Is this a jolthead porgy?
We threw it back since we weren’t sure what it was.
Are they any good to eat?
Semper Fi
18’ Sterling
115 Yamaha
Big Ugly Homemade Blue Push Pole
It’s a porgie for sure and yes they are good to eat. In the charter boat business we called them silver snapper, the tourists like the word better than porgie:smiley:
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
Great eating there. I prefer them over vermillions.
Thank you, Captains!
I’ll put them on ice next time.
Semper Fi
18’ Sterling
115 Yamaha
Big Ugly Homemade Blue Push Pole
Looks like a red porgy to me
Good fighters and good to eat. Red porgies, the old salts like to call them silver snappers… I grew up fishing with my uncle offshore and he always called them silver snapper, makes me smile every time I hear that phrase.
Redfish Baron Extraordinaire
sure looks like a jolt to me. delicious fish
“mr keys”
Jolt head = “distinct blue line under the eye”
Yep…silver snapper
Good fighting fish!