dont think tilapia. i think its croaker's he is catchin. hope you didnt eat those... yuckIt's a Pacific chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus.
You catch tilapia in full saltwater there?
but not in the california coast i dont recall ever hiring about tilapia though.Some tilapia species are fully capable to living in saltwater and even reproduce in saltwater. Perhaps that's why they are only fish that survived in Salton Sea.