A browner shade of brown.....

[Carpkiller]

South Bay Saturday.

Followed Gotfish around for a while on the Coronado side.

Managed 13 sbb, a short halibut, and the first one of these that I've got on a ScorcherZ tube bait (green).

And this one was much larger than any of the ones I've got on bait.

(photo credit: gotfish)

She was about 30 inches long.

Wikipedia: "...banded guitarfish, mottled guitarfish, prickly skate or striped guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata)." I only know 'em as banded guitarfish.

Just big enough to not fit in the net, and she did NOT like it when I tried to tail her.

After a while she got tired enough to be grabbed by the wing and hauled into the tube.

[Moose]

That's awesome. Always great to add a new species to the list.