Feb 2-3, Jacksonville, Fl, USA

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This was a rain check trip for Calvin’s birthday which was two weeks ago. Also got to spend both days with my buddy Brook. On Saturday we went on the King Neptune. It was sloppy so we stayed inside of 20 miles to pick on the seabass.

A little sloppy in the AM

Calvin had a good time picking on the seabass, catching 2 at a time on numerous occassions.

Calvin tried out his new brithday present with a choice bait.

And hook up…love the action on the Shimano Trevalla rod

Ended up being an eel

A good size one too

His second fish was a Mayport grouper. Now if he could catch a lizard fish, he would have his Mayport offshore trashfish slam.

Did get his lizard fish but he was happy with his stringer of seabass

I tried catch a grouper/snapper but only caught a few seabass and this, some sort of flounder, not sure what kind though. Any idea?

The sun was setting as we drove to town.

On Sunday, Brook took us to the river to see if we could round up a few bandits. This was Calvins first trip so I was worry about him not fast enough to snatch them or being over powered if he hooked up with a nice fish…Instead, he give Brook and I a fishing clinic.

The day started slow as this is the only thing we caught from 8 to 11.30 am.

The tide slowed down at around noon and the sheephead start chewing. This is Calvin’s first sheephead.

and then another

We even had a double

This was the body count at half time trying to make room in the cooler for a few more. We were way short of our limit but decided to quit after filling the 120qt cooler.

These two :clown:, who obviously doesnt know how to fish, followed us all day. I dont think they catch anything. :king:

Hope yall enjoy the pictures.

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really nice fishing reports. I wish soon I can visit Jacksonville myself (I work for an American company and we got a factory in Jacksonville. )to experience the fishing there.

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hi breambuster,
nice fishing pictures! Calvin is doing very well catching all those fish. You are lucky to have a dad and son fishing trip! Those are some impressive assortment of fish. Wish some day I get a chance to fish there too.

[:)]

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I tried catch a grouper/snapper but only caught a few seabass and this, some sort of flounder, not sure what kind though. Any idea?

halibut - http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4228

great pix and report BB, thanks for the sharing.

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Nice report and variety of fish!



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Nice catch! Those sea bass looks a little like our tilapia. But is oversize by far.. Hehehe

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jerryk, good comparison!! hahaha.. I think those sea bass will have the tilapia for dinner lar. I wonder if those sea bass are tasty! I know tilapia can be muddy taste if they were from muddy pond.

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The black seabass are actually those black looking fish in picture #2 and #8. They’re offshore species averaging about 1-2kg and yes, they’re delicious producing fillets that are similar in color, texture and taste to chilian seabass abeit a much smaller in size.

The fish that looks like tilapia is called sheepheads. They’re more of a coastal species and can grow up to 6kg or more (our biggest that day was around 9lb or 4kg. They are a bony fish, probably yielding no more than 35% meat but very good to eat. I would say they taste similar to red snapper. Their main diet is barnackles, crabs and oysters, so they dont have any muddy taste at all. The funny thing about this fish is that being a barnackles feeders, they often chew off a piece of barnackles or oysters from a pilling, crushed it and quickly splitting it out before picking on the barnackles meat. So what that means is that despite their size you will only experience a slight “tap” “tap” on your line and if you’re not quick on your hook-set you will have no more bait on your hook. If hooked they fight like a tilapia on steroid. Its a fun fish to catch but most people here ignore them because you need considerable skills to target them.

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nice catch Breambuster especially calvin, congratulation


i did some search on flounder - or called Ikan sebelah, the price quote is funny. [:D]

Environment: demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); brackish; marine; depth range 0 – 200 m
Climate: tropical
Importance: fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; price category: very high; price reliability: unreliable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this order</font id=“blue”>

Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.16; tmax=7)
Vulnerability: Moderate to high vulnerability (50.58), based on Lmax and K (Ref. 59153)
Distribution:
Gazetteer Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and east coast of Africa (south to Algoa Bay and perhaps to Knysna, South Africa) to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to the northern coast of Australia.
Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 71 - 84; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 53 – 62; Vertebrae: 36. Some pairs of moderately large canines in anterior part of both jaws, 6 to 13 lateral teeth in lower jaw, stronger and more widely spaced than those of upper jaw. Gill rakers pointed, longer than broad. Soft ray count of pectoral fin refers to that on ocular side (Ref 9774).
Biology: Found in shallow waters and estuaries, on mud and sand bottoms, to depths of 200 m (Ref. 30573). Juveniles common in brackish water (Ref. 9774). Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 5213). Mainly sold fresh (Ref. 9774).

