Chef:
I had a fluke cough something up last week that looked like a sand-eel but wider w/ a big mouth, like your describing..
about 3-4" long. The mouth looked like a baby weakfish..
I'm thinking Lizard fish. some guys got some in gansett last year a little bigger on teasers...
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