What did I just catch?
Dec 21, 2020 10:30:16 #
Dec 21, 2020 13:35:22 #
Agreed LAZ, I take back my Drum mistake, No Drum has that stripe as flyguy pointed out. I think West Virginia Mike nailed it way back.
Dec 21, 2020 19:26:34 #
Dec 21, 2020 20:00:11 #
Joecat
Loc: Florida / Rhode Island
It’s a grunt if it was right side up it would be easy to identify just the right size for gag grouper bait
Dec 22, 2020 05:16:10 #
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Dec 22, 2020 18:38:52 #
dfn
Loc: Mobile, Al.
Bob Err wrote:
No, catch and release only, except a couple of pintails I used for bait.
I believe you need to bleed blues in a bucket of water immediately after catch or the taste won't be as good. If you're hungry, don't worry about it, just cook 'em first.😃😃😃😃
Dec 22, 2020 21:45:00 #
Fillet O' Fung
Loc: Berthoud CO
Bob Err wrote:
Hello everyone,
Having spent most of my life in Colorado, fishing in streams you could jump across and feeling good about landing 8 inch cutthroat, it’s pretty awesome to see the monsters that live around here.
I been fishing my whole life and now I'm the new guy! It’s pretty cool, so much to learn. Looks like I will spending alot of time in the Pensacola Beach area, which brings me to this website. Thanks in advance for all the help,
RF
Having spent most of my life in Colorado, fishing in streams you could jump across and feeling good about landing 8 inch cutthroat, it’s pretty awesome to see the monsters that live around here.
I been fishing my whole life and now I'm the new guy! It’s pretty cool, so much to learn. Looks like I will spending alot of time in the Pensacola Beach area, which brings me to this website. Thanks in advance for all the help,
RF
I'd vote for a bluefish, of the younger snapper variety. The tail fin certainly looks like a bluefish, which is built for speed, and if it had small needle sharp teeth, that's a snapper, or "chomper." It also took a relatively large lure for the fish's size, which is consistent with bluefish. Raised in NJ and catching baby blues in the 60's, much smaller than this one, they'd hit big baits and lures with hooks too big for their mouths, no matter, that's the bluefish, one of the most aggressive fish in the sea that will kill smaller bait just for the sport, not to eat, leaving them mutilated on the shore by the thousands.
Dec 23, 2020 05:43:07 #
Inshorefisher wrote:
That's a sand perch or sometimes called a squirrel fish.
Well Inshore, where the heck have you been? You could have put this puppy to rest four pages ago. Nice job! You too LAZ. Nice to see those who know, compare to those of us who think we know. I love being educated.
Dec 23, 2020 20:02:28 #
dfn
Loc: Mobile, Al.
sun bum wrote:
Well Inshore, where the heck have you been? You could have put this puppy to rest four pages ago. Nice job! You too LAZ. Nice to see those who know, compare to those of us who think we know. I love being educated.
Let's run a poll with this one. I say it crosses the line. If there are ten of you readers in agreement, I'll send it in.
Dec 24, 2020 05:57:37 #
Dec 24, 2020 12:25:26 #
LAZ was the first to get it right. It's a sand perch. The blue tiger striping on the head is the most consistent marking. Some have more dominate vertical striping and some have the heavier horizontal stripe on the body. May be species or locality variations. Body background color can very from grayish green to bright orangish-yellow.
Dec 24, 2020 16:20:55 #
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