Fish ID help

did it look like this?
 

I have caught a lot of those deep water halibut fishing (had to toss them all back ) but never in near-shore waters.  I don't think they come in close (depth wise).

This one was in water between 60 and 70 feet of water, hit on a 3 oz jig head with a swimbait. 

The shallowest I've ever caught a Boccacio was about 100 fow and it was just a juvenile (~8 " long).

The shallowest I've ever caught a Boccacio was about 100 fow and it was just a juvenile (~8 " long).

Every one I have ever caught has been 500-600+ feet.  They are generally on the large size (of course they hit halibut gear so that kinda weeds the little ones out) , I have never eaten one and was told they can be wormy (even more than your normal rockfish)

I take my earlier statement back..  I've actually caught boccacio in seines in 4 feet of water in Bodega Harbor.  They were young of the year juveniles and only about 2-3 inches long.

Brian

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Probably is a quillback..but just for fun here are some more pictures of the bocaccio..

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Probably is a quillback..but just for fun here are some more pictures of the bocaccio..

No , that's actually a bocaccio caught in what appears to be 105 feet of water.