Squat Lobster
 

The Squat Lobster were so thick today that I caught several on the sabiki... The sonar showed huge blankets of them, 10ft thick and extending out hundreds of feet. I have seen these in the warmer waters of Baja but not here. A good omen?

tuna crabs?

Squat
 

Squat Lobster....?
From Team Sewer...?

Bonito

http://ktla.com/2015/02/23/thousands...newport-beach/

It is an El Niño year after all. They taste great I wouldn't mind picking some up 😋

You sure they weren't pelagic red crabs?

Give the man a C-gar.

They are actually a lobster. A squat lobster. Not a crab. Crabs dont swim w their tails.
Call them red bunnies if you want. White seabass arent seabass either.

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegall...00/image56.jpg

Back in February there was a huge bunch of them that washed up on the beach at high tide and then died... It made it difficult to find the perfect greenies...

There has been tuna crab blanketing the coast for 3-4 months now. All of the islands yellows I am catching are full of them and I'm sure the LJ yellows are too.

I've heard that there is a difference between tuna crab and squat lobsters. Something to do with squat lobsters only being found in Northern California. I could be wrong.

Call them whatever.
Crabs have evolved (if you believe that) their tail folded up under their bodies. No crabs have articulating tails.