Rockfish ID Request
 

First time catching a rockfish (?) not sure which species he is.

https://imgur.com/a/5jkxi

La Jolla, Thursday, off bottom somewhere around what some people call "the bump"?

The gov site for fish ID is kinda vague, can't tell if this is a canary or cowcod, or some other species of rockfish. https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/fishing/...tfish/rockfish

Before anyone accuses me of anything: I don't keep fish I can't ID, and he was too small to consider keeping regardless. I'm just curious what he was is all.

http://imgur.com/SXtiocq.jpg
http://imgur.com/SXtiocq

Looks like a copper rockfish

I honestly hadn't considered copper, the white is less pronounced than I expected, but it does seem to match the description.

Copper gets my vote too. When I go out looking for rockfish I keep my phone handy with the screen captures of the CADFW instructional on identifying the restricted rockfish. The phone hangs on my neck in a clear dry bag, so it's easy to get to in a hurry.

Chucklehead

Copper rockfish. Note the white blotches on the upper back and dorsal fin.