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Title: Is This a Blackfish?
Post by: gymrat987654321 on September 27, 2009, 06:23:09 PM

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Title: Re: Is This a Blackfish?
Post by: njfisherman1975 on September 27, 2009, 06:26:06 PM

Nope...that's a bergall (cunner).  It's in the wrasse family, and they are nothing but bait stealers.  Cut them up and use them for ling bait!

Title: Re: Is This a Blackfish?
Post by: Luna Sea 5 on September 27, 2009, 08:32:25 PM

 whs

Title: Re: Is This a Blackfish?
Post by: bayonne on September 27, 2009, 08:46:34 PM

definately a begal when i was your age i kew guys that ate them they ground them up and made fish cakes bayonne does have black fish though
just as we have green crabs to use for bait and fidlers and my buddy was grabing bait from under rocks on the newark bay side we also have mitten crabs

Title: Re: Is This a Blackfish?
Post by: Capt. Mike on September 27, 2009, 10:15:44 PM

They are in the family of black fish. Awesome ling bait...

Title: Re: Is This a Blackfish?
Post by: gottog on September 28, 2009, 02:10:26 PM

Bergall/cunner, cousin to the blackfish/tog.

Actually taste quite good but very boney so need fairly large ones.  Largest I ever caught was one about 16" out in Orient Pt. NY.
World record is a few pounds.

They'll be next to have limits on them with the way regulations are going.