Common catch
Kelp Bass
San Diego FC (United States)
Fun fish fact: kelp bass, or calico bass, almost always live in kelp forests and were first described from San Diego. Football: San Diego FC topped the Western Conference in their first MLS season, 2025.
Source: Wikipedia
A kelp bass is also called a calico bass for the patchy spots on its belly, and it almost never leaves the kelp forest. It was first described from San Diego, whose new club topped its conference in its very first season.
The kelp bass in the wild
Where it lives: Kelp forests and estuaries from central California to the southern tip of Baja California, usually 3 to 21 metres below the surface.
Kelp bass are real homebodies, each staying faithful to its own patch of about 3,000 square metres. At spawning time they gather in groups, usually of about 50 fish but sometimes 200. Males then darken to charcoal, with black bars and white spots. Adults eat small fish, crabs and other crustaceans, and molluscs.
Checked against: Wikipedia.
On Futbol Island the kelp bass can be caught at:
- Stadium Rocks: Rocks on the north shore, straight out from the DRIP FC Stadium, where a kelp forest sways at the edge of deeper water. Kelp bass and sheephead patrol the fronds, and a king salmon sometimes cruises past.
Size on the island: 25–72 cm.
How to catch it in Futbol Island
- Only one place on the island has the kelp bass: Stadium Rocks.
- Before it bites, watch the water for a medium-sized shadow (medium shadow in the game).
- No lure is its favourite, so any lure works: the lure changes which kind of animal comes, never how rare it is.
- The kelp bass is a common catch, so most new anglers reel one in early. Rosa at the market stand pays up to 4 coins for each one, and yours measures 25 to 72 cm.