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FishNDoc · #1 08-22-2016, 10:09 PM

Fished Sandy Hook Channel in the swell on Sunday and caught a fish I never saw before. Any ideas?

billfish16 · #2 08-22-2016, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by FishNDoc

Fished Sandy Hook Channel in the swell on Sunday and caught a fish I never saw before. Any ideas?

Banded Rudderfish?

https://www.google.com/search?q=band...aLqtQ0dLCpM%3A

bulletbob · #3 08-22-2016, 10:15 PM

https://www.britannica.com/animal/pilot-fish

FishNDoc · #4 08-22-2016, 10:36 PM

Thanks

tjd24 · #5 08-23-2016, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by bulletbob

https://www.britannica.com/animal/pilot-fish

Banded Rudderfish

Check out the dorsal fin on the Pilot fish.
Different species.

Don't we go thru this every year?

Gerry Zagorski · #6 08-23-2016, 06:36 AM

Yep banded rudder... When the water warms up they show up too. They are usually caught around Buoys and pot line floats.

JBird · #7 08-23-2016, 07:50 AM

Oh, my Gawd! It's a beeby wheel, Jay!

Seriously though, it's a banded rudderfish and yes, we do this every year at least once.

BugEye Chris · #8 08-23-2016, 09:05 AM

shrimpman steve · #9 08-23-2016, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by JBird

Oh, my Gawd! It's a beeby wheel, Jay!

Seriously though, it's a banded rudderfish and yes, we do this every year at least once.

That's funny chit!!!

Treebeard63 · #10 08-23-2016, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by JBird

Oh, my Gawd! It's a beeby wheel, Jay!

Seriously though, it's a banded rudderfish and yes, we do this every year at least once.

Lol.. actually.. I read the title of the post and before I opened the thread, I said to myself.. its a banded rudderfish.. cuz its that time of year.. and we already did sturgeon