Caught this fish earlier today in the surf on a piece of shrimp. Any ideas
Looks like some sort of Sturgeon, with the markings down the lateral line
A baby spotted hake …you can Google and see lots of pics like yours
X2 for Spotted Hake.
Yep a hake, have caught before in the Folly River.
Isn’t hake supposed to be primo eating?
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I spear carolina hake every time I see them. Usually offshore in tight ledges or cracks in wrecks. Not a pretty fish, but man are they tasty. Lined up on one under a tiny ledge, and preceded to pull my shaft out with 5 nice hake on it!
Kill em’ and Grill em’
Colin
Def a hake. We use to scoop up hake in the bycatch trail from trawlers off Cape Cod for bait when tuna fishing.