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fishbones

08-22-2013 09:19 AM

What Type of Fish?

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My son caught this last weekend and we have no idea what it is. Had a sucker mouth and pretty cool stripes on it.

Bronko

08-22-2013 09:31 AM

Northern Kingfish

fishbones

08-22-2013 09:47 AM

Thanks, Peter. I've never seen one before.

Bronko

08-22-2013 09:53 AM

The head up this way in the deep summer. Fished hard down south, they call them king croakers or something. I've never seen one north of the canal, but caught them on Nantucket as a kid.

jonserfish

08-22-2013 01:16 PM

past 5 years mt hope bay has been loaded with them. they make great bait!

flyvice11787

08-23-2013 12:34 AM

Good eats.
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Raven

08-23-2013 04:25 AM

so are they related to the freshwater sucker?
very interesting camouflage pattern on them

MakoMike

08-23-2013 08:22 AM

Northern Kingfish.

flyvice11787

08-23-2013 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raven (Post 1010938)

so are they related to the freshwater sucker? very interesting camouflage pattern on them

They're in the croaker family. Think redfish, with the underslung mouth.
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Mike P

08-23-2013 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Bronko (Post 1010864)

The head up this way in the deep summer. Fished hard down south, they call them king croakers or something. I've never seen one north of the canal, but caught them on Nantucket as a kid.

They call them whiting down south. What we call whiting are silver hake.

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