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Offline Mister Penguin

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Is this a croaker???
« on: August 13, 2007, 03:39:33 PM »
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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Re: Is this a croaker???
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2007, 03:45:56 PM »
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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Re: Is this a croaker???
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2007, 03:47:13 PM »
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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Re: Is this a croaker???
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2007, 03:49:16 PM »
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

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Re: Is this a croaker???
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2007, 09:09:53 PM »
Mr P, before shooting a photo check your white balance. that will give you true colors. t^
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Re: Is this a croaker???
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2007, 10:46:46 PM »
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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Re: Is this a croaker???
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2007, 11:12:14 PM »
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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Re: Is this a croaker???
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2007, 01:15:56 PM »
Looks like a spot to me
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Re: Is this a croaker???
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2007, 09:39:07 PM »
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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Re: Is this a croaker???
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2007, 10:09:19 PM »
what did it taste like? ;D
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Re: Is this a croaker???
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2007, 12:08:24 AM »
Fish...LOL
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