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Black Sea Bass Tows Kayak Fishing Enthusiast Out to Sea

Kayak angler hooks a big one near San Clemente Island, off Southern California, and goes for a ride!
Black sea bass caught off Southern California must be released by law.

Black sea bass caught off Southern California must be released by law.

bigwatersedge.com

When the skipper of the mother ship that had taken a group of kayak-fishing enthusiasts to San Clemente Island, off the Southern California coast, noticed three yaks had strayed a mile offshore, he figured something was up.

In a report posted April 26, Phillip Friedman says that after a call on the VHF brought no response, Capt. Ricky Perez on the Black Pearl__ figured something was up. When he ran out in a Zodiac to check, he spotted angler Anthony Pinner’s Hobie Outback being towed farther out at a steady clip, his rod bent double.

Eventually Pinner brought up what he hollered out was the biggest white seabass he’d ever seen. Perez corrected him: It was a giant black sea bass, a very different fish, and protected by law.

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Once photos were taken of the fish, Pinner released it.

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