That's a Sargo,can be caught on various baits off the beach,my kids got them also in front of PaPa,s place.
Didn,t know they would take a bass plug tho!
Morning Igor
Robbajabuddha - 12-29-2014 at 07:42 AM
Try cooking it whole (sans entrails) and de-scaled on the Barbie, and score the flesh diagonally every inch for a leetle ajo y jugo de limon y
pimiento; don't overcook (of course, and just pick through the skeleton.... don't miss the cheeks. shari - 12-29-2014 at 08:13 AM
Juan says here they call it Roncador...the snorer...and it's a perch. Did you get a photo of the fabulous halibut???David K - 12-29-2014 at 08:47 AM
When I saw the stripe, Sargo is what came to my mind.chavycha - 12-29-2014 at 02:11 PM
Shari, nope, it ended up on the fillet table and then in our bellies. Turns out you can't even give fish away in this town.
The stripe was pretty prominent on both specimens. Thought at first it might be a handling marking, but its definitely natural. woody with a view - 12-29-2014 at 02:19 PM
Sargo are good eating, as everyone else said. we got them by the ton last El Nino down at the tide pools in Sunset Cliffs the last time the tuna crabs
showed up in SD, 2003ish?David K - 12-29-2014 at 03:43 PM
Juan says here they call it Roncador...the snorer...and it's a perch. Did you get a photo of the fabulous halibut???
Shari, show Juan this photo (what we call a 'spotfin croaker' or 'spottie'... it makes the pig or snoring sound out of water). In Mexico, it is called
roncador... Black spot vs black stripe of a sargo... The yellowfin croaker also makes the croaking noise. You guys call that one the 'boca dulce'.
I think often called Whitefish on the Pacific side?
Delicious...great for ceviche though it's a small one
Pompano - 1-12-2015 at 07:34 AM
Whitefish caught in 220ft over rockpile near Pt. Conception, Mulege. Using a 3 oz. green dart tipped with squid tidbit. Catch one and you can crank
up a limit too quickly. Good table fare, but not much action.
A Canadian guy walks into a bar, on the stool next to him is some footwear. He says to the bartender, "What's this - a boot?"
[Edited on 1-12-2015 by Pompano]willardguy - 1-12-2015 at 09:43 AM
poor mans yellowtail. easy to filet and delicious. just be careful handling em, slip your hand under the gill plate and you will bleed! grab em by the
eyeballs (like a bowling ball) like you would a sheepshead chavycha - 2-24-2015 at 11:58 AM
And one more... this from the East Cape in about 200' of water. Huge eyes. Too short-bodied for a snapper. Wrong fin structure for a rosy rockfish.
My amigo, Ed, says that's the same species as this pop-eyed wonder caught in deep water near Mulege..and advises it's not very good for the dinner
table.
