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Guest · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:13 am Post subject: what kind of fish did I catch?

I was fishing about 2 weeks ago off the COS-WAY in corpus and caught 1 redfish keeper 2 black drum keepers and 2 huge looking perch. They looked like a yellow bluegil but had horizontal stripes of yellow and aqua blue? Can anyone tell me what kind of fish that was ? ANy response would be appreciated!
Oh and they were huge about 11in or so Confused

Jeff

FireLine · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:16 am Post subject:

I don't know, but you should of kept them alive, you probably found a new kind of fish. You could of been rich!
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wherearethefish_05 · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:23 am Post subject: yeah

they were pretty tasty maybe next time I will sell one on EBAY Laughing

Mikyo · Mud Minnow Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 25

Sounds like mangrove snapper. Post a pic. Confused

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wherearethefish_05 · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:32 am Post subject: no pic

I know its disapointing but I have no pics with me now, I know everyone has caught one before I always catch them they look like texas lake perch but they have horizontal strpies that are yellow and blue. I usually catch them around 4-5in but I caught 2 11inchers that day. Maybe they were the only to like it on the whole ocean. Laughing

new2fishing · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:37 am Post subject:

Last time we fished out there, my brother in law caught some of those. He said they were monster size perch.

didn't know perch could get that big!
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wherearethefish_05 · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:40 am Post subject: exactly

ok now that eveyone knows im not BSing I always called them coastal perch but when they got that huge I said Id better ask because my military buddies are saying I was full of it....!

RodBreaker · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:47 am Post subject:

Bluestriped grunt perhaps?

http://www.rodnreel.com/gulffish/gulffish.asp?cmd=view&FishID=198

wherearethefish_05 · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:52 am Post subject: maybe

yeah maybe not sure though, someone does though

Big John · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:59 am Post subject:

I'm interested in this because a few years ago I caught a bunch of fish I could not identify out in the surf that looked like the bastard children of a redfish and a sheephead, but very colorful, and they all went in the 20" + range. I wish I had my camera with me, because it would have confounded everyone. I got lots of suggestions, but nothing was an exact fit. I have never seen those fish again. Just that one day, by myself out on PINS.

Another interesting catch was something my brother-n-law caught a couple years back we called a diablo fish, which looked like a mix between a sea robin and a grouper with bright yellow fins. Really weird. If I can find the photos, I'll post them. Ugly, ugly fish.

There are lots of fish still unidentified out there, so you never know if you might discover a new breed.

Here's a couple possibilities of identified fish, let me know if there is a match:
Mutton snapper:

Pinfish:

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wherearethefish_05

its says they dont larger than 5in and like I said before this one was like the SHAQ of perch

SurfRanger95 · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:36 am Post subject: Strange fish

Me and the wife caught several little yellow stripped fish that match that description from Horace Caldwell. No idea what they were, thought at first they were a grunt of some sort but they made no noise. Let em go but still have no idea what they were.
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Yankee · Mud Minnow Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 20 Location: Leander

I bet they are piggy perch, the last time I was down there and fished Pachery Channel bridge I saw a huge one caught. I use to have them in my native tank at the house until my toad fish got hungry LOL!!!!

Big John · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:43 pm Post subject:

PINfish normally don't go longer than 8", but that doesn't mean they don't. One at 11 or 12" long might make a state record!
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jbonorden · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:52 pm Post subject: perch

I have caught pin perch large enough to fillet and fry up. Some were pushing 10". They fight hard. When you said horizontal stripes, it make me think they were mangrove snapper.