I had more than one encounter with the ol' rockfish but only enticed one into a solid hit. This one swiped at it twice before hooking up on the third try and ate the redfin head first which made it extremely difficult removing the redfin from its mouth. Luckily there wasn't any visible bleeding and After a quick measurement and weight the fish was slowly revived until it kicked itself pretty hard out of my hand holding its tail. Length was 39 inches and it just tipped the boga scales at 30 lbs. Not my biggest but a very nice fish for this summer when the fishing for big ones has been really tough.
