Fish ID

[ChumDumpster]

Was out at some mud hole wrecks today what a beautiful day out there it was like a lake..anyway what the hell is this?! Snakehead? Some kind of eel but it had a monster jaw and teeth bigger than a blue fish

[tautog]

ocean pout, congo eel, joey brown, tiger ling, golden dragonfish, bucketmouth ling, mother-in-law...etc.:D

[Reel Class]

Banana cod

[Duffman]

Jmurr breakfast

[kurtisb]

They are a protected species. No possession allowed. Hardly ever see them anymore.

[Fin Reaper]

Muppet ! ! !

[njfisherman1975]

Congo!!!!!!

[bulletbob]

It is an ocean pout, mistakenly called "conger eel" in the NY Bight area.. The true Atlantic Conger Eels we catch around here are called "silver eels" for some unknown reason.. You were lucky you only saw one.. Sometimes on wreck trips in May or June, you catch 10 or more of those horrors for every ling you catch.. Its like sinking a hook deep into a steel belted radial. Toughest mouth of any fish I have ever caught anywhere..bob

[Reelron]

Was out at some mud hole wrecks today what a beautiful day out there it was like a lake..anyway what the hell is this?! Snakehead? Some kind of eel but it had a monster jaw and teeth bigger than a blue fish

I was just thinking if you fish the Mud Hole often and you don't know what that was, you are e very lucky man!

[ChumDumpster]

Thanks for all the replies! And yes it was my first time out there, picked up a new boat this year that's big enough to get me out there, so I will be having a lot more questions! Stay tuned

[BugEye Chris]

Agreed conger eel had about a dozen and a half last Saturday long fishing at the Farms

[jmurr711]

Philly monkfish

[tautog]

If you fished the Farms in June, you could get 18 congos in 30 mins.

[Capt Joe]

Thanks for all the replies! And yes it was my first time out there, picked up a new boat this year that's big enough to get me out there, so I will be having a lot more questions! Stay tuned

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[Reel Class]

If you fished the Farms in June, you could get 18 congos in 30 mins.

You can go there almost 365 days a year and load up on them, double headers, mixed sizes --- barrels full. It's a shame there's so many there those ling don't have a chance. It's also a shame that they're "protected"