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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, [...]

I have caught saltwater catfish a few different times but never anything of significant size, and I've never seen or heard of any that get very big; yet, some of our largest freshwater fish are catfish. Certainly all of the largest catfishes are found exclusively in freshwater, including the world's largest freshwater fish, the Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) of Southeast Asia, which can exceed 700 pounds and grows to more than 10 feet long. Other "king-catfish contenders" in the salt include the giant sea catfish (Arius gigas), which frequents estuaries in central western Africa, where it grows to nearly 6 feet long and 110 pounds, while in Southeast Asia and northern Australia, the most likely candidate is the giant catfish (Netuma thalassina), which exceeds 6 feet and approaches 100 pounds. [Extracted from the article]

Although this fish is a bit different than many of the other members of the family Sciaenidae (the drums and croakers), it is a croaker, nonetheless. Threadfin bream (also known as whiptail bream), in the family Nemipteridae, are a diverse group of over 60 species of small, perchlike fishes found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific. Yellowbelly threadfin bream are commonly found over sandy or muddy bottoms at depths of 100 to 1,000 feet throughout the western Pacific, from Japan south to Indonesia and northwestern Australia. [Extracted from the article]

(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 [...]