Croaker vs Whiting ID

Saltwater Inshore Reports
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How can you tell the difference between a croaker vs. whiting?

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Whiting have little whiskers

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Croaker:

Whiting:

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Well one of them usually croaks at you.

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Thanks for the information and pics!!

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CROAKERS ALSO HAVE VEEEEEERY SHARP GILL PLATES THAT WHEN CAUGHT WILL FLAIRE THEM OUT AND CAN CUT THE SHAT OUT OF YOUR FINGERS[:0][:0][:0]

George McDonald
US Navy Seabees,Retired,
MAD, Charleston Chapter
[http://www.militaryappreciationday.org

When you see “Old Glory” waving in the breeze, know that it is the dying breaths of our fallen hero’s that makes it wave.
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