On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:33:45 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:13:10 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:28:40 -0500, HK wrote:



They're ok eating in the smaller sizes, and they are easy to catch. For
reasons I don't understand, they seem to fight hard in the colder, New
England salt waters.

Asked my Dad yesterday, and he said he's only seen a couple in all his
Florida fishing years, and never caught one, though he never went
after them either. Agree that the bigger fish aren't as good-tasting,
so I just might not go after them unless I release.
My dad's favorite eating fish is the sand perch. He can still stand
there for an hour filleting them to get a couple pounds of meat, and
he can hardly stand. They do taste good.

Sand perch?

Those are bait fish if I remember. Kinda smallish?

A good one is same size as a good crappie where I've caught them in
Florida, most in east coast surf. But you might keep a small one to
eat where you'd toss the same size crappie back.

--Vic