I was scratching my head looking at that too monty. Sand eel maybe. Is it possible it's a baby lizard fish? I know lizard fish are more with the vertical stripes but at that juvenile size and angle it's hard to tell.
The sunrise pics are awesome. Some of the nicest I have seen anywhere. Did you see a lot of folks on the beach up there? My buddy heard of a slight bite in the last 2 days. Wondering if the crowds started to flock to mecca yet.
nice job on the bass.