ID Please

[Irbanjaxed]

nevermind its a remora sorry the lizard fish was almost similar

 

[Irbanjaxed]

what a face huh

 

[spotfin]

hmm...youre correct. similar fish and both are small Grouper.

Technically, they aren't in the grouper family.

 

[spotfin]

Technically, they aren't in the grouper family.

The pinfish aren't in the grouper family.

 

[le patron]

why does a remora stick to ur arm...? i'm not familiar w/ really any salt water fish

its not sticking to his arm, hes holding the line so it appears as though its sticking to his arm

 

[Druu]

its not sticking to his arm, hes holding the line so it appears as though its sticking to his arm

There is no line there. If you're familiar with the party boats, you'll know that they use 50-80lb test line minimum. Way too thick to hide in the sun.

It is sticking to my arm. I've also got two pics of it suction cupped to the top of the boat. These are the fish that suction cup onto sharks and hitch rides. I've also got suction cup marks on my left arm. A bit too faint for a pic, but I could try if you wanted.

Second fish wasn't a bank sea bass- those are supposed to have three caudal lobes and I only see the standard two. I'll look into the other suggested IDs though.

 

[kafiltafiisch]

There is no line there. If you're familiar with the party boats, you'll know that they use 50-80lb test line minimum. Way too thick to hide in the sun.

It is sticking to my arm. I've also got two pics of it suction cupped to the top of the boat. These are the fish that suction cup onto sharks and hitch rides. I've also got suction cup marks on my left arm. A bit too faint for a pic, but I could try if you wanted.

Second fish wasn't a bank sea bass- those are supposed to have three caudal lobes and I only see the standard two. I'll look into the other suggested IDs though.

was the second pic a sandperch? i gotsa know if i was right forsure

 

[Druu]

Pinfish and sand perch look right. Thanks for the IDs guys!

 

[Louie]

I was waiting on a response before posting more pics, so thanks guys. First one is a black sea bass. It missed the 12" limit so I threw him back. Took a shot of that one b/c it had the blue and gold around its eyes- Notre Dame's colors. I'll post a pic of the second fish and a pic of a fish that I did not take a close up of. I don't know what these two are as I am unfamiliar with Floridian fish. Thanks in advance for the help. (And the third pic is me with a remora attached to my forearm.)

lol how did you catch the remora,what bait?

I am not familiar with saltwatr fishing as only go fresh but my father in law goes all the time has showed me zillion pics but not one remora.

 

[Druu]

The boat started us with chunks of what seemed to be salted mullet. After we used our allotment of that, we helped ourselves to a large bin of salted herring. I don't recall how far into the trip this was, so I'm not sure on bait. I do think it was caught on salted herring b/c it was caught on a companions pole. She did not start fishing until later in the trip since the boat ride out was quite rough. At this point, I think my sister and I already used all of the mullet.