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Tarpon

Posted on July 19, 2020 at 1:39 pm by Charles Walker / Fishing, Game fish in the Gulf of Mexico

No one that’s ever hooked one of these hundred-plus pound ballistic missiles wants to hear anything negative about them, though. From that first searing run to the series of acrobatic twists and turns that characterize their fighting style, the tarpon is a prototypical gamefish. In suncoast waters, they commonly reach 150 lb., but the world record is nearly 300.

Jewfish (Goliath Grouper)

Posted on July 19, 2020 at 1:27 pm by Charles Walker / Fishing, Game fish in the Gulf of Mexico

There is no such thing as sea monsters, but there are indeed critters of monstrous proportions that live in the sea. We feature one such denizen of the deep here – easily the largest fish (other than sharks) regularly found in Florida Suncoast waters. Although jewfish have been closed to harvest for several years now, fishermen and divers still encounter them on a fairly regular basis…..

White Grunt

Posted on July 19, 2020 at 1:14 pm by Charles Walker / Fishing, Game fish in the Gulf of Mexico

The white grunt (Haemulon plumieri); also known as “grunt”, “pigfish” and, if you’re a grouper fisherman – “oh jeez, not another *%*&$# grunt”. One of the suncoast’s oldest party boat owners, Captain Hubbard, way back in the 50’s I think, coined the name gray snapper for the white grunt, “cause snapper sounds fancier than grunt”. So anytime you’re on a party boat in the mid Florida west coast area, you’re catching ‘gray snapper”. This smallish denizen of the Gulf rockpiles doesn’t get much respect from fishermen intent on wrestling grouper and snapper from their favorite holes…

Gray Triggerfish

Posted on July 19, 2020 at 1:00 pm by Charles Walker / Fishing, Game fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Trigger fish are abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and thank goodness, not everyone is aware of how good they taste or what fun they are to catch. There are two trigger fish that are common in Florida’s waters, the queen trigger and the gray trigger. Ours in the middle and upper Gulf is the gray trigger. They can be found year round in our area and they live on just about any rocky or coral encrusted bottom….

Greater Amberjack

Posted on July 19, 2020 at 12:47 pm by Charles Walker / Fishing, Game fish in the Gulf of Mexico

When asked to describe the fighting characteristics of the amberjack, a crusty old veteran offshore fisherman was heard to remark “Find out for yourself – hook your line to a locomotive and let ‘er take off. Just make sure it’s a really big, really fast locomotive.”…….

The Sheepshead

Posted on July 18, 2020 at 3:18 pm by Charles Walker / Fishing, Game fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Those jailhouse stripes adorning our featured subject mark his character well. Meet the sheepshead – truly a bait thief of the first order. Old-timers will tell you that in order to hook a sheepie, you need to set the hook “just before he breathes on your bait.” Maybe that’s taking things to extremes, but frustration can definitely abound when you encounter a bunch of these delicious critters…..

The Flounder

Posted on July 18, 2020 at 3:11 pm by Charles Walker / Fishing, Game fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Here is what absolutely qualifies as one of the oddest critters on the planet – two eyes, but with a twist – both on the same side of its head. The flounder is almost immediately recognizable to most folks, usually as a “flatfish” or some similar name. Much of the U.S. coastal waters are inhabited by a similar species to our Gulf and Southern flounders.

Dolphin

Posted on July 15, 2020 at 2:54 pm by Charles Walker / Fishing, Game fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Easily the most brilliantly-colored fish to inhabit Florida’s waters, dolphin have become widely known by their Hawaiian name of mahi-mahi; this to avoid confusing them with the marine mammals of “Flipper ” fame.

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Tarpon

Jewfish (Goliath Grouper)

White Grunt

Gray Triggerfish

Greater Amberjack

The Sheepshead

The Flounder

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