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Unusal catch at Lopez Mateos

Howard - 11-16-2017 at 09:19 AM

Looks like and was told it was a Pompano.



[Edited on 11-16-2017 by Howard]

Alan - 11-16-2017 at 09:24 AM

Yep, and a good sized one at that!

StuckSucks - 11-16-2017 at 09:46 AM

Beautiful -- fish for a month!

BAJA.DESERT.RAT - 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 ?

BIEN SALUD, DA RAT

Paco Facullo - 11-16-2017 at 03:53 PM

Nice catch !!!

Whatever is tis it's bound to be GOOD eatin !!!

vandy - 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.

basautter - 11-16-2017 at 06:45 PM

Very cool! Have not caught one of those yet :?:

aguachico - 11-16-2017 at 07:42 PM

Wow, looks like a baby rooster, are they from the same family?

willardguy - 11-16-2017 at 08:33 PM

I vote for yellow trevally

freediverbrian - 11-16-2017 at 09:56 PM

Love the photo bomb guy in the boat

Road Runner - 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

The fish riddle is solved

Howard - 11-17-2017 at 07:55 AM

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.

[Edited on 11-17-2017 by Howard]

Paco Facullo - 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 ??
.

Inquiring minds want to know...

Howard - 11-17-2017 at 12:36 PM

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:

BajaBlanca - 11-17-2017 at 06:42 PM

That is a beaut!

Phil C - 11-18-2017 at 10:36 AM

Great fish!!! Too bad about the hat.:smug:

Skipjack Joe - 11-18-2017 at 04:10 PM

I believe that's one of the trevally species.

bobrehfuss - 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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StuckSucks - 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!

The mystery goes on...

Howard - 11-19-2017 at 09:57 AM

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.

Skipjack Joe - 11-19-2017 at 12:13 PM

https://www.igfa.org/species/250-trevally-golden.aspx?Common...

OK, this must be the one!

Howard - 11-19-2017 at 12:22 PM

Due to the coloring and the smaller fleshy lips, it must of been a younger one.

"The golden trevally is also distinguished by large fleshy lips and lack of descernible teeth."

bobrehfuss - 11-20-2017 at 08:42 AM

Looks to me like it's the same fish, different name. If you google golden jack or golden trevally virtually the same info pops up. Turns out the juveniles are actually popular aquarium fish.

Joe, how did you find that IGFA info? It was very informative and cool coming from a sport fishing perspective rather than a scientific perspective. I'd love to use that resource in the future if you can share.

Thanks :)

bobrehfuss - 1-12-2018 at 08:40 AM

I was in Bass Pro Shops yesterday and they have one of these about the size of the one you caught swimming in the aquarium that’s in the bar. Not as cool as catching one but pretty cool watching it swim around while enjoying a beverage :)