Is this a croaker???

[Mister Penguin]

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?

[ped579]

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:

[Mister Penguin]

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.

[ped579]

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

[hareball]

Mr P, before shooting a photo check your white balance. that will give you true colors.

[Far26]

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.

[Mister Penguin]

Well I only had a cell phone camera with no flash lights   and no there wasnt any spot on the fish!! I guess its a croaker

[cwbsbll1]

Looks like a spot to me

[mgm]

Looks like a Spot or what we called Lafayettes.  Used to be plentiful in Barnegat Bay.  Great bait for fluke

[Hotrod]

what did it taste like?

[ped579]

Fish...LOL