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Default Floriduh - A Passing Fad


" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:

OK. Later today, I'm going fishing at the 5 mile reefs to
target...sheepshead.

Sheepshead? Jeeze, that's like pullin up discarded bicycle tires.
Triggerfish put up a real fight and are worth eatin. Down Mexico way the
boys filet em for ya soon as the boat hits the dock. Triggers are
probably the fightenest fish pound for pound you can sling aboard.


Pound-for-pound, the lowly pinfish outfights all others...followed
closely by anything in the tuna family, and most fish in the jack family.

I've caught plenty of triggerfish. They are excellent eating, but a bear
to clean. But I never pulled one up and said to myself "damn, that was
one tough fish". I'd put their fighting ability on par with a small
black drum or a sheepshead.



Are these them?

http://myfwc.com/marine/fish/graytrig.jpg

http://myfwc.com/marine/fish/sheepshead.jpg

http://myfwc.com/marine/fish/pinfish.jpg


Yep. The pinfish is like a small bluegill. But pound-for-pound, it's a
heckuva fighter.