Redondo 7/25/20
 

Launch at 430am
Made a few baits, mix of greenies, spanish, and sardines.
Not much bird action
Bottom fished in 300' for a while trying out my new spj set up, no luck
One buddy headed in around 8, me and the other buddy head to a wreck
I landed a big bocaccio (21") he got a nice Ling (27")
I Lost a brand new jig on the wreck after it got smacked and something let go, i sent it back down and never saw it again.
Lost a couple of weights, and ran out of bait.
Move to find more baits.
Headed back to the wreck, no dice.
Headed in around 2pm.

Not a bad day, but certainly a long day.

https://i.imgur.com/bSdFkuAh.jpg

Nice bocaccio. Did you notice how much whiter its meat is compared to other rockfish?

I didn't have another rockfish to compare it to side by side this time, but it did seem to be more opaque and "solid" white.

Any recommended recipes for the bocaccio? In the past I deep fried it and made fish sandwhiches, but anything tastes good deep fried, i would like to expand my ground fish-preparation skill set, but im pretty cautious about parasites in these fish.

That's a nice Salmon Grouper. Back when the limit for rockfish was 15 and a limited out trip on the Redondo half-day boats was the norm, 85% of the catch was Bocaccio. I am surprised by how few I see taken today off the kayaks.

They all got caught when the limit was 15 lol

Basic fish style for anything like a rockfish, lingcod, wsb, halibut, etc. etc. etc.--

Turn your oven up to 450 degrees; get your favorite shallow frying pan RAGING hot with a some fresh oil smoking in the bottom of it in it; sear one side of the fish till brown and crisp; flip filet after it's cooked enough to release from the pan; finish in the hot oven.

Ultra hot pan to start is key, otherwise fish tends to stick to pan.

great info, thanks man!