Oddball Fish Identification Guide Sticky

Reefmonkey · Post by **Reefmonkey** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:30 am

For all the times someone posts a pic of a lizardfish they caught and asks what it is, we probably need to make a "sticky" of a field identification guide of the lizardfish.

It would probably be a good idea to expand the sticky to provide ids for commonly caught oddball fishes such as searobins, oyster toadfishes, etc. The thread title should be "Before you ask what your freakish-looking catch is, check here."

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:00 pm

Add Lookdowns, Southern Stargazer, Barred Grunt,Leatherjack etc.

GoinCoastal · Post by **GoinCoastal** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:33 pm

Darn good idea!!!!

Gofish! · Post by **Gofish!** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:18 pm

I caught my first lizzard fish last weekend at SLP.

Electric Water Boy · Post by **Electric Water Boy** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:52 pm

Should do the same in freshwater.

Gobies

Armoured Catfish

Rio Grande Perch

Smallmouth/Spotted Bass

Medina Redfish

greyloon · Post by **greyloon** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:20 pm

Electric Water Boy wrote:Should do the same in freshwater.

Gobies

Armoured Catfish

Rio Grande Perch

Smallmouth/Spotted Bass

Medina Redfish

Tilapia

Buffalo

Drum

Paddlefish

Oscar

chain pickeral

rock bass

green sunfish

snapping turtle

other turtels

white amur

GasMan · Post by **GasMan** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:28 pm

Speckled Trout, redfish..... or maybe they are just oddball fish for me....

OneLongHaul · Post by **OneLongHaul** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:30 am

Add needlefish, ribbonfish, and juvenile lings to the saltwater list. The freshwater list wouldn't be complete without chopique (bowfin, grindle, cottonfish, whatever you prefer to call this virtually inedible but great-fighting denizen of stinky waters).

greyloon · Post by **greyloon** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:39 am

Gar ain't just gar, need to identify the different ones:

spotted

Longnose

Gator

Shortnose

Hybrid longnose/gator gar

Angler · Post by **Angler** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:40 pm

I would find it helpful to have a good solid guide to small baitfish commonly caught in the cast net in the Gulf; perhaps by season.

I find that many other really solid fisherman really don't have a clue what half of the little suckers are either.

menhaden
bunker
pogies
pinfish
croaker
finger mullet
whiting
perch

are all terms I hear others toss around loosely at times. Thing is this small list comes nowhere near the variety of little guys seen in the net during a busy summer in the surf or at the jetty.

Barnacle Bill · Post by **Barnacle Bill** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:17 pm

Lizardfish

Southern Stargazer

Lookdown

Barred Grunt

Leatherjack

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:01 am

GasMan wrote:Speckled Trout, redfish..... or maybe they are just oddball fish for me....

LOL

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