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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => Helping Each Other Out => Topic started by: Mister Penguin on August 13, 2007, 03:39:33 PM
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One day last week me and buddie of mine felt like cathing something so we decided to catch some crabs at seaside heights. Crabbing was a bust, too many small ones, but we were catching this mysterious fish, or maybe dumb fish, on crab traps. They were size of our palms, the biggest one probably around 5 inches or so. After we kept catching them in the trap we decided to take a pic of it and see what kind of fish it was?
Are these croakers? If they are, will the bigger ones be in the same general area we were crabbin?
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Its hard to tell by the picture I am sure some one will recognise what it is.
Here is a picture of a croaker though:
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They were so small, we should have taken a picture of the biggest one but by the time we decided to take a pic of it only small ones were coming up on the trap.
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They say they make good bait 6" or smaller, just hook them through the lips with a 5/0 hook and they will last for quite a while.
Happy Catching
Paul
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Mr P, before shooting a photo check your white balance. that will give you true colors. t^
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Hard to tell by that picture, but it looks like a croaker to me. Only other fish it could be is a spot. Did you notice a black dot on any of the fish?
Either way, at that size both species are candy for weakfish, stripers, bluefish, and fluke.
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Well I only had a cell phone camera with no flash lights ;D and no there wasnt any spot on the fish!! I guess its a croaker
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Looks like a spot to me
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Looks like a Spot or what we called Lafayettes. Used to be plentiful in Barnegat Bay. Great bait for fluke ;D
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what did it taste like? ;D
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Fish...LOL