Sighting and photos (c) bd9.
Mikindani fish landing site
single individual caught via electrofisher
two individuals
Not a potato skin
Caught by fishing, suspected to be a male bass due to its nest protecting behavior.
The bass is Florida bass, the city of Palo Alto said that they have stocked Florida strain bass to the pond(Boronda lake).
Read second line of:
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/community-services/parks-and-open-space/foothills-park/nature-notes-foothills-park/fish.pdf
Long rock dive site, 20m depth. Looks like a bigeye or a glasseye snapper except for the colouring.