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Dec 14, 2022 17:37:47 #
merciejo
Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL
Caught a few of these this afternoon in the Fernandina Beach area…Goffinsville boat launch fishing pier.
Any idea as to what they are?
Any idea as to what they are?
Dec 14, 2022 19:13:39 #
merciejo wrote:
Caught a few of these this afternoon in the Fernandina Beach area…Goffinsville boat launch fishing pier.
Any idea as to what they are?
Any idea as to what they are?
Looks like a silver trout. Good to eat.
Dec 14, 2022 19:14:41 #
Dec 14, 2022 19:28:54 #
merciejo wrote:
Caught a few of these this afternoon in the Fernandina Beach area…Goffinsville boat launch fishing pier.
Any idea as to what they are?
Any idea as to what they are?
Good evening, merciejo, and welcome to the Forum. I don't know what it is, but I don't think it's a silver (sand) trout. I can't see the rear dorsal fin either. It could be, the head/mouth/teeth are different too. Sand trout have spots, I don't see them either.
Dec 14, 2022 23:31:17 #
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Dec 15, 2022 14:51:48 #
gbcreed
Loc: Land O Lakes, FL
The mouth is wrong for a silver trout. Trout has a down pointed nose.
It looks like a Blue. If you pull the pectoral fin down and it has a black arch, it’s definitely a Blur.
It looks like a Blue. If you pull the pectoral fin down and it has a black arch, it’s definitely a Blur.
Dec 16, 2022 01:03:03 #
Norman Havens
Loc: Port Charlotte Florida
That's a spotted Sea trout very tasty.
2,3or5 per person limit depending on where you are fishing 15" minimum length maximum length of 19".
It's a cousin of the weakfish.
2,3or5 per person limit depending on where you are fishing 15" minimum length maximum length of 19".
It's a cousin of the weakfish.
Dec 16, 2022 01:18:44 #
Norman Havens
Loc: Port Charlotte Florida
Scrap that I was commenting on nj21 photos.
And yes nj21 if came from NJ it's a weakfish.
Merciejo if it jumped like a tarpon and shit All over the place when you landed it, it's a lady fish. Fun to catch you'll clean your boat every 3rd fish from the poop but there great for chunk bait.
I don't know anyone that eats them.
And yes nj21 if came from NJ it's a weakfish.
Merciejo if it jumped like a tarpon and shit All over the place when you landed it, it's a lady fish. Fun to catch you'll clean your boat every 3rd fish from the poop but there great for chunk bait.
I don't know anyone that eats them.
Dec 16, 2022 06:03:09 #
Norman Havens wrote:
Scrap that I was commenting on nj21 photos.
And yes nj21 if came from NJ it's a weakfish.
Merciejo if it jumped like a tarpon and shit All over the place when you landed it, it's a lady fish. Fun to catch you'll clean your boat every 3rd fish from the poop but there great for chunk bait.
I don't know anyone that eats them.
And yes nj21 if came from NJ it's a weakfish.
Merciejo if it jumped like a tarpon and shit All over the place when you landed it, it's a lady fish. Fun to catch you'll clean your boat every 3rd fish from the poop but there great for chunk bait.
I don't know anyone that eats them.
How could they, they're full of $hit.
Dec 16, 2022 08:42:03 #
My family fished Fernandina all my life growing up i. FL. That's a nice whiting, a good eating preferred fish.
Dec 16, 2022 09:22:28 #
Norman Havens
Loc: Port Charlotte Florida
merciejo wrote:
Caught a few of these this afternoon in the Fernandina Beach area…Goffinsville boat launch fishing pier.
Any idea as to what they are?
Any idea as to what they are?
I'll let everyone decide for themselves but I'm sticking with lady fish.
Here are some pictures of both from the FWC Web site.
The whiting's mouth is in the wrong place.
Dec 16, 2022 09:31:23 #
Norman Havens
Loc: Port Charlotte Florida
I'm not going lie I'm wrong it's not a lady fish
No forked tail.
I don't have any idea what it is.
But I do what it isn't.
No forked tail.
I don't have any idea what it is.
But I do what it isn't.
Dec 16, 2022 14:14:03 #
Look like a cross between a yellow mouth trout and a whitting. Good eating. I live here in jacksonville.
Dec 16, 2022 15:33:36 #
merciejo
Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL
Thanks for all the responses!
Retired FWC officer said it’s a Whiting….very common for these waters and good eating.
Retired FWC officer said it’s a Whiting….very common for these waters and good eating.
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