African Pompano
African Pompano Fishing Information source: myfwc.com illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles Description: Body is deep and compressed. Coloration is metalic -blue above, silvery below. Snout is blunt. Pelvic fins are longer than the maxilla. Second dorsal and anal fins are falcate. Size: to 91cm (3 ft.) and 19 kg (42 lbs) Where found: Young are found in the open ocean. Adults are found to depths of 55m (180 ft.) often associated with reefs, wrecks and rock ledges. Remarks: Great fighter and good to eat. Often found in schools over structure. Read More →
Atlantic Bumper
Atlantic Bumper Fishing Information source: myfwc.com illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles conspicuous black saddle on caudal peduncle and small black area at edge of opercle; lower profile more arched than upper profile; lateral line strongly arched toward front. Size: to 30 cm (1 ft.). Where found: one of the most abundant inshore fishes in tropical America; commonly enters bays and estuaries. Read More →
Leatherjacket
Leatherjacket Fishing Information source: myfwc.com illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles Description: body silvery, bluish above; fins yellow; rear parts of dorsal and anal fins consist of a series of finlets; spinous dorsal fin has 5 well-developed, unconnected spines; lateral line nearly straight; scales tiny, embedded; skin appears smooth. Size: to 30 cm (1 ft.). Where Found: enters bays and estuaries, often in turbid water. source: wikipedia The leatherjacket fish, skipjack or leather jack, Oligoplites saurus, is a jack and member of the Carangidae family. Leather jack may also refer to...
Horse Eye Jack
Horse Eye Jack Fishing Information source: myfwc.com illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles Description: similar in shape to the Crevalle jack, but front of head less steep; blackish blotch at edge of opercle small, poorly defined, or absent; no dark blotch on pectoral fin; entire chest scaly except in individuals less than 75 mm (3 in.) long; scutes usually blackish; caudal fin yellowish; 20 to 22 soft rays in dorsal fin; 14 to 18 gill rakers on lower limb of 1st arch. Size: to 75 cm (30 in.) and 3.8 kg (8.5 lbs.). Read More →
Lookdown
Lookdown Fishing Information source: myfwc.com illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles Description: silvery, iridescent, sometimes with brassy highlights; body extremely compressed and deep, platelike; front of head very steep; lobes at front of soft dorsal and anal fins very long; pelvic fins small; lateral line arched toward front. Young: spines at front of dorsal fin and rays in pelvic fin streamerlike. Size: to 30 cm (1ft.). artificial lures. Read More →
Big Eye Scad
Big Eye Scad Fishing Information source: myfwc.com illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles Description: eye very large – diameter greater than snout length; no detached dorsal and anal finlets; two widely separated fleshly tabs on inside of rear edge of gill chamber; scutes present only on rear part of lateral line. Size: to 60 cm (2 ft.)., but usually less than 30 cm (1 ft.). source: wikipedia The bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) is an oceanic fish that is found around the globe in tropical regions. Other common names include chicharro, charrito ojón, purse-eye scad, coulirou,...
Round Scad
Round Scad Fishing Information source: myfwc.com illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles Other local names: cigar minnow Description: long, fusiform; greenish-blue fading to silver on sides, belly white; narrow, yellowish stripe from head to caudal peduncle. Where found: midwater or bottom from shallow water to about 50 fathoms, juveniles sometimes at surface. Size: to 12″ Remarks: 2 small papillae on shoulder distinguish scads from other carangids. Read More →
Florida Pompano
Florida Pompano Fishing Information source: myfwc.com illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles Description: greenish gray on back, shading to silvery sides; fish in dark waters showing yellow on throat, pelvic, and anal fins; deep flattened body with small mouth; no scutes; 22 to 27 soft dorsal rays; 20 to 23 soft anal rays; origin of anal fin slightly behind origin of second dorsal. Similar fish: permit, T. falcatus; palometa, T. goodei; the permit is deeper bodied; dorsal body profile not strongly angled at insertion of second dorsal fin; pompano rarely grow larger than 6 pounds, permit common...
Permit
Permit Fishing Information source: myfwc.com illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles Description: color gray, dark or iridescent blue above, shading to silvery sides, in dark waters showing golden tints around breast; small permit have teeth on tongue (none on pompano); no scutes; dorsal fin insertion directly above that of the anal fin; 17 to 21 soft dorsal rays; 16 to 19 soft anal rays. Similar fish: Florida pompano, T. carolinus; the permit is deeper bodied; dorsal body profile forms angle at insertion of second dorsal fin; pompano rarely grow larger than 6 pounds, permit common to 40 pounds. Where...
Palometa
Palometa Fishing Information source: myfwc.com illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles Description: gray to blue-green on top of head and along the back; bright silvery sides; yellow on breast; elongated dorsal and anal fins, dusky or black with bluish edges; deep body, with four narrow bars high on the sides, and traces of a fifth nearer the tail; no scutes. Similar fish: pompano, T. carolinus; permit, T. falcatus. Where found: in clear water along sandy beaches and bays, occasionally found over reefs; most common in south Florida. Size: rarely over 1 pound, reported to 3 pounds. Remarks: thought...
