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Pompano
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Have you ever caught one of these?
How about some Baja fish trivia?
Can you identify this deep water fish?
Rate it as a tablefish?
Know it's local and fishbook name?
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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I think
Except for that thing hanging out its mouth I,d say thats a whitefish and they are fine eating 
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Not Fair !
Pompano thats not fair there,s a ton that looks just like him,But I think he looks like a vermillion rockfish
When my time comes I hope the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear
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baitcast
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I like your stuff pompano,I do most my posting over on baja.net,I come over here when things are a little slow,try it you might like it.
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mrchuck
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Pacific whitefish
The Mexicans call it a
"mulahino".
Easy to catch with bait directly on the bottom
White fillets that cook up fine.
The children catch the most of them, when fishing with their families.
Saludos,,,,mc
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Pompano
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good guess, Baitcast...but wrongo! The big-eyed red fish is a 'Popeye catalufa' or ojoton down here. No bueno on the table and a deep water reef
fish...mostly a night feeder.
Hi Mrchuck. right on on the slang for the mulahino in your area south of La Paz, but as is true all over Baja, fish are called different things in
different areas...up here they are called other names..the most common is blanquillo. Some gringo buddies call them ocean grayling. Whatever you
call 'em, they're welcome on my grill and makes for a fun day with my grandkids on a calm day.
In Mag Bay the goldspotted sand bass are called cabrilla...go figure.
Now here's another guesser for you....the angle at which this photo was taken kinda blocks out the fish's ID..which is good for this thread. Hint:
This one is served with eggs a lot..but not really good eating by itself.
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Bob H
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Found this on the internet and thought it was interesting... Bob H
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"Caught with Captain Pata in Panga Salome, La Playita, mid-morning in May 2003 in 77 degree 100 to 150 foot water utilizing a 30 pound test with a 40
pound two dropper loop rig (with swivel), 6 oz bank sinker, and Mustad 92553 hooks, size 2/0 on cut bonito 25 miles north of La Playita, San Jose.
Size approximately 12 inches and 1.5 pounds and gave an above average fight. Viewed by locals as good table fare. I immediately caught three or four
when I switched from cut squid to cut bonito." Description and photo by John Snow.
[Edited on 1-26-2005 by Bob H]
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Pompano
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Bob H...good and funny info on using all that heavy tackle to fight this 'monster of the deep'...I think a 14 incher would be a world's record!
Can't say about the culinary attributes of these guys, myself. I offered this one to a Mexican fishing buddy, Manuel, and he laughed. Maybe he is
just spoiled, though..hanging out with me he gets some real nice fish!! Here is
Manuel with a nice catch...about 30 years ago. Truly one of the best divers ever to hit the water.
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El Almirante
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Info on the internet on Yellowtail/Jack family?
Can anyone give me info on an internet site where I can find information on the Jack family of fishes, which includes Yellowtail? Thanks
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Try Gene Kira's web site: http://bajadestinations.com
Here is his fish ID chart index: http://bajadestinations.com/fishid/fishidphotos.htm
[Edited on 1-26-2005 by David K]
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Lost
My reply got lost somewhere?
I was hopeing you would forget and go to another ID.
The telltail dorsal fin is hid,likewise the head and I can,t see bars,but I,ll guess a Pez gallo.
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The top image sure looks like an opaleye to me.
The bottom image is probably a roosterfish as noted.
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Pompano
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Baitcast & Skipjack Joe....you are so right. Thought that might be harder as I was covering a lot of features. Caught that one casting a crocodile
to a reef just 10 minutes from the house.
Joe...opaleyes have the same body shape and size, but are silver or greenish in color...also a lot better eating than these popeyes. Good guessing,
though.
Now an easy one....but not so easy to land on 12lb. test.
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Pompano
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I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Nice
Nice fish must not been to many rocks in the area huh?....10 min,s from the house that must be hard to take......good to see your handle over at
baja.net,a lot of good old boys hang out there.
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Next to Skeet I think I,m the oldest around here.
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Help?
Help! that will be a cold day in hell They use to call me El pescador
grande with a small smirk on their faces and I don,t think things have changed to much I hope,got a lots of fishing trips left in me.....Hopefuly be
heading down your way in june or before.
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Garropa, aka bay grouper. and not a broomtail.
Your size at 26# is sometimes called by the local mexicans, an estacudo.
Definitely not a "cabrilla".
I have also caught them like you, on the South end of San Marcos island when casting into a boil of fish with birds diving.
I first thought YT, but you can see the big groupers feeding and chasing small bait up on the surface.
The biggets grouper I have caught around the Punta Chivato area was in the mid-Seventies, next to Santa Inez island in 50 feet of water. I got broken
off so many times, that I rigged up a 5 gallon gas can with 200 lb leader 40 ' long, with an 8oz lead dropper weight, and tied a tow ski rope to the
bouy.
The current floated the bouy over the shallow water, a huge hook up took place as the big grouper swam up to the bait just dangling there drifting by
his hole. The fish could only pull the air filled gas can under 5 or so feet. I towed slowly out to the deeper water, then slowly pulled the ski rope
in using gloves and a belaying pin in my rod holder to take wraps on the ski rope.
Slowly the big fish tired out.
I gaffed it carefully in the mouth, and had a time sliding it into my gregor boat.
The fish was a huge grouper, about 150 lbs. After laying there for 5 minutes, the fish then "woke up"!
It banged loose the middle seat which was welded into each side. After 10 minutes, it expired.
The beach camp all got some for the evening meal. We kept fillets on ice for a week, till it was all gone.
There are photos floating around somewhere of it.
Saludos, mc
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Bull session
Nothing I enjoy more than a fish catching bull session....Your turn pompano.
I,ve been out of comission for a long time but I moved to az. last summer so I won,t have the long trips to put up with anymore.
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Pompano
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Okay, I have a fishing trivia question for you....
We catch a lot of these flat guys down here in the Bay...mostly on the sandy flats on an outgoing tide with a jig and bait...about 1 1/2 miles out in
front of my house. What do we call them...? and how big is the biggest you have got? I love these guys tempura style!
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Pompano
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Kinda the same fish...kinda, but this one is a ___??
Sorry, this is not a Baja fish...it's from Cook Inlet near Homer, Alaska. Caught in 200 ft. on the slack tide...because the tides are too strong to
let you fish without using 5-8 lbs weight. Now my question to you is...what do they call these smaller halibut...say up to 40 lbs??
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