Species ID, and limits - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

GregAndrew · 09-19-2010, 05:43 PM

Seems to me, the only way you can get good pics of all the types of rockfish, from the DFG, is if you send away for the posterboard you see on the cattle boats. Lots of the pics on the DFG website leave much to the imagination. One thing that helps out is that they usually have a description of what is unique to each species. In some cases, the description is better than a pic when there is a lot of variation in looks of a specie (Lingcod coloration, Sheepshead looks from juvinile to adult etc.).

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09-19-2010, 05:43 PM	#6
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	Seems to me, the only way you can get good pics of all the types of rockfish, from the DFG, is if you send away for the posterboard you see on the cattle boats. Lots of the pics on the DFG website leave much to the imagination. One thing that helps out is that they usually have a description of what is unique to each species. In some cases, the description is better than a pic when there is a lot of variation in looks of a specie (Lingcod coloration, Sheepshead looks from juvinile to adult etc.).