View Full Version : i caught it, can you tell me what it is??? (but did not keep it)so i went fishing at
ersico
04-27-2008, 8:35 AM
so i went fishing at the 2nd avenue pier in myrtle beach, SC this past week and caught whiting, croaker, toadfish spider crabs, skates,a few sharks, black sea bass, and the UNKNOWN FISH, and nobody on the pier could identify it, therefore ......could someone help me.....i was fishing at about 25ft deep, using shrimp and H2O temp was ~64 F...thanks for your help
ps. i did keep 2 toadfish, but they are in a tank to themselves with a condy and a few hermits
corinna
04-27-2008, 8:38 AM
Dont Know but he is cute I want one
Dwarf Puffers
04-27-2008, 9:19 AM
I don't know, but it looks like it has the potential to get huge. Nice catch, and great toadfish :)
marinemad
04-27-2008, 11:17 AM
again no idea but they sososo cute!!!
kcress
04-27-2008, 3:20 PM
Serious chiller I would guess?
SchizotypalVamp
04-27-2008, 4:37 PM
He reminds me of a goby crossed with a stonefish.
Actually I think stonefish are gobies, but I don't think that's a stonefish
apelaston
04-27-2008, 4:43 PM
this is the first time i've seen a toadfish--how cool!
ersico
04-27-2008, 9:02 PM
thanks for all ya'll help, i believe i found it...its an Urophycis floridana, Southern Hake
either way,,,,it was a pretty sweet find considering its the first time ive landed one there and ive been fishing that area for like the last 15 years or so...
ps. thanks for the oyster toadfish comments...they are sometimes referred to as mother-in-law fish when your fishing and alot of people kill them as they are neiussances to other fisherman trying to get larger game fish....but i just love catching and releasing (well....most of them ;) )
eLowther91
04-29-2008, 1:30 PM
Could be a species of snakehead.
Sploke
04-29-2008, 1:52 PM
In the ocean? doubtful...
pufferfreak
04-29-2008, 8:30 PM
Nice catch!
ersico
04-29-2008, 10:35 PM
hi guys. its a southern hake
crazycanuck
04-29-2008, 10:43 PM
those first 4 pics resemble a freshwater burbot. witch get quite large lol
Notophthalmus
04-29-2008, 10:53 PM
Hake and burbot are closely related (family Gadidae).
ersico
04-30-2008, 11:13 AM
ya it is salt water....caught it on shrimp
ersico
06-25-2008, 12:58 PM
it is the southern hake, thanks for all your help!!!