What Kind of fish?

tennesseemom · Jul 11, 2011

We recently got back from the beach house in Miramar Beach, FL. For 2/3 days, we had thousands upon thousands of little fish to swim with, I was in heaven! So I'm wondering what they are.

[video=youtube;qQDueUsIqN8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQDueUsIqN8[/video]

myswtsins · Jul 11, 2011

I don't know what kind of fish they are but that is incredible!

tennesseemom · Jul 11, 2011

If a location helps, taken on beach, gulf of mexico, florida. They were only there 2 out of the 3 days and I so totally loved it. A predator (unseen to us) would come by and all these thousands of fish would start jumping out of the water and some would land on us (and in my top!!!). My husband was grossed out by it, but I never wanted to get out. They didn't nibble on you. I hope someone can tell me what they are or might be.

Khemul · Jul 11, 2011

Nice.

Hard to tell for sure from the video since a lot of the Florida saltwater fish look very similar underwater. The larger ones are quite possibly a type of Jack. The only common name I've heard for the smaller ones is 'Bait'. :rofl:

jetajockey · Jul 11, 2011

They look like hardtails to me. Also called blue runners. The small ones I have no idea, would have to see one up close.

jetajockey · Jul 11, 2011

After watching it again, I'm not so sure. One idea would be to sign up for a florida fishing forum and post it to get a better shot at an ID.
*after looking around a little one fish that it does look similar to is what we call 'crazy fish', or leather jacks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherjacket_fish

Rbishop · Jul 11, 2011

whack-o fish....

Fyurae · Jul 16, 2011

How awesome


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