Fish ID?

[shresearchdude]

I'll give some hints that will throw most people off!
Found in the Terminal Channel of Raritan Bay.
Caught on November 21,2013(in a bottom trawl conducted for Monmouth University)
Released alive-except for one for the MU Ichthyology class in the spring.

[fishingmortgageman]

It looks like a kingfish

[Reel Class]

10000% sure that's a haddock John

[howarda780]

I'm going with haddock too.

[BCinerie]

Haddock

[tropics]

Haddock it has the mark on the side, hope thats a sign they are coming down this way.

[rikard.froberg]

Haddock

[Joey Dah Fish]

Haddock

[kmaty]

Thats awsome!!!

[bulletbob]

IMHO,Its a Tomcod...

Nope,, you guys are right.. Didn't see the dark "thumbprint" on the side, I guess it is a little haddock.. In the bay??? wow..


The whole cod family looks pretty similar, but I think only the Haddock has the thumbprint mark..
Odd fish for the bay.. I one heard of a guy flounder fishing in cold weather that caught a lumpfish near the ammo pier, but a haddock in the Bay???.. pretty cool, but I wouldn't put the Cod rods into your 14 footer just yet. lol... bob

[NoLimit]

Yummy

[arat]

Looks like a haddock to me

[Wien21]

Looked it up, does seem to be a juvenile Haddock.
Good news, we might have to ditch dogfish for fish n chips and get some Haddock here boyz :)

[bulletbob]

cool that its in the bay, but its just an oddity, not a sign of things to come.. NJ is pretty much at the very southern edge of the range of the haddock..You'll see them here and there, we've all seen a few taken on head boats among ling,hake, etc, but its just too far south for a real fishery...These are fish of the Gulf of Maine. Georges Bank, and in the waters off Mass.. We will be lucky to get a fair Cod/Pollack fishery back.. any Haddock will be a bonus, but I won't hold my breath... Biggest I have ever seen one in NJ was one about 15 inches caught on the Dauntless last year ling fishing.. I remember the guy did keep it after asking the mate if it was ok... bob

[parker pete sportfishing]

love to see this, just hope the endangered dogfish doesnt eat them all ... lol

[stevelikes2fish]

Looks like a haddock to me.

[shresearchdude]

Haddock it is! other things that haven't been too common but were this year?

Croaker, Spot, lots of Scup in Raritan bay.

[stevelikes2fish]

cool that its in the bay, but its just an oddity, not a sign of things to come.. NJ is pretty much at the very southern edge of the range of the haddock..You'll see them here and there, we've all seen a few taken on head boats among ling,hake, etc, but its just too far south for a real fishery...These are fish of the Gulf of Maine. Georges Bank, and in the waters off Mass.. We will be lucky to get a fair Cod/Pollack fishery back.. any Haddock will be a bonus, but I won't hold my breath... Biggest I have ever seen one in NJ was one about 15 inches caught on the Dauntless last year ling fishing.. I remember the guy did keep it after asking the mate if it was ok... bob

June 3, 2012, while on a non-sponser party boat out of point, fishing northern mudhole deep wreck. I think around 35 or so were caught in about a 1/2 hour period. Had 3 myself, were all in the 3-4 pound bracket, strange.