r/whatsthisfish • u/Temporary_Good_2190 • Sep 03 '24

What is this thing Identified, high confidence

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Caught bottom fishing in about 50 foot of water. It looks like a big sculpin, but I don’t think sculpins get that big

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u/oilrig13 Sep 04 '24

This isn’t any of those really

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u/shittiestshitdick Sep 08 '24

100% rockfish what you mean

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u/oilrig13 Sep 09 '24

Failed attempts at trying to “annoy” me or what since you’re just replying to all my comments on this thread

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u/shittiestshitdick Sep 09 '24

Bro I'm not trying to annoy you you're just wrong. Rockfish is a common name that is applied to both fish despite being from different families. It's like saying striped and sea aren't types of bass.

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u/oilrig13 Sep 09 '24

It’s a cabezon which is closer to being a stonefish or a sculpin than it is to being a rockfish . There is no other name for these but cabezon , and I guess you could theoretically call it a sculpin but it wouldn’t be totally correct