Fish ID

prolog22 · Post by **prolog22** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:47 pm

Captured this fish on camera around MP rigs yesterday, anybody knows fish ID? The lure is in the lower left, it should be of a size of large king ..

kickingback · Post by **kickingback** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:10 am

Congrats! You got a picture of one of those sailfish that were caught out there 2 weeks ago!

You can tell by the nose and tail.

http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/foru ... 8&t=248184

prolog22 · Post by **prolog22** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:41 am

Thanks kikingback! What confused me is that i could not see that huge dorsal fin..

boricualouie · Post by **boricualouie** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:33 am

Oh yea !that's a nice picture, I would love to hook him up and go for a ride!

prolog22 · Post by **prolog22** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:14 pm

There were 2 of them and a dorsal fin is not there, was thinking that it is a crocodile needle fish but it is not, too much meat.
My camera kept them away, if I had just some sort of fly or small bait fish free lined it would have worked..

AcousticTennis · Post by **AcousticTennis** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 9:49 pm

Absolutely not sailfish.

Likely houndfish or needlefish. Id bet houndfish as they are a bit thicker and bigger around here. State record is around 38" long or so.

https://www.tu.org/blog-posts/video-spo ... -houndfish

Boomy · Post by **Boomy** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:16 pm

You can't see the dorsal because it's not there. Unless they both got haircuts, not a sail...

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screwston420 · Post by **screwston420** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:46 am

definitely looks like a houndfish to me

prolog22 · Post by **prolog22** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 10:28 pm

A consensus is Houndfish! Crossing fingers..

Fishtolive · Post by **Fishtolive** » Thu Aug 30, 2018 2:34 pm

Agreed. It is a hound fish

prolog22 · Post by **prolog22** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:55 pm

Houdfish mysteriously showed up in the sky this last weekend on the way back from Corpus..
They might either extinct or will dominate kings in a few decades!

Prof. Salt · Post by **Prof. Salt** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:12 am

Sails are relatively thin fish, but they don't have a round profile. Those are houndfish. I caught a 30"+ at the far MP rigs last year.

prolog22 · Post by **prolog22** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:00 pm

What did it take Prof? I guess a ribbonfish..

Prof. Salt · Post by **Prof. Salt** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 6:20 am

It hit a Slim Wave that I pitched toward the rig. I was hoping for Spanish, but found a hound instead. I actually put him on a wire rig and pulled him around for a while ...but nobody was interested.

prolog22 · Post by **prolog22** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:45 pm

It looks like around Florida houndfish is annoying for local fishermen and eats just about everything. Meat is very good though.

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