Giant Sea Bass

Species Information

Scientific Name:	Stereolepis gigas
Common Names:	giant sea bass, giant black sea bass,
Environment:	Nearshore, Offshore
Ideal Temp:

About Giant Sea Bass

Giant Sea Bass Fishing

World Record:
# Fish Caught:	17593 documented in database.
Earliest Record:	4/14/1920 12:00:00 AM and located at 32.68333, -117.23333.
Latest Record:	11/3/2022 3:33:36 PM and located at 41.07352, -71.93953.
Common Techniques:	Bottom Fishing
Popular Lure Types:	Bottom Rig
Fishing Spots:	1 Giant Sea Bass fishing spots.

Latest Giant Sea Bass Fishing Reports and Spots

Wed Aug 21 – 1/2 Day Fishing AM - 8/21/2024 12:20:32 PM

Captain Mike Ricker reports that despite the windy conditions our crew still found a few places to drift with good numbers of jumbo porgies and (View)

Thurs Nov 3 – Coxes Ledge Cod & Sea Bass - 11/3/2022 3:33:36 PM

Capt JR reports that our first trip to Coxes Ledge was absolutely a slammer!! We started out fishing some of the traditional Sea Bass grounds in (View)

Sun Nov 7 – Ultra LTD Blackfish & SeaBass - 11/7/2021 4:05:56 PM

Capt JR reports an excellent morning of harvesting jumbo Knothead Sea Bass onboard the Viking Star. There were giant Sea Bass coming up all arou (View)

Weekly Recap Aug 17-25 - 8/30/2019 12:01:32 PM

Weekly Recap My Joyce III Montauk NY We started off the week with Harry Tom Marty Conrad Terry and Danny aboard for a good day of fishing! They (View)

August 19 Fishing Report - 8/23/2019 8:25:55 AM

My Joyce III Montauk NY We had a good day today for Larry Seamen and his buddies. The morning started with a nice limit of giant sea bass up to (View)

August 20 Fishing Report - 8/23/2019 8:25:53 AM

My Joyce IIIMontauk NYAwesome morning bottom fishing today for the the Mark Gee group. It was constant action on giant sea bass and some porgzil (View)

Weekly Fishing Report Sept 2 - 9/6/2018 8:26:09 PM

My Joyce III Weekly ReportMontauk NYLast Sunday morning's trip was a bit slow on the bass grounds but we had lock and load with the sea bass and (View)

Dec 2 Fishing Report - 12/7/2017 1:26:09 AM

My Joyce IIIMontauk NYWe had good fishing this morning with some nice cod and bunch of giant sea bass. We have availability during the week so g (View)

Dec 3 Fishing Report - 12/7/2017 1:26:04 AM

My Joyce IIIMontauk NYWe had some great fishing this morning for my regulars with a nice bunch of green cod a limit of giant sea bass and a pile (View)

Triple Point Bank - 1/25/2017 8:15:00 PM

Long bank that runs North to South with this being the center point. Good fishing for Yellowfin Tuna around the points, also good Yellowtail, (View)