Fish ID and a few silly questions - Page 2

Jason · 07-18-2009, 08:04 AM

The # 1 ? Both fish will catch 2-4 ?

The # 2 ? It was answered with the dorsal/pectoral fins and the slime. Go out knowing also that sailcats are good eating white meat...where as the blue is dark trashy meat. The sailcat eats alot of live bait and such and is not a trash eater like the blue.

The # 3 ? I really don't think you could confuse a red and ababy white. Baby whites make good bait also (big whites too). Baby spec still looks like a spec and a baby white looks like a white. I guess if you want to get too it and be specific if you look at babies (minnow size) the spec and white might look alike but I don't think you'll catch 1 that small.

The # 4 ? I don't see many sting rays on top of the water, if you see a ray in the upper water column it will more then likely be a manta...I've seen baby pods of 15-25 flopping around in the bay before...they are very fun to watch....

Remember the only stupid ? is the 1 not asked....:letsdrink:letsdrink:letsdrink

saltfisher1 · 07-18-2009, 04:29 PM

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stcold4506 (10/28/2008)Hey fellas, Couple new questions for the pros:

1. I don't guess it really matters when you're cutting 'em up for bait, but how do you tell the fifference betweenthese littlepinfish and grunts (i've heard people calling grunts hogfish too)? Best I can tell, pinfish have yellow vertical stripes and grunts have horizontal stripes. Am I right? And is one any better than the other to fish live?

2. The best way to tell the difference between a blue cat and a gaftop is the extra long whiskers and dorsal fin on the gaftop, right? any other obvious clues?

3. Also caught some strange juvie fish the other night, about 6 inches long, looked like a baby white trout but it had two long sharp upper front teeth and a few short jagged ones along the bottom jaw, never seen or noticed that before. Sorry I don't havea pic but we threw them back just in case they were baby reds, I don't know.

4. Gonna sound really stupid .......but is there anything illegal or unethical about throwing a castnet on top of a ray to catch it if it comes close enough. Wanna try some wings if I can catch one

Thanks alot guys for your patience with my short-bus inquiries:bowdown

By blue cat I guess you mean Hardhead cat

Gafftop...aka sailcat

saltfisher1 · 07-18-2009, 04:48 PM

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07-18-2009, 08:04 AM	#11
Jason Like a roach in the dark! Blue Marlin Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In the woods, lookin' fer ticks! Posts: 5,835	RE: Fish ID and a few silly questions The # 1 ? Both fish will catch 2-4 ? The # 2 ? It was answered with the dorsal/pectoral fins and the slime. Go out knowing also that sailcats are good eating white meat...where as the blue is dark trashy meat. The sailcat eats alot of live bait and such and is not a trash eater like the blue. The # 3 ? I really don't think you could confuse a red and ababy white. Baby whites make good bait also (big whites too). Baby spec still looks like a spec and a baby white looks like a white. I guess if you want to get too it and be specific if you look at babies (minnow size) the spec and white might look alike but I don't think you'll catch 1 that small. The # 4 ? I don't see many sting rays on top of the water, if you see a ray in the upper water column it will more then likely be a manta...I've seen baby pods of 15-25 flopping around in the bay before...they are very fun to watch.... Remember the only stupid ? is the 1 not asked....:letsdrink:letsdrink:letsdrink

07-18-2009, 04:48 PM	#13
saltfisher1 Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,037	RE: Fish ID and a few silly questions PigFish PinFish

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