| Red California Rock Fish, often mistakenly called rock cod |
| Farallon Islands Ling Cod - won a nice jackpot! |
| Good-sized Yellowtail caught at Cedros Island on a blue and white Salas 6X JR. |
| Leopard Grouper - small, but tasty. |
| Typical catch of assorted California Rock Fish - Farallon Islands. |
| This 60 pound tuna became shark bait... |
| My first and only elusive White Seabass. |
| Helen holding a Ling Cod. She not only holds fish, she catches, cleans, and cooks them. |
| This Golden Grouper is hanging on Pete's wall. What a beautiful fish. |
| Jessica, a friend of mine's daughter, was 14 in this picture. She not only charmed everyone aboard, but also caught more than her share of fish, including a Striped Marlin, which she released. |
| A large Golden Eye California Rock Fish. |
| This 48 pound Yellowfin Tuna was hooked at 2 AM. It ran straight for the boat. The entire fight lasted 15 seconds. . . What a thrill! |
| My fishing partner Dave (aka. Wahoo), with an average size Yellowfin. |
| Wahoo (Dave) with his first Wahoo. |
| This Black Seabass weighed well over 250 pounds. |
| California Sculpin has poisonous spines. They are very beautiful, and good eating. |
| My friend Sue, pulling on a Yellowfin. Notice the light tackle and bent rod. This was her first long range trip. |
| Dave holding a typical sized Pargo - also known as Red Snapper. |
| This sunset, photographed in 1992, is the remnants of a hurricane. It chased us nearly back to San Diego. Still caught a lot of fish and had a great trip
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| This 38 pound bull Mahi Mahi was caught on my first long range trip in 1990. Mahi Mahi is also known as dolphin (a fish, not a marine mammal) or dorado.
They are beautiful, but the stupidest animal in the ocean. I have even caught them using bare hooks, chewing gum wrappers, and bits of yarn. |