While throwing my cast net for bait at Pitt St I caught a small probably 14" or so barracuda. Has anyone else ever seen one of these inshore. Yes I know what one looks like I have caught them before in the Florida Keys. I know I don’t have any pictures and figure skepticism will come from this post but I am ready for it.
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but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous
Caught one about a foot in filly one time in the net last summer
Hunter P. Hames
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19’ Sea Fox 125 merc
i caught a baby spanish in my cast net at bushy park before…guess im not too suprised by a cuda much closer to the ocean then.
My fishing bud caught a small one in the Folly River some time ago.
No, But caught plenty of small flounder in a cast net. Not surprised you got a small cuda.
If two wrongs don’t make a right, try three.
I didn’t realize they ventured in this far thats why I was suprise, yeah I have been catching baby flounder everytime I am out (in the cast net) 2 maybe 3 inches
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The other day we caught, at Bushy Park, what looked like a small grey snapper of some sort. Had the snapper body shape, was brown, with reddish brown eyes.
Saw a kid fishing from the pier over at the seafood place near Folly catch a juvenile grouper a few years back.
Probably a mangrove (gray) snapper.
“The good fisherman is surprised when he doesn’t catch fish: I am just the other way around.”
Gene Hill, Passing a Good Time.
i have caught 5 mangrove/grey snapper and one gag grouper in the past few weeks.
Oh I have been catching Gags at Pitt St bridge, they spawn inshore I think. They have all been tiny but love mud minnows
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quote:Gags actually spawn offshore (at the big ledge Jan-April), but the fry move inshore and use the estuaries until they get a few inches long. I think they are documented to move out of the inshore creeks usually along strong tides in October. DNR used to drag nets through the creeks to sample the grouper. Conch creek was a popular place to find them. They would also find black grouper and some reds inshore, but mostly gags...
Originally posted by Hurricane701Oh I have been catching Gags at Pitt St bridge, they spawn inshore I think. They have all been tiny but love mud minnows
Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous
Have caught baby mackeral and baby squid throwing the cast net at capers island before.
got a 2 inch spanish in my net at remleys point last fall
“mr keys”
skinneej, I have been wrong before haha, thats why I only thought and didn’t know … Thanks for the clarification, I was catching baby squid when shrimping with MattR the other night
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but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
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quote:Yeah, not trying to "correct" you. Just thought it was an interesting topic and that I might share some more info.
Originally posted by Hurricane701skinneej, I have been wrong before haha, thats why I only thought and didn’t know … Thanks for the clarification, I was catching baby squid when shrimping with MattR the other night
Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous
Also, I think that in the grand scheme of things (for anyone else reading) with respect to fisheries management, that it’s an important concept, that shows how important inshore habitats (sea grass beds and oyster habitat in particular) are to some of our offshore species… Conceptually, “bad years” and “good years” of grouper fishing could be attributed to fluctuations in temperature in our inshore estuaries. There are some pretty good studies that show even just a few degrees of temperature can make or break the presence if inshore grouper juveniles. Most of the grouper that we catch in 100’ are 4-9 year old females, so estuary “issues” might not actually be noticed for several years!
I caught a small flounder in Lake Moultry a few years ago inj a cast net mabe 6"! Who knows!
We caught two baby spadefish in a pinfish trap this weekend, really cool to see them so little clear white/black differences. If I wasn’t such a man, I’d say they were cute.
BG
Hahaha, I think you just said it without saying it BG … Better be careful someone might take your man card haha
Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous
This is a cool thread because this is the kind of stuff that keeps my wife and kids interested in coming back again and again. you just never know what is coming up in that net!
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2006 Mckee Craft 185 Bay Classic 150 Yamaha
Have caught 2 mangrove snapper and 2 gags inshore this week around docks fishing for sheeps this week. In my 19 years fishing inshore, I have caught 2 cudas (10-12") in the cast net getting bait.