1.   Calico bass, green opaleyes and even an occasional bat ray hover near beds of kelp here.

2.   Gardner was fooled on more than one occasion into thinking a bat ray he hooked was a revered white seabass.

3.   It figured to have been a bat ray.

4.   The biology of the bat ray is of interest.

5.   They gingerly pet bat rays that glide through a shallow sandy pool or try to catch giant octopuses changing color.