HELP
Florida Fishing
Nov 22, 2022 08:28:11 #
sun bum wrote:
you're way off base, better look again at their pic.
Back on base. Thanks Fred
Nov 22, 2022 08:45:17 #
Nov 22, 2022 09:22:44 #
Fredfish wrote:
I'd say Walking Batfish.
Bat Fish has my vote. Thanks
Nov 22, 2022 09:24:22 #
Fredfish wrote:
I tried to find one that showed the pectoral fins (feet?). I didn't know that they "walked " until I read it. 
Nov 22, 2022 20:23:47 #
bottomcoon
Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma
Fredfish wrote:
You got it Mike. Sea Robins have round pectoral fins (wings).
Fred, I've never caught or seen either fish. A good look at the subject fish then studying wv Mike's picture of a batfish compared to your photo of a Sea Robin I must agree with the subject fish being a batfish. that's just my opinion. My opinion & a dollar won't buy me coffee at McDonald's. Tight lines.
Nov 22, 2022 20:29:45 #
bottomcoon wrote:
Fred, I've never caught or seen either fish. A good look at the subject fish then studying wv Mike's picture of a batfish compared to your photo of a Sea Robin I must agree with the subject fish being a batfish. that's just my opinion. My opinion & a dollar won't buy me coffee at McDonald's. Tight lines.
I've caught a million Sea Robins over the years Coon, that's how I knew it wasn't one. Once I looked at the Walking Batfish, which I've never even heard of, I knew that was it. It's identical to the original picture.
Nov 22, 2022 21:18:24 #
Fredfish wrote:
I've caught a million Sea Robins over the years Coon, that's how I knew it wasn't one. Once I looked at the Walking Batfish, which I've never even heard of, I knew that was it. It's identical to the original picture.
A million ???? Are they good eating?
Nov 22, 2022 22:02:18 #
ranger632 wrote:
A million ???? Are they good eating?
We never kept them Ranger. They're all over Long Island Sound, and show up any time you're bottom fishing. Probably caught my first one when I was 5 or 6 yrs old. I've heard that the back meat tastes like lobster, but there was never enough meat on the ones we caught to make it worthwhile.
They do bark like a dog when out of the water though.
Nov 23, 2022 07:16:39 #
Yep, my bad, as I mentioned my homework show a pic that didn't come close, no excuse, you are definitely "back on base', nice.
Nov 23, 2022 07:19:27 #
Wv mike wrote:
Back on base. Thanks Fred
Yep, my bad, as I mentioned my homework show a pic that didn't come close, no excuse, you are definitely "back on base', nice.
Nov 23, 2022 08:47:19 #
Fredfish wrote:
We never kept them Ranger. They're all over Long Island Sound, and show up any time you're bottom fishing. Probably caught my first one when I was 5 or 6 yrs old. I've heard that the back meat tastes like lobster, but there was never enough meat on the ones we caught to make it worthwhile.
They do bark like a dog when out of the water though.
They do bark like a dog when out of the water though.
Nov 23, 2022 09:03:54 #
sun bum wrote:
Yep, my bad, as I mentioned my homework show a pic that didn't come close, no excuse, you are definitely "back on base', nice.
Thanks, sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference in species when they are so similar especially when it’s saltwater because they are so many.
Nov 24, 2022 11:19:17 #
Nov 24, 2022 11:57:37 #
lorafa93 wrote:
Maybe a Oyster Toadfish or a Monkfish 🤷♂️
I think they came up with Walking Bat Fish, but diffenert parts of the country have different names for the same fish so could be a Toadfish or Monkfish where you are from. Out here what I call a perch is way different than the perch back East.
Nov 24, 2022 12:40:47 #
ranger632 wrote:
I think they came up with Walking Bat Fish, but diffenert parts of the country have different names for the same fish so could be a Toadfish or Monkfish where you are from. Out here what I call a perch is way different than the perch back East.
Definitely Not monkfish, not toadfish.
Yes, it’s walking batfish.
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