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Southern California * white seabass white seabass feed heartily from dusk to dawn By Jim Hendricks SUMMER HAS BECOME white seabass season along the coast and offshore islands of Southern [...]

(Q) While bottomfishing near the Norfolk Canyon in about 700 feet of water, we were targeting golden tilefish when we caught this unusual-looking fish. It's the first of this species [...]

Q One of my customers caught this small fish while bottomfishing for northern kingfish behind the southern point of Assateague Island, Virginia. We were over sandy bottom in less than [...]

(Q) A friend of mine caught this fish a few days ago, and it has generated a debate among Facebook anglers as to its identity as a permit or a [...]

Q Down here in central Florida, our seatrout become lethargic much of the winter, and even die if the water gets really cold. Yet at the same time, my buddies [...]

Q A blackbelly rosefish that we caught while deep-dropping off South Florida coughed up this freaking cool little fish. What is it? Twig Tolle Miami, Florida A What a great [...]

Q Off Virginia for the September white marlin bite, we drifted for swordfish while waiting for the sun to come up. We landed some of these fish while catching tinker [...]

Q: We caught this fish and another like it while slow-jigging in 400-plus feet of water off Tobago. No one seems to know what it is. Can you identify it [...]

Q While observing various fish congregate at the back of a canal in Fort Pierce, Florida, I noticed this seaweed-looking fish struggling at the surface. I believe it was there [...]

(Q) I caught this fish off the bottom in 400 feet of water off Jupiter, Florida. It had lots of sharp spines. My fishing partner, who called it an orange [...]

Q Fishing off Key Largo, Florida, in 425 feet of water, Jake Dillon caught this fish. We deep-drop often, but we couldn't find this species (which had very sharp belly [...]

(Q) While I was on a long-range trip in the Gulf of Mexico, our mate explained that the red grouper they catch on Pulley Ridge often have a slender baitfish [...]

(Q) While fishing for bait in South Biscayne Bay in Florida, we caught this unidentifiable baitfish mixed in with our other, targeted baits. Any idea what this is? Larry Berryman [...]

(Q) I have fished off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for more than 20 years. Recently, while fishing a reef in 65 feet of water, I hooked this fish, which I've never [...]

(Q) We are afraid to clean anything now after eating what would have been a world-record Carolina hake. We catch a lot of blackbelly rosefish while fishing very deep. This [...]

(Q) I caught this fish in 80 feet of water on the edge of the reef in Marathon, Florida, in early August, a few days before the full moon. A [...]

(Q) We caught this eel off the coast of Cancun in the Caribbean Sea in about 180 feet of water on a small piece of cut bait. I want to [...]

Q: While fishing in one of the creeks that feeds the York River near Williamsburg, Virginia, my fishing buddy pulled in this tailless puppy drum. There was no evidence of [...]

Q: I'm hoping you can help me identify this fish caught on my boat near Fort Pierce, Florida, in the month of September. While I cast-netted white bait for the [...]

(Q) We caught this big snapper in 300 feet of water. I believe it's a dog snapper but want to confirm that. Capt. Antonio 'Tuba' Amaral Canavieiras, Brazil (A) Nice [...]

(Q) In the southern Bahamas, while deep-dropping off Little Inagua, we caught this fish on the bottom in 1,800 feet of water. I figured if anyone would know what it [...]

(Q) This small snook was caught on a hand line by a local fisherman in Belize, where I fished the flats recently. I know there are several species of snook [...]

(Q) I caught this small fish off Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, and I'm interested in learning more about it. At first I thought it might be a small false albacore, [...]

Q We recently fished eastern Panama, where we caught this small barracuda. We catch lots of baby 'cudas back home. Those are all great barracuda, I believe, but I have [...]

Q I'm hoping you can help ID this shark that we caught off Islamorada, Florida. Is it a bull? The pectoral and dorsal fins overlap, so that's what I'm guessing. [...]

Q While we were catching yellowtail in the Florida Keys, this was pulled aboard. It seems like some kind of hybrid, not exactly a lane snapper nor anything else I [...]

Q While on vacation, I caught this small jack in the Manatee Bay area right off Highway 1 near Key Largo. What is this parasite? Is it naturally white, or [...]

Q Recently I caught the tiger shark shown here while fishing off the Florida Keys. A friend told me the fish was a juvenile because it had almost all spots, [...]

(Q) A few years ago, I joined a friend fishing for bull redfish on the St. Johns River near Jacksonville, Florida. It was all catch and release. When we landed [...]

(Q) This appears to be some type of drum, but the mouth isn't like any I've seen on a drum or croaker. What is this? Capt. Omar Orraca Puerto Rico [...]

Q I was fishing Biscayne Bay flats when this strange creature ate a shrimp intended for a bonefish. It's unlike anything I've seen, with spicules extending along its sides and [...]

(Q) I have noticed that once out of the water, bluefish expire very quickly; however, tautog and certain other bottom dwellers such as black sea bass or dogfish will live [...]

(A) After observing light being reflected off its side, I realized I was seeing a small fish. It was struggling to swim, probably due to the sudden drop in water [...]

(Q) I caught this dolphin (mahi), about 40 pounds, out of Freeport, Texas. We were 100-plus miles out on a weed line at the edge of the continental shelf. When [...]

Q On a Baja Web forum, I posted that an angler should bleed almost every fish he catches. Another poster in the thread challenged me to document my reasoning. Can [...]

Q I caught this guy in the Indian River Lagoon near Fort Pierce, Florida, while fishing for live baits. I'm guessing it's a silver seatrout or a white perch. What [...]

Q I caught this little fish in brackish shallow water in Charleston, South Carolina, using a very small fly. Although I know what this is and catch it often, it [...]

(Q) I caught an 18-inch fish in 35 feet of water off Fort Pierce, Florida. It looked like a sand seatrout, which I've caught before in the Indian River Lagoon. [...]

(Q) These were among the stomach contents of a dolphin (mahi) caught off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, by Molly Stark on Tooth Ferry. No one seems to have any idea [...]

(Q) I rarely catch a fish I can't identify with the help of the Internet. I often catch triggerfish (queens, oceans and grays) but have never seen this one. Avery [...]

Q While fishing squid for black sea bass over a live-bottom reef system in about 70 feet of water 20 miles off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, we caught this beautiful [...]

(Q) While catching chub mackerel for marlin bait in 50 fathoms, we brought up this creature. Do you know what it is? Ken Neill Virginia Beach, Virginia (A) Ken, that's [...]

(Q) While bottomfishing in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, my 8-year-old friend Henry Bustamante pulled up this interesting little fish from about 80 feet of water. Locally, they're said to be good eating, [...]

(A) Awhile back I was fishing on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico off Alabama. While we were deep-dropping, this colorful little fellow came up on a hook baited [...]

Q My husband and son were recently fishing along Florida's Sanibel Causeway, and the red tide had washed up a few dead fish, mostly mullet and catfish. While walking along [...]

Q Recently, I caught a large specimen of a species that I'm used to seeing much smaller. I thought it was a sheepshead until I brought it in the boat. [...]

Q I've had hands-on experience with both makos and swordfish, and several times have had them lying side by side. The area just in front of the tail of both [...]

(Q) We caught this fish on an artificial reef in 50 feet of water off Fort Pierce, Florida. The water temp was 70 degrees. The fish took a shrimp on [...]

Q I photographed this thing while free-diving around Blue Heron Bridge in Florida. It appears to be an octopus of some sort, but it was unlike any I have ever [...]

(Q) While deep-dropping off the coast of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, in 800 feet of water, I caught this odd-looking fish, along with the yellow-eyed red snapper I usually catch in [...]