FISH ID

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

I would have guessed Almaco Jack.

They look more like a darker, stubbier AJ Mike, and have a dark band on the eye; caught one trolling in the Abacos before.

I guess we have to defer to Dr. Greg, but damn if it doesn't look too yellow to be a blue runner...

[Blinky]

From "Fishes of the Gulf of Maine" - common nickname for blue runner is Yellow Jack.

Coloration is often a tough way to tell fish species apart. I caught a banded rudderfish the other day that had zero stripes, just a light band through the eye. Put a hook in its back and tried live-lining it to bluefish, and when I brought it back in it had stripes like a zebra. Amazing how they can do that.

Seems to be a banner year for these "occasional late-summer visitors."