Unusual Saltwater Catches

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by Rocky

I caught this several years back. I did not know what it was and I never seen anything that ugly before in my life until I did that Winter tog trip with a bunch of guys from this site.

Looks like a half digested monkfish.. bob

[Capt Joe]

Yeouch, looks like a Chernobyl Monk😱😀

[Skolmann]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

At one time both Atlantic Halibut and Sheepshead were both quite common in NJ waters.

There’s been a significant but tight lipped sheepshead bite (fish to the mid teens) in New Jersey from Barnegat Inlet south the past few years. In addition, more and more red drum (redfish) are being caught in NJ each year.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

Looks like a half digested monkfish.. bob

Looks like my mother in law after her weekly hair appointment

[Gfedor]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

One of these perhaps??.https://www.google.com/search?q=nort...w=1600&bih=748

Yep , looks like star gazer is it

[Rocky]

Originally Posted by Skolmann

There’s been a significant but tight lipped sheepshead bite (fish to the mid teens) in New Jersey from Barnegat Inlet south the past few years

Last Saturday.

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by Skolmann

There’s been a significant but tight lipped sheepshead bite (fish to the mid teens) in New Jersey from Barnegat Inlet south the past few years. In addition, more and more red drum (redfish) are being caught in NJ each year.

Yes, I have been reading about that past few years.. The point I was trying to make I suppose was the fact that in NJ, there are tropical species caught regularly in the same waters as fish that are strictly northern cold water species,,, cod, Pollock, Various Hakes, etc.. Different times of year of course, and different depths and areas. Matter of fact name another state, where you can catch a Lake trout,,Pike, Walleye, Channel or Flathead cat, Muskie ,Hybrid Striper, and then drive an hour and go catch Cod or Pollack,or one of the many tropical species we have discussed.. many NJ guys have NO idea how good you have it...bob

[MudCat08]

I've caught roughly 54 species of both FW and SW fish in NJ and have to say that the variety of options here is very vast. It's not just bass, trout and stripers, blues, fluke out there.

No match for Florida's variety, but still damn great!