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BugEye Chris
09-12-2015, 12:01 PM
Caught this by the boat launch tamp in sewaren this morning about 14 inches long and fought like a bluefish
Short Cast
09-12-2015, 12:28 PM
looks like a small amberjack
Zach123
09-12-2015, 12:53 PM
Hey, we were out overnight at the hudson, came back in hit the pots, thoes fish were all over! schools in the hundreds! The best thing i could come up with is that its a Almaco jack/ high fin jack.
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BugEye Chris
09-12-2015, 12:57 PM
Wish I was. Went down to the ramp to try to catch from snappers for fluke bait
scooter1010
09-12-2015, 05:26 PM
It's definitely an Almaco Jack
Reel Class
09-13-2015, 07:11 AM
rudderfish!
Walleyed
09-13-2015, 08:31 AM
Pilotfish!
Dino
09-13-2015, 09:40 AM
hah guys there is a fish ID post every week with this same fish... they are all banded rudderfish... @reelclass knows his stuff :)
Jigman13
09-14-2015, 09:09 PM
It's definitely an Almaco Jack

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Islander II
09-15-2015, 05:19 AM
Banded rudder fish.
bulletbob
09-15-2015, 09:58 AM
Pilot fish and banded rudderfish are pretty much the same and both have very distinctive dark vertical bars. All the pictures I have ever seen of the Almaco Jack show the lack of bars, and the very distinct black "slash" over the eye... It looks to be an Almaco jack to me, but I sure don't know as much as a charter captain would about local species.. The Almaco Jacks are not real common north of the Carolinas, but NJ is withiun their range, and some years do show up in fair numbers.... bob
Walleyed
09-15-2015, 10:22 AM
I agree Bob...it's an Almaco. I replied pilotfish to the rudderfish comment as a joke.
Super
09-15-2015, 10:23 AM
It's an Greater Amberjack. Not at all uncommon south of here.

The only two fish with that black line coming off the eye are Amberjack and a Almaco Jack. An Almaco Jack has a much higher dorsal fin.

This might help:

http://indian-river.fl.us/fishing/fish/jackgrea.html
http://indian-river.fl.us/fishing/fish/jackalm.html
bunker dunker
09-15-2015, 10:25 AM
swordfish bait
Dino
09-15-2015, 10:38 AM
all pics attached are banded rudderfish...
Home Depot George
09-15-2015, 11:24 AM
That is a Lesser Amberjack http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm51/homedepotgeorge/picturesheet920reduced%20forwebjpg_zpswhtdvhpk.jpg (http://s293.photobucket.com/user/homedepotgeorge/media/picturesheet920reduced%20forwebjpg_zpswhtdvhpk.jpg .html)
tautog
09-15-2015, 11:36 AM
Banded rudder, they do not usually have the stripes you see in some drawings.
mondofish
09-15-2015, 12:24 PM
banded rudder
shresearchdude
09-15-2015, 07:02 PM
white perch;)
Optimist
09-15-2015, 08:58 PM
Definitely a banded rudder without the body bands. The fins do not match the jack fins.
shresearchdude
10-09-2015, 01:44 PM
Likely a banded rudderfish

http://www.fishbase.org/photos/PicturesSummary.php?StartRow=1&ID=1008&what=species&TotRec=5

or a Alamco AKA longfin yellowtail- based on habitat preference it's not where it's supposed to be though..
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/1007


http://www.fishbase.org/photos/thumbnailssummary.php?Genus=Seriola&Species=zonata




this site is pretty good on the ID. Of course all the fish look a bit different...:)

http://www.ncfishes.com/tag/greater-amberjack/