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irishc · #1 08-20-2015, 07:42 PM

So what is this little guy? Could it be a Jack Crevale? My nephew has caught several in the cast net in the back of the Manasquan river.

Jigman13 · #2 08-20-2015, 07:45 PM

Def looks jack-ish...

Captain Rich · #3 08-20-2015, 07:59 PM

Take your thumb off of it and get closer next photo !

tjd24 · #4 08-20-2015, 08:00 PM

Looks like a juvenile Jack Crevalle.

Hunter 2 · #5 08-20-2015, 08:26 PM

I say Jack Crevalle, they have that spot behind the eye.

dfish28 · #6 08-20-2015, 09:04 PM

Your thumb looks to be covering the spot that they don't lose... I say jack crevalle ...

makosnax · #7 08-20-2015, 10:30 PM

I caught one about 8" in Port Monmouth in my cast net two weeks ago.

WhaleFart · #8 08-21-2015, 01:00 AM

That's a jack, they will hit small sabiki rigs too. I've livedlined them several times and have caught some solid fluke and a 50ish pound brown shark on a party boat fluking a few years back.

irishc · #9 08-21-2015, 01:17 AM

Thanks guys, I wish I had a better picture but I wasn't with him when he took it... I didn't think they were up this far north.

Papasown · #10 08-21-2015, 08:07 AM

We have been cast netting them for several years at the top of the Manasquan. I thought they may be juvenile pompano, as my friend also caught an 8# just the same in the river, and the adult looks like a pompano. We are also netting another southern species that swims with the peanuts and mullets. This one has black and white vertical stripes, with hump on head and an inferior mouth like a king fish. They are approx. 3-6inches now. I'm thinking sheepshead.