Jaws
 

Anyone ID these jaws?

Betting Wolfish! :uhuh: Wolf-Fish??

I think Larry's right. I had one of them bite through my boot as a kid on a herring/ whiting boat. Still have the scars from it LOL.They gave it to me to take home for supper.Figured since it tried to eat my foot I should return the favor. Ron

Looks kind of like my mother in law's.

Ronnie I have heard that they are a very delicious fish??? Is this true??:drool: Saw one caught once......mean, snarling, growling creature!

Maybe wolf fish, but I'm thinking one of those South American(?) parribo ot something like that. They showed on one of the exotic fishing shows on TV.

These skull pictures are from confirmed real wolf fish skull, note how the jaw is integral to the rest of the skull.

I found a top/bottom set exactly like those a few years ago in the surf line down Herring Cove Beach. I asked around to a few guys I work with that dive and a few bait shops and they came back pretty certain that it was a wolf fish. Unofficial, but pretty sure. I haven't yet come across one myself but based on those teeth, if I do, I'd be pretty careful. Where are they mostly found, surf or further out?

Maybe wolf fish, here's the other 2 I was thinking of and they don't match.

Cubera snapper
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Looks really close! Moogie can you put a popper in the jaws to get a better comparison?

Deep water fish DMenace!:uhuh:

Cubera snapper is my dream fish- poppers during the day over reefs... :humpty:

whatever it is.........

it's Republican :rotf2:

I agree with cubera or tiger fish... Not sure... So many weird FW fish I'm not familiar with

Def not a wolffish though, they have big grinding teeth/molars to eat sea urchins... tough to see in the pic but they're there... check out the triple row of teeth at the front of the lower jaw as well

Right-O

That's the animal!

It was my dream fish too. Some of the most savage strikes I've ever seen. The thrill never goes away.
They tend to eat a lot of poppers. . . .

where did you go to tangle with them moogie???

We like to go to Southern Baja, primarily La Paz and San Jose Del Cabo.
It's safe, inexpensive, and there's plenty of fish.
Moog

One day- One day.... Rooster fish off the beach of mexico down a bit south is another 'bucket list' adventures I would like to do one day.

Taimen in Mongolia would be nice too :hihi:

You'd have to learn how to cast a fly rod and tie retarded squirrel tail sized streamers for Taimen. :hihi:

I can cast a fairy wand just fine.

And that being said, I would hit those rivers with a allstar 1088 conventional paired with an avet... :hihi:

YouTube - Mongofly Fly-Fishing Mongolia

Taimen are quite heady

Never heard of them until the night we procured the rum cake at midnight :hihi:

The boys didn't have the AEG flick? :screwy:

They should be ashamed.

YouTube - Fish Bum 1: Mongolia - The Search for the River Wolf

Wolf is hands down my favorite fish to eat.
Sucks we can't keep them anymore.

Poor man's lobster... so I have been told. Never tasted it.

Larry , Those are one of the best tasting fish out there. Once people found out how good well it didn't take long for them to have a large following. Don't know what the regs are but they do taste great. They live on lobster,crabs and clams. Ron

Ron,
As of this year they are off limits for us to keep. (said to be endangered)
Typically found in deep water (300 ft )
They got crusher jaws , reason they eat lobster, crabs & clams.
And you don't want any part of being near their mouths with a finger,hand ect .....
Meat is pink.

I read on another site that a guy got bit by a wolf fish on a head boat. Blood was squirting everywhere... All over the boat, all over other people... poor guy.
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DO they match ??

Yup. . . .

Yup. . .
This is the beast. . . .

cubera snapper
 

Believe it or not.....one of those bad boys was caught out of the canal years ago.....A gent decided to throw out a bait for cod while checking his lobster gear around the herring run.....He caught one heck of a surprise.....I saw them weight it in at red top it went 46-47 pounds.....there was a picture of it hanging up at c c charlie's for years..........

I love stories like this.. I heard a guy was fluke fishing of the center wall @ point Judith and caught a tarpon :rotf2:

I don't knowingly post BS
 

Nebe...... I know you are a mod. on sol.......

Check my story with bob g. and angler1......I don't like what you are implying............

im not implying anything.. a guy DID catch a tarpon off point judith. :) And I love stories of this nature.. crazy catches.

I've heard of big cobia and tarpon showing up in the fish traps in PJ- def dont doubt that one could be caught there. Both guys probably pooped themselves.
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Tarpon fritters in Tortola.
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