Black Sea Bass @ La Jolla Cove

[dgalvan123]

For anyone who dives La Jolla Cove, just an FYI: the black sea bass are still there, at the closest yellow buoy, as of this past Sunday (Sep 30) morning. My sister and I dropped down to ~33 ft depth at the buoy, and within 30 seconds we saw 4 of them. Here's some low-quality video I took of them with my point-and-shoot. I think there are only 2 in the video. If I had to guess, I'd say the ones we saw were around ~150 - 200 lbs.

YouTube - Giant Black Sea Bass at La Jolla Cove

Some pics here:

La Jolla Dives 9/30/2007 - a photoset on Flickr

(I realize this is probably old news for many of you, but this was the first time I've seen these fish in the wild. I dive with two of them every week at the Long Beach Aquarium, and they are about the same size, I'd say.)


Happy diving!

 

[drbill]

We've still got them here off Catalina, although I've been seeing them at deeper depths (80-100 ft) recently. They sure are amazing fish and it is so great to be able to see them with frequency during the summer and fall.

 

[scubabeachboy]

thank you for the video, very cool.
what ever hapened to the ******* that speard on last year,
His "excuse" was that the fish was gona attack him.
They nailed him as he was hauling it into his boat.
I think they should twach his ***** real hard!
and then make him eat the whole thing raw.

 

[paradicio]

Great video, thank you for sharing! I've yet to see one!