Anyone know what these are?

greyreefshark

Jack Hexter

Top is a white spotted Boxfish

#2 is a unicorn filefish

#3 is a Bermuda CHub

#4?? some kind of boxfish

#5 A Porgy, I believe a Knobbed Porgy

scallop

proper names for #2 and #4 are scrawled filefish and scrawled cowfish

scallop

Pompano pier?

greyreefshark

yep scallop, sure was.

greyreefshark

I caught a bunch of Bermuda chub, then started using them as live bait. I caught a nurse Shark off of one, which certainly is no prize catch, but was wondering if those live chubs would be good to use to catch larger fish on?

10kman

  Bermuda chubs have an odor coming out of the water.

greyreefshark

yeah they were crapping all over place. No wonder only a nurse Shark ate it. 

Garysmo

Lol....I went 0 for 5 but #2 is awesome looking.  Beautiful color.

greyreefshark

Garysmo said:

Lol....I went 0 for 5 but #2 is awesome looking.  Beautiful color.

It actually felt cool too. Like a smooth leather.

conchydong

Number one is a spotted trunkfish. In Key West we called them shellfish. That’s  not the one we commonly eat but there’s another species of trunkfish,box fish, shellfish that we used to get in our crawfish traps and the meat inside is like a chicken breast but it taste more like turkey then chicken.

Kokosing Lover

conchydong said:

Number one is a spotted trunkfish. In Key West we called them shellfish. That’s  not the one we commonly eat but there’s another species of trunkfish,box fish, shellfish that we used to get in our crawfish traps and the meat inside is like a chicken breast but it taste more like turkey then chicken.

Most of the boxfish/trunkfish/cowfish have that pure white meat inside the "shell".  The meat is a lot like puffer meat, but without all of the neurotxin risk.  It's just a giant PITA to get the meat out.

conchydong

Kokosing Lover said:

conchydong said:

Number one is a spotted trunkfish. In Key West we called them shellfish. That’s  not the one we commonly eat but there’s another species of trunkfish,box fish, shellfish that we used to get in our crawfish traps and the meat inside is like a chicken breast but it taste more like turkey then chicken.

Most of the boxfish/trunkfish/cowfish have that pure white meat inside the "shell".  The meat is a lot like puffer meat, but without all of the neurotxin risk.  It's just a giant PITA to get the meat out.

We would split them in half remove the innards and bake them in the half shell with stuffing in the area that contained the innards. They were served for special occasions. i am pretty sure that we used the big livers they had as part of the stuffing and no one was  poisoned. They don't have bones like a regular fish as they have a sort of exoskeleton since they have the "shell".

scallop

I tried to use chub as bait a few times, never got anything to eat them.  Gave up and just toss 'em back.

Man I need to get down there again soon.

greyreefshark

Nice, I hope you do get a chance to Scallop. Maybe during the mullet run.

scallop

If work would slow down a little I may get a chance.  Good problem to have, but it's wearing me out right now.  We have about 40 trucks on and could use another 40, as well as another 20k sf of warehouse space.
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