Friends: This is a 213# calif. Black seabass.. Caught 200m off the baja coast out 200m down from S.D. Legal in mex. We kept it..
Skiff trip on the Polaris Supreme...
They put you in a 15'skiff after you hook one .we were in the cove at north point.
Weather was up big time & the fish swam out to sea... ,so when I got it up the 2 decky in the boat with me tried to gaff it .. to tuff.. so they gaffed it in the mouth.. The fish jumped into the skiff with me.. they flew into the water..

(Guadalupe Is.. is famous for G.W. Sharks.)
Anyway it was a fish to remember..
Tastes like abalone.. But tuff...the cheeks alone were like a thick 1/2# hambrger
Heres a pic of my son Dan's fish a few days ago.
Not 200# but big for here.
They were near extinction 20years ago THEY SAY