Anybody ever caught one of these before?
Ha! Congrats, That’s A very tough catch on rod and reel!
Redfish Baron Extraordinaire
spotfin Hogfish. I’ve seen them in aquariums. I bet they taste good.
10% of the people catch 90% of the fish.
Yep, hogfish. Very rare on rod and reel.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
very cool! pretty fish.
242 robalo 300 yamaha
Thanks fellas, I ended up throwing it back. We thought it might be a type of hogfish, but couldn’t locate it in the fish ID book my buddy had. I remembered reading that rec hogfish was closed, so I chose not to keep it in case we weren’t allowed to have it.
Seafox 209 Commander
Ive never seen one of those before. very cool!
Capt. R. Killin
“Day Tripper”
Shamrock 20 cuddy
Ford 351W
Its a long nose carpet croaker !
I’m sure they are delicious. See some pretty big ones diving. Unfortunately, I believe they are in protected, “ornamental fish” category.
Kill em’ and Grill em’
Colin