There are many reports of big counts of C&R BSB, mostly at the islands, I know some guys that get 'em a lot off the Camp Pendleton area- I talked to a guy this weekend who lived on Catalina for awhile, knows it well, he claimed he caught over 200 BSB over the course of last year- I don't know if that's true or not, but they are out there. Be careful with them, they are one heck of a cool critter. Lots of times when you find one there are a bunch of them. Anyone hear about the big girl with a spear shaft in her side (a real big girl, couple of hundred pounds) at Cat that was seen many times this spring\summer? What kind of a-hole would even try that? It was actually featured on the news. I guess she fared well, was reported she was seen without the jewelery and recovering nicely.