]

caught one of these this summer and they sure are ugly. we had it in beer batter and it was tasty. from what i have read, the sport and commercial guys fish for these in washington and oregon. not many that many up here.

 

[dohboy]

youll eat just about anything eh dave