Giant sea bass can live to be 75 years old and can exceed 7 feet and 500 pounds. (Jeffrey Bozanic) Capable of growing bigger than an average-sized grizzly. No paywalls. No subscriptions.

Giant sea bass snared in gill nets occasionally wind up in local fish markets. Giant sea bass sold for $19.99 a pound at a market in the Ventura earlier this month, according to a conservationist ...

Scuba-diving biologists released nearly 200 baby giant sea bass into the murky depths of Santa Monica Bay on Wednesday, an effort to revive the endangered fish.

Nicknamed the “king of the kelp forest,” giant sea bass are among scuba divers’ favorite characters to spot off the California Coast. But very few of these charismatic fish remain. A team ...

Nicknamed the "king of the kelp forest," giant sea bass are among scuba divers' favorite characters to spot off the California Coast. But very few of these charismatic fish remain.

On January 3, 2010, Jon Apothaker caught an ugly-as-sin slimeball of a fish while casting his line off the Balboa Pier. The fish was a giant sea bass, a critically endangered species more likely ...

The giant sea bass is a critically endangered species and there are fishing prohibitions in place, so this record will stand for the foreseeable future. 3. Thresher Shark ...

Decker said they had observed the tuna breaking just a few miles east of the Sea Girt Reef. They followed the fish out there, and just after daybreak set up a couple of Penn International reels on ...

Last week, the tuna hunters came back to the dock with several giant tuna wrapped in cold ice blankets from inshore fishing grounds. Capt. John Decker, of Kraken Sportfishing, which docks behind ...

One of his workers, Providence resident Rob Sherman, was beginning to mix up giant vats of clams —bait for black sea bass — at about 5:30 am one morning in late July. “These are big surf clams.

Another giant bluefin tuna, this one 775 pounds was landed off the New Jersey coast near Sea Girt. Fishermen find more giant tuna, striped bass from Asbury Park to Sea Girt Skip to main content ...