Thanks to everyone in trying to figure out the mystery fish. I caught this on the rocks at low tide in the 1st Estuary. It hit the lure about 15 ft from shore. It immediately went into the rocks. I was lucky to get him out, but since I was pretty much on top of him, I could pull him out. I have a lot of education in Fisheries Biology and can honestly say, I have never seen this fish. At first I thought this was a Colorado Snapper, after looking into some of the links that you guys sent, I think it might be a juvenile Pacific Dog Snapper. Don't blow me up on this, I am just speculating. I obviously don't know or I wouldn't of reached out to you all for help in this identification.