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Think that there is a sennet.
More likely a Guachanche barracuda (notice the yellowish band on its sides).
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...6&AT=Ekoui
There is a good bit of confusion between these and Northern sennet
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/spec...ry.php?id=3679
and Southern sennet
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/spec...ry.php?id=1237
:-\
At one point this summer, that was the only thing biting. Im not complaining either, cause at least something was biting.
They are not bad eating at all either ;)
Surprisingly, the flesh is similiar in taste and texture to speckled trout. ???
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More likely a Guachanche barracuda (notice the yellowish band on its sides).
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...6&AT=Ekoui
There is a good bit of confusion between these and Northern sennet
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/spec...ry.php?id=3679
and Southern sennet
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/spec...ry.php?id=1237
:-\
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:bow: :bow: :bow: I do know this though, sennet is a lot easier to say than Guachanche! Isn't Guachanche a brand of hooks?? :poke1:
Bamacuda
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Bamacuda
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Bamacuda
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Winner
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Bamacuda
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Winner
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:D +1 :headbang: :yippee:
I emailed the ID question (with pics) to Dr Bob Shipp who was quick to respond
8) Schooled again, by the master! :bow:Quote:
Hi David. The species you’re catching is the guaguanche, Sphyraena guachancho. The key is the yellow stripe down the flank, missing in the sennets. Although the sennets (which may be just one species, not two) are reported from the Gulf, I’ve never seen one in our parts. But every year at Rodeo, a few guaguanches show up.
How’s pier fishin? I walked the pier last week, and a few pompanos were still showing up.
BTW, the new edition of my “Guide to Fishes of the Gulf” will be out in a couple of months. Pass the word!!
-Bob
Thank you I had no idea what it was. But it looks cool
Definitely a Guaguanche barracuda.
As Shipp and David stated, the yellow haze is a dead giveaway, and they also have slight variations in the finnage and eyes.
Unlike their "Greater" cousins, this species of barracuda is absolutely delicious--especially filleted and fried in peanut or extra v. olive oils with crispy southern--also completely free of any mercury and Ciguatera toxins found in the Greater Barracudas which frequent the southern keys.
Nice, lean white meat.
For those wishing to capitalize on these tasty morsels, when they begin running (especially in the fall), get some UL going with at least 12" of 30# fluoro or mono leader (17# steel single strand works nicely as well), and then use any elongated lure with silver and blue colorations. Longer triple treble lures do tend to work best.
These guys have a subtle bite... you simply reel your lure in at medium speed with stop and go motions (nothing jerky), and when they bite, just stop moving a second, and when you feel them turn, jerk the tip of your pole down, and then straight up to set the hook--works almost everytime.
These guys love hanging out in currents and rapids behind or near a structure where water is being broken and small fish and crustaceans are being disoriented.
Watch out for their mouths when removing the hooks--they can give nasty bites.