trying to ID a fish
 

What is at least 20 pounds, has another fish approx. 15 pounds near it, is very dark, breaks the surface a bit as it plays around in the shallows, and hangs out in Newport this time of year? Couldn't tell if they were spawning or not but being that there was 2 of them acting oddly that was certainly the impression I got.

All offerings were ignored. I really wish I had a snag hook.

Also its tail is much like a blackfish or tripletail.

A giant blackfish is my best guess as to what I saw tonight. Any other ideas?

was it slack tide ?????????///// also you were probably in a lee ////

if so 99% sure it was Tautog /

Been watching them for years /have also watched guys plug their a sses off thinking they were bass ;;

if ya get a chance they actually face each other & kiss

I,ve also seen guys sco0p them out of the water while they are mating //////////////

Right around slack and in a lee. They were way too dark to be a bass so that must be what I saw.

Yep /That,s it /// always two // never one ==for more than a minute =======never 3,4

if you were near fresh water could also have been carp?

i have seen them on saltwater sides of dams before...and at the mouth of the merrimack found a dieing bout 10 pounder last sping.

No where near fresh water. I was at one of the beaches. It was too dark to be a carp, I think.

That's a numerically perfect description of what happened.

The Clam is all knowing.:read:

I bet it was 2 Black Salties that escaped last year and are growing at an ever increasing rate and SPAWNING! :eek:

S/D it was just a wild guess //don,t wanna ruin my reputation as a F/O :cheers:

Yeah right.. Don't let him kid ya..He knows...:read:

Hey --F-18 How,s the wife ???????

When ya going fishing ???????//

The cars all set ><><><>

Not goin' on your f%$#@ advice...F%$#@ NE

FINALLY +++++++++++ 3 more days /then bang :jump1:

5000 posts clammer-you ever watch the tube?

B/J ==sure I tape the shows & watch what i want when I want :lasso:

Pete, when I used to live on Jamestown, this time of year I would start to see the same type of stuff you saw last night. One night one of those fish hit my 6" sluggo, low and behold a honker Tautog over 10 lbs. I caught 3 more that night all over 5 lbs all on sluggos.

Leave my girls alone Pete :D :D :D :D come November they are mine... all mine :D:D:D:D Sounds like they are on their way up the bay to get some action..... they hug the rocks going up to the flats....

Only other thing I've seen do that is at an unnamed spot in the west bay... for 2 weeks three years ago this spot had bass at the bottom of the tide and fluke at the top... all at night and all on the surface....

You would have really liked this fish. REAL big. I was fairly certain it was a blackfish when I saw it but the size of it made me think it might be something else. 20 pounds is a conservative guess. The first time I saw it I didn't get a good look at it and I thought it was a baby seal. :laugha:

I know where she'll be in 6 months :D

Pete, if you see crafty angler anytime soon, bring this up to him. I have taken a vow of silence about this, but he knows very well what you saw and even better, how to target them..
Goosefish told me that blackfish kiss while spawning............ cool eh?

Clammer------TAPE!!!!!!!
No one uses tape anymore.....it's the Digital age!
Now watch some TV so I can catch some of the fish you won't be.

your right F #$%^&*( age shows again ============ I,ll be fishing shortly :wavey: