Monster Fish ID

[getreel]

We caught these monsters on 2-speed 80Ws while chunking at night. Now that I have your attention…..they were actually caught with a dip net that was keeping the crew entertained during a slow night of chunking in a NE canyon. We were fishing Veatch Canyon and had these in the underwater lights. The one in the hand looks to be a mahi fry, and the other I am not sure about. Baby cuda? Check out the teeth on the little guy. Water was almost 80 degrees and cobalt blue. Any guess as to what they might be?

Thanks,
Will

[FLATLINER]

Thats the silverside dogtooth. Its endangered. There are only 1000 left in the world.......... make that 999.

Kevin

[Captain Michael Buffington]

Thats the silverside dogtooth. Its endangered. There are only 1000 left in the world.......... make that 999.

Kevin

thats funny but I agree with ya, mahi and a cuda. I love scoopin stuff at night. You really never know what you'll scoop.

Mike

[Deep C]

Dolphin on the one. The other is not a cuda though it looks very similar. There is a fish in the south atlantic called snoek (not snook) that it appears to be the fry of... There is a rare species taken usually very late season up here similar to them. Not sure of the local name though.
Baby cudas look just like big ones when they get past an ich or so. Much blander colors in them...

Its possible taht I'm off target on it being that oddball specie as it could be a baby sennet which I have never seen. Sennets are very close cousins to cudas...

This is a snoek...


Adult sennet

[Captain Rich Adler]

Deep- Sennet are an inshore fish, I cast net them around the dock each summer (they make great fluke bait!) I've never seen them offshore.

[Pipeliner2]

That snoek is a cool looking fish, Deep. Looks like a possible link between the cudas and the lancetfish.

We also scooped a cool one this weekend. Smallest sail I've seen in person. Let it swim in the livewell for a while before release. Kept slashing at the surface.

[Captain Michael Buffington]

lets compare. It is shinier.

Mike

[getreel]

lets compare. It is shinier.

Mike

Those baby sails are awesome....Mike your pic on the right looks similar to the endangered silverside dogtooth we had. Damn, that must mean ony 998 left, well maybe 997. The tag I stuck in one proved to be just too much for the litte guy.

[WAHOONBOX]

AWESOME PHOTOS YOU GUYS HAVE HERE!

[WahooKing]

#2 looks like a baby Snake Mackerel

I've seen them up to 5 ft. long...The Sword guys in Fla. get them from time to time...deep water....Looks like a Cuda on crack.

they grow fast and long...pesky buggers