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Hey there guys, 
 
The following sportfish species can be caught during the rockfish closure extending until March 1, 2004 for southern California. 
 
Albacore 
Barracuda 
Barred Surf Perch 
Bass, Bay 
Bass, Calico 
Bass, Sand 
Blacksmith Perch 
Blue Fin Tuna 
Bonito, Pacific 
Buttermouth Perch (tubin aaron addition) 
Catalina Blue Perch 
Corbina 
Dolphinfish (El Nino years) 
Halibut, California 
Halibut, Pacific 
Lingcod 
Lizardfish 
Mackerel, Horseeye 
Marlin, Black 
Marlin, Blue 
Marlin, Striped 
Opaleye 
Prickleback Monkeyface (sportfish?? ha ha) 
Rubberlip Perch (tubin aaron addition) 
Sablefish 
Sailfish, Pacific  
Salmon, various (seasonal) 
Sanddab (food fish) 
Sargo 
Shark, Blue 
Shark, Lepoard 
Shark, Mako 
Shark, Smoothound 
Shark, Thresher 
Sole, Petrale  (gvanzant addition) 
Spotfin Croaker 
Steelhead (seasonal) 
Surfperches 
Swordfish 
Tom Cod 
Triggerfish 
Turbot, diamond (gvanzant addition) 
White Sea Bass (bag limit varies) 
Whitefish (added after court decision) 
Yellowfin Croaker 
Yellowfin Tuna 
Yellowtail, California (tubinjoe addition) 
Zebra Perch 
 
If you've caught an additional sportfishing species, please let me know and I'll put it in the list. 
 
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		you can still target lingcod??? that isn't considered a rockfish??? GREAT! haha  
 
you forgot yellowtail 
 
 
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		Awesome Info JR!  
 
Lets here it? How many of these bad boys does everyone think they can catch by March 1st? 
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		[cool]Hey there theangler,  Are you hinting that there may be another contest or something???  Just curious there bud.[shocked] 
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Hey there DH_tubinjoe, 
 
Thanks for the addition.  We're always gonna forget a few.  I'll add Yellowtail, California.  I excluded fish that I didn't really think are 'sportfish' but I'll reconsider that too. 
 
Thanks, 
 
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Hi there gvanzant, 
 
Thanks for the input.  I put in the petrale sole, diamond turbot, and sanddabs.  My real intention was to include just sportfish but sanddabs are caught on sporties aren't they!! 
 
Did you read of my big cabezon (to me) in an earlier post? 
brag brag brag!!!! 
 
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		JapanRon: The reason I mentioned the rock sole is that we get lots of them dragging for halibut in deeper water(100 foot). They are super eating, better than halibut. Also, I spent my  younger years dragging ghost shrimp stuck on no.#12 eagle claws for the turbot. The Alamitos Bay turbot are much better tablefare than the Huntington Harbor fish, The Huntington Harbor fish tasted like iodine. They still do. Great job on the Cabezon, you know the one being depleted. Ha! The Long Beach breakwater is so full of them they are a nuisance. So much for the depletion of the species. I don't mean to sound bitter, but I am. I really miss my sculpin.By the way, to me all fish caught are sportfish. 
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		you dont consider yellowtail a sportfish???[crazy][crazy][crazy] YOUR NUTS! haha 
 
 
 
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		Jack smelt, Opal Eye, Blacksmith perch, Forktail perch, Butter mouth perch, rubber lip perch, Flying fish, seniorita fish, and herring! 
 
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Hey there DH_tubinjoe, 
 
Thanks for the Rubberlip and Buttermouth Perch additions.  I'm still trying to keep it to sportfish rather than just food or 'they exist' fish.  Heck if I wanted I could include spearfish, needlefish, Red Fin Perch, Top Smelt, Puffer, rays, and on and on. 
 
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		Can we count some Bluefin in there, or maybe some Marlin??BajaCalifornia. 
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Hey there TubeN2, 
 
Yep! They were in my original list from the get go and broken down to ssp's to boot!  If I added fish to be caught in Baja that are considered to be sportfish ... not baitfish, trash fish, etc. I'd have a list 100 species long.  We have a Mexico board I believe for that list! ha ha 
 
Whoa, I just remembered I might should include Sailfish, Pacific as they are sometimes/rarely caught at Catalina Island, in fact, as recently as a month ago i believe according to a PBer's report. 
 
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		STRIPPERS, I mean Stripers! ]... 
  
 
haha, 
 
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		strippers! good one! hey were are like the dekotubers of BFT! haha...kiyo banned him from that site! finally! 
 
 
 
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		what????????/  
 
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		haha...you are so lost huh![crazy][crazy][crazy] 
 
the guy on baytubers! DEKO tuber and his "mob"??? 
ring a bell? 
 
 
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		Ya I know who ur talkin about I was going to go tube with him and FOTB  
 
   
 
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		that guy is nuts! 
 
 
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		ya cool though  
 
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