Not the day to go fishing at the jeddies in a flats boat but did it anyway. Tried troling for spanish for a while as the sun was coming up- pulled one off, caught a bsb and an eel??? about 1.5 feet long silver with some snappy teeth. The threw out the anchor, 3 reds 17,18,23 1 flounder 17 and a hammerhead 3.5- and some small stuff. bait o’ choice- sliced up hadens. The hadens were caught by the fort and they were the biggest I have seen 4 inches or more.
So the question of the day? If a red fish is right at 23 inches and I mean right at 23. Can you keep it. I threw it back, but if I wanted to and dnr checked it what would the verdict be?
Key West Stealth
150 V-max
Pinch tail on the red? Says in regs they are measured pinched.
Did your wierd eel like critter look like this? I caught one at the jetties last week. Disturbing looking fella. Didn’t get a good head shot but it had a set of teeth on him! Looked like a strip of tin foil.
Vinman
19.5 Triumph, 115 HP Honda
“Every saint has a past, every sinner a future”
ribbonfish, a favorite food of tarpon and king mackerel
Capt. J.R. Waits
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live or cut? Or good indicator of fish in area?
Vinman
19.5 Triumph, 115 HP Honda
“Every saint has a past, every sinner a future”
when in doubt, throw it out.
for the cost of 1 DNR ticket you could buy a couple fresh caught fish every week for a year
Frozen whole or live. Trolling for kings.
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Originally posted by fishcall
ribbonfish, a favorite food of tarpon and king mackerel
Capt. J.R. Waits
Fish Call Charters
www.fishcall.com
(843) 509-7337
Yep, never caught one of those but that is pure candy to kings
Sea Pro 210cc
Yamaha 200 4 Stroke
Dodge 1500 4x4 HEMI
What you got there is a Atlantic Cutlass Fish AKA ribbon fish. They can grow as long as 5 feet and weigh up to 8 lbs. I catch those a good bit out at Bulls Bay while fishing grubs for trout. Cool looking fish !
Key West 1720 115 HP Johnson Saltwater.
When I first moved down here, I caught at red just shy of 23", and thought I would keep it as to never having tasted this type of fish. Low and behold dnr shows up and checks equipment and then asks about fish, so I pull the red out and hand it to him, and to my surprise i see him pinch the tail, which puts it over 23 by a hair… Of course he keeps the fish and i keep a $110 dollar fine… Im not complaining, I just wasnt aware at the time that they would pinch the tail, and while ignorance is no excuse, i look at it as a learning experience and anytime they are even close i throw them back…
'98 Scout Sportfish 172
'00 Yamaha 115
Well said tomfleenor4…And welcome to the site!!
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2006 Seafox172
05 Mercury90hp(saltwater)
They pinch unless it is close to under size. YMMV.
Umm, you gonna eat that?
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