NaturalAcoustics Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 So my friend was fishing with me today and he hooked up with this weird fish thing that ive only seen dead on the shore once. Its about 4 feet of saltwater inshore wading were not in the gulf just like a inlet kind of. Looks a lot like a ling cod or monkfish but im pretty sure those arent it. its brown no scales wide mouth that can swollow good sized fish and has a set of teeth that are a little back in the mouth before the gills after the lips. any idea? Quote
bigtimfish Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 It sounds like what we call a rockfish or dogfish. If it's the same thing, they have a poisinous spine on the dorsal fin and can crawl on land with the two side fins. They are ugly and they croak too. Quote
NaturalAcoustics Posted August 12, 2009 Author Posted August 12, 2009 I looked up rockfish and dogfish and non of the pictures look like what i caught. They all look tooo much like fish (weird?) what we caught looks more like a angler and has small eyes not big and round like the rockfish Quote
NaturalAcoustics Posted August 12, 2009 Author Posted August 12, 2009 Thanks! =D so whats up with these fish? anything special? Quote
etommy28 Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 nothing special, they are aggresive, and will hide in bottles, jars and what not. they can accually get stuck in jars,cause they get too fat to get out. I caught one stuck in a jar and had to break the jar to get it out. Quote
bigtimfish Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 Wow, I just looked up both of the fish I suggested. I was told wrong. The fish we catch look a lot like that, but at a young age I was told they were dogfish. Sorry for the miss information. Quote
NaturalAcoustics Posted August 12, 2009 Author Posted August 12, 2009 No problem your not alone my brother in law called it the same thing had hes been fishing the good part of 30 years in these waters lol Quote
Avalonjohn44 Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 Used to catch those in Jersey, called them Oyster Crackers. Real name is Oyster Toadfish: http://www.fisheries.vims.edu/toadfish.htm Quote
looking4structure Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Man that thing is ugly as they come. Quote
Super User Micro Posted September 2, 2009 Super User Posted September 2, 2009 Don't stick your finger in their mouth. And, if you catch one with some size, and you can clean it without getting stuck or tearing up the tiny fillets, they are as delicious a fish as you can ever hope for. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted September 2, 2009 Super User Posted September 2, 2009 One we have down here are more spotted. They've been catching quite a few the last couple of weeks.........people tell me they are very good to eat. Quote
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