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Old 03-16-2016, 04:06 PM
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Found a very small dead fish on the shore of Delaware Bay yesterday. I would guess that is is a bunker but there is no black spot.
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Old 03-19-2016, 03:29 PM
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Found a very small dead fish on the shore of Delaware Bay yesterday. I would guess that is is a bunker but there is no black spot.
It could actually be a small MF'n Goonie Goo Goo!
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Old 03-19-2016, 06:57 PM
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pre-emptive 2016 njfishing multiple Fish ID post response : if you catch a small amberjack looking thing, its a banded rudderfish.
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And your barracuda is a northern sennet...
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Old 03-16-2016, 05:35 PM
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It's a juvenile bunker not the right shape for an alewif or herring
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Bunker the spot is there it's just faded
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I was thinking Shad
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peanut bunker
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Looks like a Menhaden.
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I was thinking Shad
It can't be a shad, it's facing the wrong way.
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