Barnegat Bay 9-4-11 (Fish IDs Needed)

[gymrat987654321]

Headed back to the same spot I fished yesterday for about 3 hours this evening. Lots of blowfish like yesterday but no bluefish today. Also caught 2 fish that I'm not sure what they are. The first one looks like a regular porgy except it has thin bright blue and yellow horizontal lines across its body and a black spot up by its gill. The next one I'm completely clueless about. It was long, thin and black with 2 horizontal white lines on its body and had no teeth. At first I thought it was a reymora but it didn't have the suction cups on top. Help me figure out what there are. Thanks.

[Pfishingruven]

Nice catch again! 

The first fish is a porgy and the second one looks like a juvenile cobia!

 

[SurfJockey]

Cobia in the Barnegat Bay?  Did they hitch a ride with the lizardfish? 

[Pfishingruven]

Cobia in the Barnegat Bay?  Did they hitch a ride with the lizardfish?  

 

That's what it looks like though, right??

 

[Bucktail]

I never caught one, but yes, it does look like a cobia.

[paul-e]

Nice mixed bag of fun there.

[FishOn]

First is not a porgy, it's a pinfish. Very common down south. Great tarpon bait. I'll agree the other looks like a cobia but hard to be sure in the picture

[NJ Guy]

caught them alot in va beach....Cobia for sure


Nice day out!

[gymrat987654321]

Thanks for the response guys. I googled juvenile cobia and pinfish and I'm pretty sure that's what they were.