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[Fishtails]

Here are a couple fish we've caught in The Fl. Keys. Lots of fun down here but I'm ready to catch some salmon!!

A 15"triggerfish

A 16"hogfish

14" yellowtail snapper

A sharksucker. We caught this in the gulf....all 4 of us said wtf is that ???

Don't know what this is, but we caught about a dozen of them in the ocean.

Mangrove Snapper

Yellow Jack

[unkeljim]

Cool Pic's. Looks like you had good trip.

[BlueEye]

Wow - great pics Rod! Thanks for sharing!

[Swamp Fox]

I love the color of the water in the "Don't know what it is..." picture! Looks like a lot of fun and a whole lot warmer than around here!

[Fishtails]

Yeah, that was one day we got out on the ocean side. The water is soooo blue.... I love that about the keys. It was 80-85 every day but the last day when a cold front hit and it only reached about 68.

I have some neat manatee pictures I'll post when I get home. First time I ever saw one in the wild and I thought it was way cool.

[dieselhp]

Nice!

Thanks for the pics

[TOP SECRET]

The I don't know... is some sort of tang, possibly and atlantic tang. Lots of diversity in the keys

Nick

[Fishtails]

A Tang huh....... Thanks. I'll look that up. I couldn't find it in my books and hadn't caught one on previous trips.

Funny thing about those fish.....of the ones we caught ....that one is the only one that was hooked in the mouth. We hooked them in the belly, back, side....all over the place, but only one was mouth hooked :?: Had me real puzzled.

[TOP SECRET]

Probably because tangs have small mouths and usually school in large groups... so one would nibble and the poor sucker next to him would get hooked

Nick

[Fishtails]

Thanks for the tip Nick......your right. It appears to be somewhat similar to a Tennant's Tang. Some different markings, but definitely a Tang. I appreciate the help in identifying it.

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I was probably on a school of them and will never catch another one. Perty fish!!