Juvenile African Pompano, notice the long filaments that tip the end of its fins. These get shorter the older the fish is. Even though the names implies they are an african fish they do occur in U.S. waters each year. You might be interested: Recipes: Florida Pompano
They’re the meanest, fastest and biggest mackerel in American waters, said to reach speeds up to 60 mph. Anglers fishing the blue water zones of the Gulf of Mexico are often pleasantly surprised by incidentally hooking them while trolling for other species like tuna or marlin. Wahoo can also be found from Virginia to South … Read more
Speckled Trout (Cynoscion nebulosus) also know as speck is a very important gamefish in the Gulf of Mexico as well as the Atlantic Ocean. Speckled Trout are easy to identify. They have elogated bodies with spots. The spots are more prominent when young and are more numerous on the back. Specks have two very easy … Read more
The bluehead chub has a stocky body and a very large head covered with tubercles. They have olive to brown sides often with dorsal and caudal fins orangish. The fish pictured above is a male which can be easily identified during the breeding season because their head turns blue. The average adult size is about … Read more
Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish Canthidermis maculatus are distinguishable by there typical triggerfish shape, the black body covered by small whitish spots. It is normally found far out at sea hence the name oceanic and only usually associated with any kind of floating debris or weeds. Spotted Oceanic Trigger fish are fairly rare and not much is known about … Read more
Bearded brotula – Brotula barbata is a bottom feeder found over a variety of bottoms in water that ranges from as shallow as 50 to as deep as 1000! Bearded brotula range from Northern Florida in the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean and southward to Northern South America. Bearded brotula are … Read more
Tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) reach a maximum size of 40 pounds although the average size is much smaller. Tripletail, as the name implies, have a body that appears to have three tails. This is actually just the anal and dorsal fins. Tripletail are common in the Gulf of Mexico but are a species that gets little … Read more
Most probably a cross between a bluegill and a green sunfish although it could be a warmouth, longear, redbreast or other combination as well. They are all capable of cross breeding. Hybrid bream are commonly raised by hatcheries for stocking in private ponds. The hybrid shows characteristics of both species. The body is not quite … Read more
So you are tired of throwing back snapper after snapper because you have your limit already. Ten minutes of fishing is a little to quick for your fishing trip to end. Well I have good news. Even though Red Snapper keep getting more and more restrictive limits set on them, there are other snapper species … Read more
We’ve all been there. Standing on a pier or shoreline for hours not even getting a nibble while a boat 100 meters away seems to be pulling in fish after fish. The ability to get away from over crowded areas and into better fishing areas can drastically improve your chances of landing fish. Unfortunately boats … Read more