Giant sea bass – southern Channel Islands, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI took this image of a Black Sea Bass in the California Channel Islands. The fish was several hundred pounds and about 5ft long. He swam up to me, gave me time to take a couple of images and then took off at high speed. I was pretty lucky to get as close as I did – I was all alone at about 50ft so he was probably checking me out without feeling too threatened.<\/p>\n
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