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Sharksbaja
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Fish ID please
I was asked what this guy is:
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Sharksbaja
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uno mas
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vandenberg
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Parrotfish
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eetdrt88
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looks like a Wrasse...
theres a few different types,we caught a very similar looking fish down at Gonzaga bay last spring and i got an id on it here but cant seem to find
the thread now...you can try Mexfish.com,they have a pics of them on there website
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woody with a view
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im with vandenberg
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Cardon
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Hogfish
Check this fish ID site out.
http://www.mexfish.com/fish/mhog/mhog.htm
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elizabeth
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I'm with Cardon...Mexican Hogfish...Vieja de Piedra...
according to my fish chart...
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Bob and Susan
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ParroHogfish
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Sharksbaja
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Thanks. It is in the wrasse family. Very colorful and works fine in cioppino
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jerry
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im thinking hog fish we caught some out of san lucus cove
parrot fish are very pretty and in my mind one of the best tasting fish in the sea they have to be netted they only eat coral have a good one jerry
jerry and judi
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Skipjack Joe
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Hogfish
Hogfish. It is a wrasse. It's closely related to a parrotfish. It's also closely related to our southern california sheephead.
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Mexray
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Looks kinda like a gal I met some time ago...
...at quitin' time in a saloon after a night of tossin' a few...she even had one of those nasty looking 'whiskers' over her lip!...
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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Diver
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She's my seeester !
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HotSchott
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It is a Bodianus something. It looks like the Spanish Hogfish (Bodianus Rufus) in my field guide. The big ones are a delicacy in Belize and get
fished out.
Parrotfish all have beaks instead of teeth and won't take bait - gotta stick 'em. Hogfish will take your fingertip like a pargo if you aren't careful
pulling your hook!
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djh
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Teenager
Looks like a teenage fish to me.... Boy, I bet her mom is gonna be ticked when she gets home with that pierced lip!
You really should be hanging around with older girls ! ! !
djh
Its all just stuff and some numbers.
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marv sherrill
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A long time ago - live and learn - I speared my first big hogfish thninking it was some kind of sheephead. - After I tossed it into my inflatable it
let off the mucous that they wrap themselves in at night, and it was the most foul stench I have ever smelled - we had to pull into a cove and triy
to wash the boat down, but we had to breathe through snorkles on the way back. The boat was uninhabitable for 3 days! I never did spear or eat one
after that.
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Frank
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| Quote: | Originally posted by HotSchott
It is a Bodianus something. It looks like the Spanish Hogfish (Bodianus Rufus) in my field guide. The big ones are a delicacy in Belize and get
fished out.
Parrotfish all have beaks instead of teeth and won't take bait - gotta stick 'em. Hogfish will take your fingertip like a pargo if you aren't careful
pulling your hook! |
Parrotfish will eat sticky rice on a hook.
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Sharksbaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by marv sherrill
A long time ago - live and learn - I speared my first big hogfish thninking it was some kind of sheephead. - After I tossed it into my inflatable it
let off the mucous that they wrap themselves in at night, and it was the most foul stench I have ever smelled - we had to pull into a cove and triy
to wash the boat down, but we had to breathe through snorkles on the way back. The boat was uninhabitable for 3 days! I never did spear or eat one
after that. |
Strange? Maybe that smell has something to do with mating or defense. The one shown smellled fin, inside and out.
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Diver
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We used to spear Hogfish in south Florida and I don't recall any smell either ?? I remember the light tasting white meat with a nice medium texture.
Oh man, get me some breadcrumbs, butter, garlic and a lemon !!
I still think this one is my seeester but it also looks a lot like the spanish hogs we saw in Florida, only larger than most. The yellow color is more
pronounced in the water when alive. They're better eating when they're this big or bigger.
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bajarich
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Definitly a Mexican Hogfish. I have caught many, and they are definitly good eating.
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