Unknown fish caught in the Naragansett Bay

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Originally Posted by RIfoosball

This past weekend, in Narragansett Bay, we caught a fish the size of a pogie, but it wasn't.

It had a greenish, flourescent hue to it and very pronounced black stripes every inch or so running from top to bottom along the entire length of its body. It was not a scaly fish at all, but rather smooth.

We asked several fisherman who have been fishing the bay for several decades and none had seen anything like it. They ran in schools and devoured the offered scup bait.

Someone mentioned having heard that there had been some tropical fish around.

Anyone know?

I tellin ya, Clammer would know