Caught this flippin’, floppin’, flyin’ fellow in the creek today, and have never seen one of its kind before.
My amateur detective work sez ladyfish.
Any takers?
Thanks
Correct
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1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”
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thanks for the confirmation.
And Im hearing they are really not edible (too many bones, mushy) except in a pinch, as fish patties.
Anyone have a ladyfish recipe that doesnt involve a carolina rig?
Vegas Dave
They make great bait
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1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”
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x2 on bait - use them to catch something tastier!
careful about bringing them in the boat. The have a tendency to want to let the crap fly when they start flipping and flopping everywhere.
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And they seem to be super slimey.
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”.
and they bleed everywhere.
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Those big eyes is what gives them away.
Fish ID charts are free bud
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About a zillion years ago, my brother and I were just kids fishing from a wooden boat in Tampa bay. We caught a tub full of those things and hauled them home thinking they were “king fish”. Our mother made us bury them in the garden.
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There’s a Kodachrome slide of me at age 12 proudly holding up a ladyfish which is taking a squirt in my lap.
For the size, nothing is more fun to catch on light tackle. Just don’t bring them in the boat.
If you just let them flop around a while at the side of the boat lots of time you can do what i call a “Carolina quick release” which is basically them flopping off. A.K.A.“poor mans tarpon”.
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caught about like 500000000000000 of those in the glades earlier this year
x2 about what jimmy said, just hold em by the boat and watch them release themselves!
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And whatever you do with them, never ever stick your fingers in the gills like you would some fish to hold them up. If you’re lucky you’ll only need stitches… The gill plates are like razor blades.
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Just curious, why did you keep it if you didn’t know what it was?
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1987 Landau
They STINK too…
I think they are annoying and they cut your plugs off too 
2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”
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Hooked a 18-20incher one of these today on a MM off the bottom, was in 6 feet of water past the harbor but before open water. I’m still struggling mightily to figure out where to find redfish. The ladyfish was a really fun fight on my little spinning gear, only running about 10lb test. Took a huge first run about 100 yards and was leaping like crazy, great fun.
How would you guys use this for bait? Strip him up in little filets or chunks? What can you typically catch using these as bait?