Kelp forests: While calico bass is the common name for these fish ... A simple and effective rig is to run the fishing line through a ¼-ounce sliding sinker and tie it to a size No. 2 live ...

That’s kept; there were about three released for every one bass counted, so that is some serious calico fishing ... species that flourish in and around kelp beds. Calico bass are not officially ...

Inshore: It’s back to basics for the near-shore fishing off San Diego. Calico bass, sand bass, sheephead, rockfish, bonito, and barracuda are biting well off the kelp edges. Expect an occasional ...

The state insists on calling them “kelp bass,” but the rest of us call them calico bass because they ... wander close enough to be eaten. Out on fishing trips this season my crew and I have ...

Now, back in the day, we called crappie, calico bass, when in actuality, calico bass are kelp bass which are found in the Pacific ... I’m so amazed how many people spend big bucks on the latest ...

For months, Larry Allen, chairman of the university’s biology department, has been on the hunt for the huge, black fish he calls “sharks of the kelp ... bass is a natural predator of the ...