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madscientist · 08-11-2005, 02:59 PM

I caught several "normal" sized ones mixed in so I'm pretty sure they are vermillions (or canary, I can't tell the difference based on the DFG info, but I've been told its rare to catch canary) but not cow cod. They are surprisingly light for their size, but that big sucker felt like a ton on the rod. Yeah, I was using the same 2.5oz megabait I throw at YT. They'd hit it before it hit bottom. Also got a bunch of bocaccio, kept one. They swam down well so I felt good releasing them. The fish were spitting up squid, octopus, and some sort of gelatinous crap. I think I was marking squid about 30ft off the bottom in the same general area.

08-11-2005, 02:59 PM	#6
madscientist Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,906	I caught several "normal" sized ones mixed in so I'm pretty sure they are vermillions (or canary, I can't tell the difference based on the DFG info, but I've been told its rare to catch canary) but not cow cod. They are surprisingly light for their size, but that big sucker felt like a ton on the rod. Yeah, I was using the same 2.5oz megabait I throw at YT. They'd hit it before it hit bottom. Also got a bunch of bocaccio, kept one. They swam down well so I felt good releasing them. The fish were spitting up squid, octopus, and some sort of gelatinous crap. I think I was marking squid about 30ft off the bottom in the same general area.