Identify this fish
 

What is this fish called? Was caught 7/31/2010 in Grand Chenier, then quickly released. haha
Thanks

hmph... you got me

hmmmmmm no clue

pigfish?

Juvenile drum with chicken pox?

A BP fish.

That's a Chinese puppy drum with developmental issues. His family calls him Sum Ting Wong.

LMAO!!!

Is there an ap for the iPhone to identify fish.just curious

Got a better picture of its head (showing mouth/teeth)?

It is a pigfish... scroll down on the link and there is a pic

http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index....eake-bay-fish/

Thanks...
Any kind of info on the Pigfish? I looked but it's not really talked about. I never saw one inland or offshore before. Are they supposed to be reef fish?

Bays and shallow gulf

i hear they use em for trout bait in florida cause the make sounds kinda like croakers but that one looks like a really big one

I am pretty sure it is a grey snapper. How big was it? Where did you catch it?

Bigger picture....... here is the link.... http://www.rodnreel.com/gulffish/gul...view&FishID=63

mangrove snapper ??

Thats another name for it, also Black, Mango and Gray

looks like a mangrove.... caught a few of them around LNG last year.... they were tearing up the berkley gulp minners

grey snapper

those were pinfish :p

It was ~16 inches. Caught in Grand Chenier

100 % Pigfish;)

Surely you guys do not really think this is a mangrove snapper:shaking:

I thought the body and markings looked like some sort of snapper, but the tail doesn't. I'd like to see the rest of the head.

look at the pic of the pigfish someone posted it looks just like that

its a guppy

Pigfish, Piggy perch.
Catch a lot of them in the Galveston/ Freeport area. Bait stealers but different from pinfish. Good bait for big trout. Saw a guy last summer in Galveston on the rocks off the Seawall catch 3 trout over 20 inches using them. I was catching nothing but dinks on live shrimp fishing the same area.

Then it is definately a Mangrove Snapper!

Pigfish don't get larger than 12" typically. They are described as a "palm-sized" fish. I'd say it's definitely some type of snapper, maybe gray or mutton. I've never caught either, so I'm not sure which that is.

Gray (aka Mangrove) Snapper:

http://indian-river.fl.us/fishing/fish/snapgray.html

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/st...ctType=article



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Definately not Mutton.....They have a black spot on each side like a redfish.[SIZE=4]
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Its JUST a PIGFISH! If it was 16" then it was a record sized fish! I am sure this is not the biggest pigfish ever caught, just that no one submits a record pigfish when they catch it@!

mangrove vs pig fish

http://www.saltycajun.com/forum/atta...1&d=1281021179http://www.saltycajun.com/forum/atta...1&d=1281040692



you could have had the record!

texas state records is 1.04 lbs http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild...ecies/pigfish/
NC record is over 2lbs http://www.hatterasjack.com/fishid.htm

there is no LA state record listed..... http://www.laoutdoorwriters.com/Link...qdQY=&tabid=87


it coulda been you

How'd it taste? :p

What do i win ??

a punch in the nuts.... cause you were wrong :p:p

HAHA, well Jordon , clame your prize:*****:

Looks like some kind of Snapper, but it would be better to see the whole head.
It doesn't look like a Mangrove Snapper.

record for lady fish in la is 4.6 pounds. that thing must of fought like a marlin. the lil half pound ones put up a good fight

I caught 2 like that today, didnt know what it was either,but it looked just like that pigfish. Both were about the size of a good sized bream. The head is a little more slanted than the snapper,and its lips were fatter like the rolled lip of a ballon.

Punch this :thefinger:

Ladyfish is a poor man's Tarpon.:spineyes:

Caught about a 30 inch ladyfish in the surf today. Just like a small tarpoon.
Great Fight!! Better crab bait!!

100% Pigfish. In Florida it is the best trout bait you could find. But a 16" pigfish isnt too uncommon out in the natural bottom in 50-60ft of water off the panhandle of Florida.

Mangrove Snapper

thats what i said, but i got punched in the nuts !!:cry::eek::rolleyes:

If we are voting, I vote for the piggy perch, definitely a big one, but a piggy all the same.

I seriously cannot believe ya'll are saying this is even remotely a mangrove snapper. Ya'll must have never caught a mangrove.

It's a Panther!!!!!!