barderer Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Can anyone identify this fish? Caught him off the port a jetties at night with a thunderstorm rolling in. He is prehistoric looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Wow that's a crazy fish. Looks like some sort of frogfish. Enough ARC member collect there, I'm sure someone knows what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I hope you don't have it in with smaller fish or inverts as it will eat them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Could it be a Sargassum Fish? I'm pretty sure they are in the Gulf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Yeah he is all alone for sure. I just fed him a whole gulf shrimp and he ate it like he grew up eating frozen food. Was scary. Def not a Sargassum or Frog fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Could it be a Sargassum Fish? I'm pretty sure they are in the Gulf. I dont think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 http://txmarspecies.tamug.edu/fishdetails.cfm?scinameID=Scorpaena%20plumieri http://txmarspecies.tamug.edu/fishdetails.cfm?scinameID=Opsanus%20beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Pedretti Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Looks like a fish I saw on a crapy cartoon I was watching with my kids...like exactly...I think the movie was a turtles tail 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Looks like a toadfish. In Cozumel I have seen "Splendid Cozumel Toadfish" while diving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 While this is not a Sargassum Fish, I have collected sargassum fish at Galveston among the mats of sargassum seaweed floating ashore during summer months. Neat looking fish. Did you catch him on fishing tackle. Last summer, I caught a Sea Robin on the same jetty. It would not eat anything but live food. I have never had a predator tank but I can see the entertainment value in it. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 Opsanus beta is the winner. Good job guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 I caught him with a net swipe while looking for peps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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barderer Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 Here is a better shot of him. I have named him Kaiju. He has quickly grown to one of my favorite catches. He is REALLY aggressive and when he hits the food it almost rips the stick out of my hand. Jetty goers you defiantly want to snag one of these. He was caught late September at ~9 p.m. , low tide, in rain storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Looks wicked. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 That is pure sweetness there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Are his eyes really that blue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 If you want to take the fish on a date, just buy it some shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 yep, he does not look that cute normally though. Normally I will be watching TV on my bed and I look over and he is giving me the death stare...like if I was a little smaller he would attempt an attack. Vicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Reefer Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 In Port A we call these Mother in Law or Oyster Fish I wouldn't touch her or you'll get a really nasty surprise, as it is a cousin to the real scorpion fish It is also known as the Cabezon Your's is a female as there is no red on it, It will grow to up to 25 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I found her husband at Aquadome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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