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Originally posted by pens
nice catch Breambuster especially calvin, congratulation


i did some search on flounder - or called Ikan sebelah, the price quote is funny. [:D]

Environment: demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); brackish; marine; depth range 0 – 200 m
Climate: tropical
Importance: fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; price category: very high; price reliability: unreliable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this order</font id=“blue”>

Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.16; tmax=7)
Vulnerability: Moderate to high vulnerability (50.58), based on Lmax and K (Ref. 59153)
Distribution:
Gazetteer Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and east coast of Africa (south to Algoa Bay and perhaps to Knysna, South Africa) to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to the northern coast of Australia.
Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 71 - 84; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 53 – 62; Vertebrae: 36. Some pairs of moderately large canines in anterior part of both jaws, 6 to 13 lateral teeth in lower jaw, stronger and more widely spaced than those of upper jaw. Gill rakers pointed, longer than broad. Soft ray count of pectoral fin refers to that on ocular side (Ref 9774).
Biology: Found in shallow waters and estuaries, on mud and sand bottoms, to depths of 200 m (Ref. 30573). Juveniles common in brackish water (Ref. 9774). Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 5213). Mainly sold fresh (Ref. 9774).

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Hi Pens,
That is only a baby, look at his mama ><>))>
Another species of ikan sebelah, the halibut.


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uncle thomas,
woah this is the first time i’ve seen it. never imagine i would grew to such size.

255 lbs = 115 kilos? hahahah

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Hi pens, that was a picture of the giant halibut , a species of the ikan sebelah. The common good size of the flounder is around 12 to 15 inches, some really big ones can grow up to more than 30 inches. Here is a good specimen :

Try this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUwUX82HVcQ&NR=1
I hope Breambuster and Calvin like the flounder fishing video.

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that size is excellent for a nice family dinner!

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Do you guys know that the flounder aka sole fish has left eye and right eye ??


This is the right eye flounder.


This is the left eye flounder.

Do you guys know why some have right eye and some have left eye ??


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Uncle Thomas
hahah, the more you reveal the fact the funnier it becomes about this fish

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Originally posted by pens
Uncle Thomas hahah, the more you reveal the fact the funnier it becomes about this fish

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Ya ya, it is even funiest if you know the answer why some have left eye and some have right eye. Can you guess ??


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Nice sheephead catch you got there. They are very common in Florida especially near jetties and piers. Used to catch them in Miami. They are like our Kuku.

The flounder are common in sandy area especially on the Atlantic side where they are bigger. In Malaysia they can be found close to shore. Closest place to KL where you can catch them is Bagan Lalang beach.

Cheers

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Originally posted by thomas lee
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Originally posted by pens
Uncle Thomas hahah, the more you reveal the fact the funnier it becomes about this fish

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Ya ya, it is even funiest if you know the answer why some have left eye and some have right eye. Can you guess ??


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bro thomas, let me guess.[:D] one is a male and one is a female. when they jiggy-jig. they swim up-right on the look-out for predater.[:D]
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Originally posted by superreel
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Originally posted by thomas lee
quote:
Originally posted by pens
Uncle Thomas hahah, the more you reveal the fact the funnier it becomes about this fish

..::: Mancing Ikut Musim :::...

 Barang cukup? ada kaki? air cantek ? jom!

Ya ya, it is even funiest if you know the answer why some have left eye and some have right eye. Can you guess ??


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bro thomas, let me guess.[:D] one is a male and one is a female. when they jiggy-jig. they swim up-right on the look-out for predater.[:D]

Bro superreel, you could be right though, but the funny answer here is the parent fish while mating, they floundered, hence they were called flounder.[:D][:D][:D]


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Uncle Thomas, not as big as the halibut but a respectable specimen taken from the St. Johns river near Mayport, FL.

We limited out with 10 fish per person on the founder that night ( I only took a few home) and with a few bonus sheephead using a gig. The grouper was caught offshore the following day.

One interesting trivial about flounder is that when they were first hatch, they look line a normal fish but slowly transformed into a flatfish when they grows bigger.