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[*] posted on 11-16-2017 at 09:19 AM
Unusal catch at Lopez Mateos


Looks like and was told it was a Pompano.



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[*] posted on 11-16-2017 at 09:24 AM


Yep, and a good sized one at that!



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[*] posted on 11-16-2017 at 09:46 AM


Beautiful -- fish for a month!



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[*] posted on 11-16-2017 at 03:50 PM


hola,

" barred pompano " ?

i always thought pompano were silverish in color.

looks to me to be a barred pargo ?

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[*] posted on 11-16-2017 at 03:53 PM


Nice catch !!!

Whatever is tis it's bound to be GOOD eatin !!!
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[*] posted on 11-16-2017 at 04:14 PM


Golden jack, or barred jack.
Absolutely delicious, with firm white meat.
Usually catch them on small plastics on the bottom, where they feed.
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[*] posted on 11-16-2017 at 06:45 PM


Very cool! Have not caught one of those yet :?:
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[*] posted on 11-16-2017 at 07:42 PM


Wow, looks like a baby rooster, are they from the same family?
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[*] posted on 11-16-2017 at 08:33 PM


I vote for yellow trevally
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[*] posted on 11-16-2017 at 09:56 PM


Love the photo bomb guy in the boat
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[*] posted on 11-17-2017 at 01:27 AM


Quote: Originally posted by vandy  
Golden jack, or barred jack.
Absolutely delicious, with firm white meat.
Usually catch them on small plastics on the bottom, where they feed.


Looks like Golden Jack: http://www.mexfish.com/fish/gdjk/gdjk.htm
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[*] posted on 11-17-2017 at 07:55 AM
The fish riddle is solved


As it turns out, Road Runners attachment is correct, it's a Golden Jack. My boat captain did call it a Palometa and it's a dead on look as mine.

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[*] posted on 11-17-2017 at 10:00 AM


So Howard,

Some of us want to know you prepared this beautiful BIG fish.

And how good was it ??
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[*] posted on 11-17-2017 at 12:36 PM
Inquiring minds want to know...


We kept the Tuna and the "Red Snapper" (I pretty sure they call all Pargo in that area Red Snapper) and gave that fish to the boat captain for him and his family. He was very exited about it so what the hell, why not.

Brought the Pargo back to Loreto, had a restaurant cook it 2 ways, butter and garlic and lightly breaded and it was absolutely delicious.

From the ocean to my plate in 24 hours! :biggrin:





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[*] posted on 11-17-2017 at 06:42 PM


That is a beaut!




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biggrin.gif posted on 11-18-2017 at 10:36 AM


Great fish!!! Too bad about the hat.:smug:
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[*] posted on 11-18-2017 at 04:10 PM


I believe that's one of the trevally species.
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[*] posted on 11-18-2017 at 08:52 PM


Thanks for sharing a great catch. Lopez Mateos is the gateway to such a great fishery. Golden Jack, a beautiful fish. According to Fishes of the Eastern Pacific, Mag Bay is about as far north as the occur in the Pacific, they can reach a max size of about 48" and similar species include bluefin trevally, pacific crevalle-jack, black jack and gafftopsail pompano.



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[*] posted on 11-18-2017 at 10:05 PM


Quote: Originally posted by Howard  

Brought the Pargo back to Loreto, had a restaurant cook it 2 ways, butter and garlic and lightly breaded and it was absolutely delicious.

From the ocean to my plate in 24 hours! :biggrin:


How would that work Veracruzano style?

Nice turn-around speed!




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[*] posted on 11-19-2017 at 09:57 AM
The mystery goes on...


Maybe not the species that picture that bobrehfuss posted.

The mouth was most definitely rounder and smaller. It reminded me of some type of sucker fish mouth.





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