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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.



The last time I was in Miami Beach for a conference 4 of us guys chartered a
boat and did some fishing. I could not believe how strong (pound for pound)
the sal****er fish are compared to what we catch in Lake Erie.. We ended up
with a nice catch and had them filleted and cooked at a restaurant across
the street from the charter captains marina.

We had a great dinner.