[sgrager]

Here is a picture of a large angel fish(?) I caught in my cast net today while casting for bait. I caught two smaller ones of this same thing yesterday- all near ft. Myers florida- all were released live, quickly after catching. does anyone have any idea what this little guy might be?
-Shannon

[NATIVEVAMAN]

We catch those all the time down at ocrakoke NC. But they wiegh about 25 to 30 pounds. There in the chesapeake bay as well. Its an angel fish. Wait till you catch a 20 pounder on a hook..........wooooooooo hooooooooo.

[kolokefalo]

I dont think it is an angelfish. Angelfish have spines at the base of their gills. In the pic I cant see one.

I have no clue as to what it is though.

[mtfabel]

Someone will correct me if Im wrong but I beleive those are called jack spades. Not 100% sure on that about 75% id say.

[NATIVEVAMAN]

Some areas have different names for the same fish.Just like some on line fs have different names for corals to make it sound like they are the only ones with some rare coral.On the east coast the red drum is the gulf coasts red fish.On the chesapeake bay they are called spade fish and 200 miles south they are angels.If you read the little blurbs about the fish at the on line fs they will sometimes give you 2 other names for them.At one on line fs they have pics of the exact fish you get, and in one case they had the same pic 2 times next to each other with different names one was 70$'s and one was 200$'s.It all a plot to confuse us lol.

[deyoe1118]

Looks like a spade fish... eats jellyballs...