San Francisco Surfperch deja vu

I had fished the Municipal Pier for the past few days and so far, the best bait had been prawns, so I went down to chinatown and got some more prawns and headed to the pier. The first drop resulted in a Walleye Surfperch. It was slightly larger the than previous one, but as with a few days before was the only Walleye Surfperch for the day.




Walleye Surfperch - Hyperprosopon argenteum




Walleye Surfperch - Hyperprosopon argenteum




Walleye Surfperch - Hyperprosopon argenteum


Just like the previous time, I fished a few hours trying to catch something different through the numerous Shiner Perch. I even had a few double headers.




Shiner Perch - Cymatogaster aggregata




Shiner Perch - Cymatogaster aggregata




Shiner Perch - Cymatogaster aggregata




Shiner Perch - Cymatogaster aggregata

I had lost the will to fish and as the light dimmed, I caught something different. It least it wasn't a Kelp Greenling. In fact, I had no idea what it was. It was like a goby or a blenny, but it had teeth and kept trying to sink them into my hand. This was later identified as a Onespot Fringehead [#135].




Onespot Fringehead - Neoclinus uninotatus #135




Onespot Fringehead - Neoclinus uninotatus




Onespot Fringehead - Neoclinus uninotatus

This concludes my fishing for 2011. I had brought my total up to 135 species with 37 species for the year and 20 of them being new species. Couldn't beat last years record of 54 species with 34 new species. There's always next year.