Here is my Dad with the 12lb Jack Creavalle he caught one night on August 4. That summer was HOT and this was in the middle of a 9 day heat wave and the water was warm and there were reports of tarpon, barracuda and all sorts of exotics making their way up that summer. We were out on rocky shoreline when my Dad hooked a biggun', and of course he hooked up on the most POS rod and reel on the boat, a plastic bodied K-Mart/Condor special with a 2 piece rod with questionable line, it was part of the reason why it took so long to get it to the boat, we not sure if it was a twin-hooked bluefish or striper as it took about 30 minutes to get the fish to where we could even see it in the water. It took a while because it was hooked twice but also becaue it was a good sized fish with a lot of surface area much like a big scup. While we were searching the water with the 400,000 candlepower 12V light to spot the fish, all sorts of pinkish-red squid were darting all about underwater attracted to the light. Finally when we could see it about 15-20 feet down, it looked to me like a permit-jack. It fell for a mackerel patterned swimmer and it croaked like a sea-robin once it was on the deck of the boat. We ended up taking it home and eating it and it was alright, just another fish to me as they all are. I might never see one of these again in all my days of fishing in MA but at least we got one up this way. Enjoy.
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Nice catch, although that looks more like an Amlaco Jack or a Yellow Bar Jack, both of which are related to the Jack Crevalle and common in Florida waters ... I could be wrong as it's tough to make out in that picture - those two species are better eating than the Jack Crevalles ... but the fight is awesome and they are very underated sportfish.

Maybe someday global warming will bring them to us regularly. Time to start tying some new flies.

Good job! Ya gotta love this thing we do.:btu:

I love catching exotics in our waters. Thats a good size Jack for up here. I never see them that big...Good job