I inadvertently catch all kinds of juvenile fish while casting or seining for bait and can usually tell what they are.
Having said that, I cant figure out what this little guy is.
I first thought it was a pompano but in comparing it to other photos of baby pomp online, It does not look like any of them.
Any ideas?
Yep - a juvie one in the photo - watch out handling the larger -5-8" ones
big schools around the mass - sea bouy and patti barge last weekend - filling up the sabiki - I try not to use as bait
never catch anything off of one - (though not used often) and those anal fin spikes hurt !
On the east coast they call them Horn Bellies. They have two sharp fins on their belly with poison like a catfish, so don't grab them. I haven't found anything that will consistently eat them. There have been tons of them around the pass bouys lately