Solo Point Rock Fish

So I just called JBLM to see if it is OK for civilians to park cars and launch at Solo Point, off Steilacoom-DuPont Rd...I didn't know this but you can park there and launch without a sticker or anything like that, which is totally cool. Anyway, the launch is closed right now because for the first time in ten years, some sort of rock fish is spawning right off the Solo Point launch. The lady I talked to said divers were going to go down in another week or so to check it out and see if they are done...Any ideas what kind of fish this would be? The lady I talked to said WDFW is keeping it close to the vest as to what kind of fish it is because they don't want people to disturb the area. I was totally intrigued by this and thought I would see if anyone had any ideas as to what kind of fish it would be.
She also said Solo Point was closed because of two VERY aggressive cougars that are in the area. The info number I called was: (253) 967- 6263.
Hopefully it will open again - I would like to fish and crab that area.

Interesing. There are a lot of species of rockfish, maybe yelloweye or canary because they closed down the launch? I wonder if there are females "giving birth"?

"All species of the genus Sebastes are viviparous. This means that these fish give birth to live young after
internal fertilization. Several months after fertilization, females give birth to thousands or millions of tiny larvae. "

Oh no, cougars!

Interesing. There are a lot of species of rockfish, maybe yelloweye or canary because they closed down the launch? I wonder if there are females "giving birth"?

"All species of the genus Sebastes are viviparous. This means that these fish give birth to live young after
internal fertilization. Several months after fertilization, females give birth to thousands or millions of tiny larvae. "

I think it is too shallow for yelloweye or canary.  I'm going to guess coppers or blacks.

-Allen

They're coppers and lots of them. They end up as accidental bicatch all the time. There's a bunch of artificial reefs sunken between the point and the train track.

They're coppers and lots of them. They end up as accidental bicatch all the time. There's a bunch of artificial reefs sunken between the point and the train track.

Good point, we seem to catch lots of em during HOW solo point events don't we!

Thanks for the replies...Copper rock fish? I will have to do some research. Has anyone crabbed down in that area? I am in Tacoma always looking for some new spots to try. Thanks again and hopefully I can make it out to American on Saturday morning...

We crab there for HOW events a couple times a year. Lots of big red rocks off the southern tip of Ketron Island. You need to turn the corner and head south of where Sequalitchew Creek (spelling) meets the sound for more consistent dungie numbers though

How deep does it have to be for the yellow eyes? The channel in between the launch and Kitron gets close to 200ft.