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Madoc

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Howdy all,

Reeled this one in near the haystack at Pacific City yesterday.  Couldn't tell if it was a Canary rockfish, or some other (copper, quillback?).  Took some pics and tossed it back in.

Smooth chin
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I vote Quilback.  That's a cool looking fish. 8)
 

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Quillback.

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Don't poke yourself with those spines...(which is kind of a duh).. major "bee sting" like effect..


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Yeah, it didn't fit the Canary or Yellow-eye description, and obviously wasn't a Vermillion or China, so back it went.

Was a pretty fish, fought nicely, and when I saw the spines I kept the heck away from them.

Next, I may just keep it.


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They eat well, IMO not as good as a china or Vermillion but better than a black.


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Never seen a quillback so brown. Is it possible that it's a copper-quillback hybrid?

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Madoc

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Here's another one of the pics, shows some of the underside of the fish a little better,



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Could be a Bocaccio?  good for Baco-taco's


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did it look like this?
 ;)


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Could be a Bocaccio?  good for Baco-taco's


No, the jaw only extends to mid-eye on the fish I caught, and the head shape is blunter than any of the illustrations or pictures of bocaccio that I have seen.

I'm pretty sure that it is either a quillback or copper.


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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).


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For sure a quillback.  Caught about 6 of them this evening up here in Ketchican.

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Sorry I didn't realize there was still debate about this fish.  As Polepole and a few others said, it is indeed a quillback.

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