Fish ID please

fish-n-dude · 12-29-2006, 07:57 AM

Not sure what kind of snapper these are.

Notice the vertical bars and the dark blotch below the dorsal.

LIGHTS OUT · 12-29-2006, 08:54 AM

Looks like a Blackfin Snapper except for the vertical bars. Blackfin Snapper, Fish Identification Check out this link, it may help you. FL.Sportsman's Atlantic species book is also good. Was that on a deepdrop? What depth?

fish-n-dude · 12-29-2006, 09:05 AM

I wouldn't exactly say Deep Drop. 150' manual drop is more like it.

LIGHTS OUT · 12-29-2006, 09:19 AM

Must be the right kind. They're not too bad to eat either. Nice job.

DIRTYFOOT2 · 12-29-2006, 09:20 AM

Pretty sure those are Mahogany snappers. I never caught them north of Jupiter before, but that may just be coincidence.

fish-n-dude · 12-29-2006, 12:15 PM

I was thinking spot or mahogany. Gaiter was thinking plywood. Rick was thinking dinner

DIRTYFOOT2 · 12-29-2006, 12:50 PM

Dinner it is!

reeltherapy · 12-29-2006, 04:37 PM

Fishndude,

I like you're graphic! WTG on the snappers!

Gaitor · 12-29-2006, 06:02 PM

Dinner they were! and tasty as hell too

Definitely not Plywood

Good crankin' Don

miamiangler1 · 12-29-2006, 06:19 PM

those are black fins if there`s black spot behind the fins ...catch them all the time on the wrecks here in Miami

poolman · 12-29-2006, 06:42 PM

Yeah, I agree with Willi. Mahogany snappers have a larger eye than Blackfins.

DIRTYFOOT2 · 12-29-2006, 08:13 PM

Agreed. Just don't see the black fin. Caught a snapper last year that Dave the fisheries biologist couldn't ID. Finally concluded that there is some mutations or interminglin goin on. Look like baits to me! Can't wait to get on them grouperz again.
DF2---OUT

Boboe · 12-30-2006, 07:29 PM

Those are juvenile red snappers. They will have the vertical bar pattern and the dark mark (similar to a lane snapper) near the posterior base of the dorsal fin. That fades with age, as do the vertical bars. I've got 99.9% certainty on this one. The lacking 0.1% is only because I'm not looking at them with my own eyes in front of me.

Those fish you caught are jail bait. Be glad you didn't get caught with them.

hawgdawg · 01-14-2007, 06:26 PM

I'm with boboe. I raised those while getting my masters degree (I'm a fish farmer). Young red snapper lutjanus campechanus for sure. They eventually lose the bands and the spot on the back.

hawgdawg · 01-14-2007, 06:29 PM

The blackfin snappers I'm familiar with have a black spot at the base of the pec fins, you can't miss it, and as far as I can tell, they are usually in deeper water.

Muddog · 07-03-2007, 06:38 PM

looks like the blackfin Snapper b/c muttons have the Black Spot by the tail.

TLD-Danny · 07-04-2007, 09:03 AM

blackfins are the same as yellow-eyes arent they

DIRTYFOOT2 · 07-04-2007, 04:36 PM

Negative. Two distinct species

TLD-Danny · 07-04-2007, 04:46 PM

thanks for the clear up

DIRTYFOOT2 · 07-04-2007, 05:01 PM

This thread is an oldie. I didn't have it right at first either. Thats the beauty of this site....you just post it up and eventually you get to some semblance of the right info

12-29-2006, 07:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
fish-n-dude Lines In Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stuart, FL Posts: 73	Fish ID please Not sure what kind of snapper these are. Notice the vertical bars and the dark blotch below the dorsal.

12-29-2006, 09:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
DIRTYFOOT2 Grander Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lake Worth fl Best Catch: 53lb Black Grouper Occupation: Gunnel Washer Posts: 2,027	Pretty sure those are Mahogany snappers. I never caught them north of Jupiter before, but that may just be coincidence. __________________ right thumb on the spool, left hand flips the lever

12-29-2006, 12:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
DIRTYFOOT2 Grander Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lake Worth fl Best Catch: 53lb Black Grouper Occupation: Gunnel Washer Posts: 2,027	Dinner it is! __________________ right thumb on the spool, left hand flips the lever

12-29-2006, 08:13 PM	#12 (permalink)
DIRTYFOOT2 Grander Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lake Worth fl Best Catch: 53lb Black Grouper Occupation: Gunnel Washer Posts: 2,027	Agreed. Just don't see the black fin. Caught a snapper last year that Dave the fisheries biologist couldn't ID. Finally concluded that there is some mutations or interminglin goin on. Look like baits to me! Can't wait to get on them grouperz again. DF2---OUT __________________ right thumb on the spool, left hand flips the lever

12-30-2006, 07:29 PM	#13 (permalink)
Boboe Hooked Up Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, TX Occupation: Alaskan Fishing Guide, Gulf of Mexico Offshore Crew Boat Captain Posts: 743	Those are juvenile red snappers. They will have the vertical bar pattern and the dark mark (similar to a lane snapper) near the posterior base of the dorsal fin. That fades with age, as do the vertical bars. I've got 99.9% certainty on this one. The lacking 0.1% is only because I'm not looking at them with my own eyes in front of me. Those fish you caught are jail bait. Be glad you didn't get caught with them. Last edited by Boboe : 12-30-2006 at 07:33 PM.

