Bay / Harbor Poor man’s seabass

[16ftStarcraft]

Turned on my underwater lights on at the dock and what I thought where seabass eating every smelt that came by within seconds turned out to be Shortfin corvina no doubt about these fish have fangs had my swimbait setup on boat and had to really work for a bite they would turn on my swimbait but not eat it when the tide really got moving they started eating the rubber lasted about 1 hour ended up with 6 with two over 5 lbs turn on the lights and they will come!

 

[Cactus Chris]

Wow!

 

[Zika]

Heck yeah that sounds like a good time for sure !!

 

[ReelHappyJim]

I assume San Diego Harbor?

 

[dalurker]

used to kill time gettin' off the back of our charters in SD with rapala type baits. fun fun fun!
wish we could get 'em in L.A.

 

[walter heim]

Good eating fish. Both white seabass and corvina are croaker. We caught an orange mouth corvina last year in SD bay.

 

[dwaynesda]

They are a blast on freshwater topwater walking baits like the smaller Spook in white or a Sammy in chrome and black. Watch a youtube video on how to "walk" those lures and then hang on!!They attack that stuff with a violent strike. Good to know it is happening this year!!

 

[KID CREOLE]

awesome

 

[16ftStarcraft]

Turned on my underwater lights on at the dock and what I thought where seabass eating every smelt that came by within seconds turned out to be Shortfin corvina no doubt about these fish have fangs had my swimbait setup on boat and had to really work for a bite they would turn on my swimbait but not eat it when the tide really got moving they started eating the rubber lasted about 1 hour ended up with 6 with two over 5 lbs turn on the lights and they will come! View attachment 1490528

Alternate Names: Bigtooth corvina, shortfin seabass, sea trout, weakfish, caravina and my personal favorite—vampire corvina. Called corvina aleta corta or corvina azul in Mexico.

 

[16ftStarcraft]

 

[fishkilr]

used to kill time gettin' off the back of our charters in SD with rapala type baits. fun fun fun!
wish we could get 'em in L.A.

I've caught a few on 1/4 Oz kastmasters at pine Ave pier pumpout dock and inside rainbow harbor..

 

[plj46]

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I think you just ruined your chances of another great bite like you had.

 

[16ftStarcraft]

I think you just ruined your chances of another great bite like you had.

Rinse and repeat

 

[Noah & Scoot]

Right on, brings back a cool memory. Overnighter on the prowler, deckhands were all excited at the dock. Wide open under the boat, nice fish too!

 

[Tunahead]

NICE Corvina....never caught or ate one, but heard they're tasty. Solid work, nice score!

 

[ol' salt]

Any pics of an orange mouth caught in sd waters? I've never seen or caught one here and have been targeting them since the 90's. I've had many claim to catch them here even other big vina hunters but every pic I've ever seen them show me is a shortfin. I've caught so many of both I can tell the difference right away with a decent picture.

 

[walter heim]

Any pics of an orange mouth caught in sd waters? I've never seen or caught one here and have been targeting them since the 90's. I've had many claim to catch them here even other big vina hunters but every pic I've ever seen them show me is a shortfin. I've caught so many of both I can tell the difference right away with a decent picture.

This is the only picture we took. It was smallish and we threw it back. It was caught just off Zuniga jetty. When I was a kid, we caught these in Salton Sea.

 

[16ftStarcraft]

Good eating fish. Both white seabass and corvina are croaker. We caught an orange mouth corvina last year in SD bay.

I’ve tried orange mouth corvina from salton sea and seabass including Chilean but never caught a Shortfin corvina so I had to try them I really don’t even want to say it but amazing

 

[ReelHappyJim]

used to kill time gettin' off the back of our charters in SD with rapala type baits. fun fun fun!
wish we could get 'em in L.A.

I caught 1 in Newport Harbor last week. No mistaking the Fangs.

 

[Cactus Chris]

I caught 1 in Newport Harbor last week. No mistaking the Fangs.

what did you catch it on?

 

[Capt Devo]

Captain as totally awesome as your day was and a huge well done on these fish as with many others these days it's best to send those back as Hook Photograph and Release as with bay bass no buzz kill intended Brother. Reasoning is with all the harbor fish up and down our coast the CDH in Sacramento has found extremely high levels of shipyard, street and storm/harbor drain substrates including toxic Bottom Paint CSD with Copper/DDT/Mercury and Lead. There's a test kit available that the USD Campus Marine Biologist Department and Surf Rider Foundation/Heal the Bay use I think you can get a 6 pack online for $45.00 including shipping. Sad as it is I would stay away from eating anything caught in a large harbor especially with children as you are what you eat.

 

[Cactus Chris]

Captain as totally awesome as your day was and a huge well done on these fish as with many others these days it's best to send those back as Hook Photograph and Release no buzz kill intended. Reasoning is with all the harbor fish up and down the coast the CDH in Sacramento has found extremely high levels of shipyard and harbor drain substrates including Bottom Paint CSD with Copper/DDT/Mercury and Lead. There's a test kit available that the USD Campus Marine Biologist Department and Surf Rider Foundation/Heal the Bay use I think you can get a 6 pack online for $45.00 including shipping. Sad as it is I would stay away from eating anything caught in a large harbor especially with children as you are what you eat.

Ironic how pollution is actually helping to enhance our bay fishing in regards to catch and release. Funny though everyone still keeps halibut. Maybe they don't accumulate toxins the same? Or maybe people just don't care because they're so dang delicious

 

[Capt Devo]

Ironic how pollution is actually helping to enhance our bay fishing in regards to catch and release. Funny though everyone still keeps halibut. Maybe they don't accumulate toxins the same? Or maybe people just don't care because they're so dang delicious

Totally true I keep the Butt's as I do it's just so hard to sent those back so I suppose as with even the Blue Fin Tuna like Pete Grey on Let's Talk Hook up says OK as long as "eaten in moderation" heck I'm 63 so that cat for me is long out of the bag that's why my pee glows in the dark I suppose...
God Bless Brother

PS: I've heard Barracuda, Sand Bass and White Croaker are toxic up there in the Santa Monica Hiperion dump site...crap dude this the World we are leaving our Children I could just cry.

 

[16ftStarcraft]

Totally true I keep the Butt's as I do it's just so hard to sent those back so I suppose as with even the Blue Fin Tuna like Pete Grey on Let's Talk Hook up says OK as long as "eaten in moderation" heck I'm 63 so that cat for me is long out of the bag that's why my pee glows in the dark I suppose...
God Bless Brother

PS: I've heard Barracuda, Sand Bass and White Croaker are toxic up there in the Santa Monica Hiperion dump site...crap dude this the World we are leaving our Children I could just cry.

What about all the DDT barrels found 12 mls off Long Beach even the bluefin is full of mercury I cpr all spotted bay bass I do have a buddy and when he says CPR he means capture process refrigerate

 

[16ftStarcraft]

What about all the DDT barrels found 12 mls off Long Beach even the bluefin is full of mercury I cpr all spotted bay bass I do have a buddy and when he says CPR he means capture process refrigerate

I hear you captain Devo I had to try it only ate small piece I caught a legal halibut last week out of the bay let it go as I don’t usually eat anything Indigenous to the bays but not sure what’s better for you hormones or toxins