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irfisher
02/01/2010, 07:38 PM
I know its not a reef fish, but thought some of you might like to see it.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1300&pictureid=8780
olemiss reb
02/01/2010, 07:51 PM
Awesome, I've never seen one that small! How/where did you catch it?
irfisher
02/01/2010, 08:31 PM
Quite common in the florida straits. He was eating tiny shrimp and fish and I just dipped him up. I took a few pictures and put him back in. He went back to eating. Even this small they still ball bait and pick out the injured or slower ones. Very interesting to watch.
SkyPapa
02/01/2010, 09:47 PM
Very cool.
Ah, memories. I used to catch them in the estuaries in North Carolina while seining for shrimp a long time ago. Must have ridden the stream up
irfisher
02/02/2010, 06:03 PM
I didn't know you could find them in the back waters. I did catch one off the NC coast while flounder fishing. It was a full grown one.
SkyPapa
02/02/2010, 08:44 PM
Yea, not a lot but a few whenever we pulled a seine in the summer.
I've caught grown ones off Canaveral.

I did a lot of flounder fishing behind the beach and inlet of the Shallotte river, NC.
rgentry123
02/02/2010, 08:51 PM
thats so freaking cool.wonder when liveaquaria is gonna put one of THOSE up ... :D
timdam
02/02/2010, 09:40 PM
is that like a marlin or something? what do those look like when they are big?
AquaKnight
02/02/2010, 09:43 PM
is that like a marlin or something? what do those look like when they are big?
Did you miss the title of this thread? :hmm4:
irfisher
02/02/2010, 10:02 PM
Adult fish balling bait in Mexico.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1300&pictureid=8857
twiggyb
02/02/2010, 10:06 PM
That's awesome! I want one, just til it's too big lol. Naw it'd be cool though
timdam
02/02/2010, 10:15 PM
naw, i didn't miss it. i just know the diff b/t sail fish and marlin. sorry.
irfisher
02/02/2010, 10:24 PM
It's just a picture for you to look at. If you learn something I would consider that a bonus.
Thanks for looking and taking the time to post.
SkyPapa
02/02/2010, 10:39 PM
Adult fish balling bait in Mexico.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1300&pictureid=8857


Awesome shot.
The colors are way different when boated
Crypsis
02/02/2010, 11:46 PM
Now I know how I'll get rid of those damn chromis. Maybe I can charge admission to boot.
irfisher
02/03/2010, 05:34 PM
That would be cool, picking off chromis one by one.