What's This?

I caught this guy Saturday under a bobber with a mud minnow and thought it was a Pompano at the time. I have looked up juvenile Pompano and it does not seem to be. What is it?


Looks like a juvenile jack crevalle to me


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That was one of my original thoughts as well but they have a black spot near their gills on almost every picture I’ve seen on the Google


Fishing Nerd

“No bar, no pinball machines, no bowling alleys, just pool… nothing else.”

…well, some fishing too!

seems like I’ve heard them called hard tails aka blue runners. Good bait.

Thinking Bluerunner…

NN

The yellow makes me say Jack…but head shape …Blue Runner.

I will wait for that Marine Biologist that has dog parties to give a ruling.


The ENTER-NET Fisherman

I’m waiting on him as well. Just the same, I still haven’t caught a Pomp:unamused: lol


Fishing Nerd

“No bar, no pinball machines, no bowling alleys, just pool… nothing else.”

…well, some fishing too!

Baby blue runners have yellow fins, the colors fade out as they get bigger. Dats a hardtail bo.

Horse Eye Jack

http://fishidentificationblog.blogspot.com/p/new-page.html

Bo don’t fish here:slightly_smiling_face:lol

Ding ding ding, it seems we have a winner! Thank you Barb! :+1:


Fishing Nerd

“No bar, no pinball machines, no bowling alleys, just pool… nothing else.”

…well, some fishing too!

Only if they eat “white bread”.


The ENTER-NET Fisherman

I defer to the pro but protest that it may possibly be a “yellow jack”…Like I knew that before…not.

http://www.theoutdoorlodge.com/fishing/species/jacks.html


The ENTER-NET Fisherman