12-29-2006, 08:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
LIGHTS OUT Hooked Up Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Plantation, Fl. Boat: 26' Open Fish/ Twin 200 Best Catch: 300+ Swordy Occupation: entrepreneur Posts: 557	Looks like a Blackfin Snapper except for the vertical bars. Blackfin Snapper, Fish Identification Check out this link, it may help you. FL.Sportsman's Atlantic species book is also good. Was that on a deepdrop? What depth?

12-29-2006, 09:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
fish-n-dude Lines In Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stuart, FL Posts: 73	I wouldn't exactly say Deep Drop. 150' manual drop is more like it.

12-29-2006, 09:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
LIGHTS OUT Hooked Up Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Plantation, Fl. Boat: 26' Open Fish/ Twin 200 Best Catch: 300+ Swordy Occupation: entrepreneur Posts: 557	Must be the right kind. They're not too bad to eat either. Nice job.

12-29-2006, 12:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
fish-n-dude Lines In Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stuart, FL Posts: 73	I was thinking spot or mahogany. Gaiter was thinking plywood. Rick was thinking dinner

12-29-2006, 04:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
reeltherapy Hooked Up Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Timberline & 50 Line Posts: 119	Fishndude, I like you're graphic! WTG on the snappers!

12-29-2006, 06:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
Gaitor Hooked Up Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Palm Beach Gardens,FL Boat: 25 ft HydraSports Best Catch: 150 lb Pacific Sail, 100 lb Tarpon from the surf Occupation: Old Retired Fart Posts: 558	Dinner they were! and tasty as hell too Definitely not Plywood Good crankin' Don

12-29-2006, 06:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
miamiangler1 Grander Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: north miami, keystone point Boat: ,live bait ,deep dropping,swordfishing Best Catch: 7ft sailfish on 10#test with diawaBG20, 100#tarpon on 6#test baitcaster bass rod Occupation: selfemployed,real estate, painter,model builder Posts: 1,511	those are black fins if there`s black spot behind the fins ...catch them all the time on the wrecks here in Miami

12-29-2006, 06:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
poolman Lines In Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ft. Pierce Fl Boat: 296 King Cat Best Catch: 72 lb Warsaw 400 ft willie style Occupation: Swimming pool remodeling Posts: 98	Yeah, I agree with Willi. Mahogany snappers have a larger eye than Blackfins.

01-14-2007, 06:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
hawgdawg Hooked Up Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: vero beach Boat: guess? Occupation: fish hatchery manager Posts: 159	I'm with boboe. I raised those while getting my masters degree (I'm a fish farmer). Young red snapper lutjanus campechanus for sure. They eventually lose the bands and the spot on the back.

01-14-2007, 06:29 PM	#15 (permalink)
hawgdawg Hooked Up Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: vero beach Boat: guess? Occupation: fish hatchery manager Posts: 159	The blackfin snappers I'm familiar with have a black spot at the base of the pec fins, you can't miss it, and as far as I can tell, they are usually in deeper water.

07-03-2007, 06:38 PM	#16 (permalink)
Muddog Lines In Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ft. Myers, Florida Boat: 33' Dusky with twin 175hp Best Catch: 150lb Swordfish Occupation: Fishing. Posts: 48	looks like the blackfin Snapper b/c muttons have the Black Spot by the tail. __________________ http://onedollorhooker.17.forumer.com/

07-04-2007, 09:03 AM	#17 (permalink)
TLD-Danny Hooked Up Join Date: May 2007 Location: miami, Fl Boat: work on them Best Catch: 100lb broadbill, 70lb wahoo Occupation: 1st mate Posts: 153	blackfins are the same as yellow-eyes arent they __________________ take one

07-04-2007, 04:36 PM	#18 (permalink)
DIRTYFOOT2 Grander Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lake Worth fl Best Catch: 53lb Black Grouper Occupation: Gunnel Washer Posts: 2,027	Negative. Two distinct species __________________ right thumb on the spool, left hand flips the lever

07-04-2007, 04:46 PM	#19 (permalink)
TLD-Danny Hooked Up Join Date: May 2007 Location: miami, Fl Boat: work on them Best Catch: 100lb broadbill, 70lb wahoo Occupation: 1st mate Posts: 153	thanks for the clear up __________________ take one

07-04-2007, 05:01 PM	#20 (permalink)
DIRTYFOOT2 Grander Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lake Worth fl Best Catch: 53lb Black Grouper Occupation: Gunnel Washer Posts: 2,027	This thread is an oldie. I didn't have it right at first either. Thats the beauty of this site....you just post it up and eventually you get to some semblance of the right info __________________ right thumb on the spool, left hand flips the lever

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