He authored the book "Hooked on Baja. Sand crabs can work well in surf areas while clams and innkeeper worms work well when fishing in bays. It was one of many, many fish. Huntington Beach Wave Motor Pier — Gone But Not Forgotten, Peck’s Pier & Bruces’ Beach — Manhattan Beach — Gone But Not Forgotten, Pine Avenue Pier #2 — Long Beach — Gone But Not Forgotten, Pine Avenue Pier #1 — Long Beach — Gone But Not Forgotten, Magnolia Avenue Pier — Long Beach — Gone But Not Forgotten, Warm Water Cove Pier — San Francisco — Gone But Not Forgotten, Torpedo test, Dead Sea Monster, caught a Scorpaena Guttata & a Bass, new Dolly System & selling my Kayak – The Expositor, Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier — San Diego — No Fishing Allowed. Some chemicals are higher in the skin, fat, and guts. You can eat any of them but liking them and preparing them right is the key. No unauthorized duplication. “Golden” spotfin croakers from the San Clemente Pier. As far as terminal tackle is concerned, a standard 1 or 2 hook dropper loop rig will usually get the job done. Look for spots where the surf-line seems to flatten out; this often indicates a depression in the sand. Brought a bunch home, and cooked some up, but seemed to leave a "metallic" taste in my mouth. Comments: Spotfin croakers are one of the favorite inshore fishes of southern California. When I'm wrong, I just go ahead and "fess up"......oh...you said "croaker", didn't you? Southern California Offshore Fishing Reports, http://www.youtube.com/user/harmonicajohn#p/a/u/0/yYKuQ0vbfqU, [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]http://www.myspace.com/osito_el_pescador, New to Avets Need some info on small bait reels, Slips in Alamitos, Sunset Aquatic or possibly Newport.
Although spotfin may be caught year-round, the best time is late summer to fall. BD Outdoors is a growing, passionate online fishing community providing in-depth, fishing reports, fishing gear Your support will help Ken to continue publishing knowledgeable and entertaining articles. Remember to keep your catch on ice, not just a cup full but lots of it, the sooner the better. Size: Listed as up to 21.6 inches (some sources say 22) and 3.9 to 4.5 pounds depending upon source.
Most of these are oily fish… Bait and Tackle: Spotfin croaker have pharyngeal (throat) teeth made for crushing heavy shells and primarily feed on the bottom for clams, although polychaete worms and mussels are also a popular diet (studies on fish captured in Long Beach also revealed crabs, shrimp, serpent star fragments, scallops, sand stars and lots of crushed shells and sand in the bellies). A 26 ½-inch, 9 ¼-pound fish was 15 years old; reaches 18-19 years in age. Yellowfin Croaker (top) & Spotfin Croaker (bottom). They may be unsafe to eat in certain localities. What a fight on light tackle, fishing with peelers, fish in the 2-4lb range. If you do eat them, it is best to bake or broil them in such a manner that the fats in the flesh will drop away from the meat. Size: Reported to reach a length of 27 inches and a weight of 10 1/2 pounds (although the record fish would seem to contradict this usually given factoid). Scientific studies indicated an increase in numbers in the late 1990s while anecdotal PFIC reports have shown a startling number of large spotfins being caught at piers in 2006-2010, especially those at Oceanside, Huntington Beach and Santa Monica.