Finfish / Nearshore
Finfish: Nearshore
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
In window now~142d left
Open
Year-round
No pronounced peak. A rocky ambush resident, firm and consistent year-round; taken whenever a low tide and calm water open up the jetties and tidepools.
signal · Tide and swell for rocky-shore access (NOAA CO-OPS) (assumed)
Plate No. 050 · Finley & Bohlman
Managed, mind the rules
Stable under size and bag limits: take a couple for the pan, and leave the nest-guarding males in winter so the eggs survive.
The read
A big, mottled sculpin of the jetties and tidepools; homely, but the thick blue-green flesh cooks up firm, white, and prized.
The event: Low tide on rocky structure; ambush fish holding tight to the rocks.
What we watch: live feeds
What informs Cabezon in particular. The shared feeds it reads (tides, weather, water temp) are the live feeds above.
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