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PRBuzz

08-31-2010 10:30 AM

Fish I.D.

Sorry no pics (we didn't think fast enough), looks like a cross between a tautog and a black sea bass caught yesterday just outside Plymouth Harbor jigging.

Mouth full of teeth, mottled black brown really slimy, about 12".

Any ideas?

tinyboatbigfish

08-31-2010 11:19 AM

prob a monk fish

RoyL	08-31-2010 11:21 AM

Cunner or as most call them choggie .........They get big out there

FishermanTim

08-31-2010 11:25 AM

What kind of teeth?
Pointed like a shark or a bluefish, or flat/rounded like beaver buck teeth?
Was it a flat fish like a lounder, or a free swimmer like a scup?

If it is the second of each choice, it could be a tog, or a large cunner.

Nebe	08-31-2010 11:37 AM

Slob choggie
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

RoyL	08-31-2010 12:25 PM

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almost 100% its a cunner

PRBuzz

08-31-2010 12:33 PM

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Thanks all and no wonder it looks so much like a tautog, the cunner's sci name is: Tautogolabrus adspersus.

We caught a small cunner earlier in the day and I.D.'d it right away but never thought about this being the mommy!
Lots of pointy teeth behind those sweet, little tog lips.

striprman

08-31-2010 01:42 PM

A Chogset

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