5 Dollar Fishing Game Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 My grandfather recently passed away in FL. My parents are down there now cleaning his house out. He caught this fish years ago in FL. They are not sure where he caught it. What is this fish? They are bringing it here to NC for me to put in my fishing garage. Thanks! Joe Quote
5 Dollar Fishing Game Posted March 27, 2015 Author Posted March 27, 2015 That's what my dad thought. Picture is not the best quality on his phone though. Lol Quote
Ozark_Basser Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 The body and especially the eyes give it away. Quote
Super User gulfcaptain Posted March 28, 2015 Super User Posted March 28, 2015 Its a barracuda. yep. Quote
5 Dollar Fishing Game Posted March 28, 2015 Author Posted March 28, 2015 What's weird about it? Quote
5 Dollar Fishing Game Posted March 28, 2015 Author Posted March 28, 2015 What's probably the weird part is that his mouth looks like it's doing a huge burp lol Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted March 28, 2015 Super User Posted March 28, 2015 What's weird about it? I don't think it's weird, a bit unnatural in positioning, but that's likely intentional due to the wall area he had it hanging from.. Most taxi guys can manipulate big game mounts & fish mounts within reason. Quote
Fisher-O-men Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 What's weird about it? It is just that I've seen a lot of Barries and none looked like that! Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted March 28, 2015 Super User Posted March 28, 2015 There are quite a few barracuda species, IMO the mount does not look like a great barracuda native to Florida waters. Can't say exactly what is, it does look similar to a yellow stripe barracuda but those are found in the Indian ocean..................I looked it up, lol. Quote
5 Dollar Fishing Game Posted March 28, 2015 Author Posted March 28, 2015 My grandfather was in the Navy and loved to travel. Who knows where he caught that thing. In his 91 years he has traveled everywhere there is water lol. Quote
5 Dollar Fishing Game Posted March 29, 2015 Author Posted March 29, 2015 Is it a skin mount? Yes. Not a replica. :-) Quote
MassBass Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Maybe its a saltwater musky. Whatever specie it looks like a fun predator to angle for. Quote
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