So salt water guys, the heck are these ? Been catching them hand over fist the last half hour


And these to a lesser extent . Size 6 boot for a reference

And and btw those lil $10 Walmart combos are still goin strong think the reels will go out first but the rods aren't showing much of any wear and these fish have been bening them tip to butt constantly. Lil brem rods make these fish feel like absolute monsters

pompono and ladyfish?

First one is a ladyfish. Second is a jack crevalle.

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Bait for bigger fish

Ladyfish is related to tarpon and behave much like one. Aggressive biters and clear water well when hooked. Lots of fun but bad to throw a hook on thar initial jump.

Are they any good eating?

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The ladyfish will crap all over you when you grab them...

chunk bait

We used to call ladyfish poor mans tarpon. Lots of fun, but will poo.

I’ll bet the jack vrs your bream rod was an epic battle

Strong work!

Wolfie - First off, I'm not a cop of any kind, don't pretend to be one and don't care one bit because you ain't cramping my style. But a question - With your boat travel and fishing, do you buy fishing licenses when you hit other states or just kinda wing it?

HA! If you want to see what happens when your Walmart specials hook up with a real game fish?
Just cut that lady fish into about an inch and a half behind her eye and hook her through the lips with a 0/8 or 10
Then pitch it up close to the bank in about three or 4 feet of water that art to do it.when the line starts peeling off you’re real just hold on a minute and then start reeling as fast as you can and see what happens.

Both great cut bait

Only if you're a fish. Both are good bait, but that's it. Ladyfish have the slime and smell of shad. I suppose both are edible, but you'd have to be real hungry.

That crap out of the lady fish WILL stain whatever you’re wearing, lol. Spent 45min one day releasing them for the wife and boys until my fingers started bleeding. Ain’t worth nothing as far as table fare, but dang the memories we made that day.

A common name for ladyfish is ten pounder. None of them will ever get that big, but sure they fight like a ten pounder. They jump high out of the water too.

If you don't care, as you have stated, why are you asking? Oh wait. I've been to Midland. The sign at the city limit reads, "Welcome to Midland, hope you brought something to do." lol

Just wondered.

Didn't know if in that industry there's an unwritten rule kind of deal or it's such a passing/short time visit wardens don't even bat an eye. Or maybe he gets licenses for the states he's in regularly.

Many of my buddies that fish the great lakes get licenses for Wisconsin or Canada every year and bounce around.

While fishing in FL, I caught a fish that looked like the second one. I was told it was a pompano. It was very fishy tasting. I would never eat another one. We also caught some grouper that day which were excellent eating.

Ok thanks everyone!