Pics of Juvenile Black Sea Bass at Redondo

[synthetic]

We did a spoooky night dive at Redondo last night, and my wife (alaity47) found us a Juvenile Black Sea Bass:

More pics from the dive here.

 

[OCdiving Deb]

What a little cutie-pie, Jeff!

My sister and I dived the Ruby E the day before you were there. The viz was terrific as your beautiful pix show.

 

[drbill]

Fantastic. Congrats. I have yet to see a juvie, but have tons of footage of the older ones.

 

[JMdiver]

That's great I still haven't seen an adult one yet.

Happy Diving
John

 

[PhotoTJ]

Very cool, and great shots!

 

[SoCalAngel]

So Cool!!!! How big was it? I seen lots of what I have caled juvis in rock piles that had coloring much more similar to that of an adult. They have all been between 12 to 24 inches long.

 

[alaity47]

This little dude was only about 3 inches long. Not particularly shy, but not very interested in facing the camera, either!

 

[scottfiji]

thanks for Posting the photos, nice job! they are really shy about facing the camera.

My fiancee and I found the same fish last night.

we actually had found a different baby black sea bass in the same spot about one month ago, here's a photo of this one:

btw, I recommend that you do not post the location or depth of the fish. although its unlikely, its not worth the chance that someone will try to take the fish.

Scott

 

[scottfiji]

Correction - upon closer inspection, the one Penny and I found at vet's last night is different from the one you guys saw Tuesday night!

Scott

 

[alaity47]

Yeah, you're right - however, I think the one we saw might be the same as the one you saw a month ago. The markings near the face look identical; the black dots along the side a little less so, but I don't know how much those change.

What do you think?

Any any rate, good to know there's more than one out there!