SALTWATER FISH PICTURES

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A big squid

Anglers: Greg Madrigal
Species: Squid
Weight: 25 lb
Date: March 17, 2004

Caught this large (25lbish) on 3-17-04 off San Diego about half way down in about 300 feet of water on a standard glow in the dark squid jig. What a blast and great tasting fried calamari too!
Greg Madrigal

A nice pair of rockfish (striped bass) - MD

Anglers: Paul and Andrew
Species: Striped bass
Weight: 28 lb (larger fish)
Location: Atlantic Ocean, MD

Here is a nice shot of my boy Andrew with his first "real rockfish" 40 inches 28 lbs, And myself Paul with a little 32 inch caught during the 05 fall season in the middle bay out of St Mary's County Maryland. The early trophy season starts in two weeks! Look out!!!!!!! HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paul Nailor

A colorful red snapper - NC

Angler: Capt. Marty Moore
Species: Red snapper
Weight: 16 lb
Location: Atlantic off Morehead City, NC

Red Snapper (16 pounds) caught by Capt. Marty Moore off Morehead City, NC. Caught on 20 lb. test, Penn 550ss Spinning reel, on a live pinfish in 85 feet of water.

Arvand with a grouper and a kingfish - Dubai

Angler: Arvand Pouladi
Species: Grouper & kingfish
Weight: 7 kg (~15.4 lb), 8 kg (~17.6 lbs)
Location: Coast of Dubai
Date: Early 2006

Hi Jim
Recently there is hardly any fish, not sure why but recon all the construction going on at sea may be the cause, any way here are pictures of A king & a Grouper I caught in Dubai both using live needle fish, the King was approx 8kg's & the grouper was exactly 7kg. Also attached you will find a picture of a dead whale that washed up on shore, someone must have harpooned it out at sea is what the cause of death was in the local papers. The whale was 12meters long & weighed over 2tons.

Some seatrout - NORWAY

Angler: Roy Friskilae
Species: Seatrout
Weights: 2 - 3 kg
Location: Neiden-river near Kirkenes in Northern Norway

Hello,
my name is Roy Friskilae from Kirkenes, Norway. I like to fish seatrouts.. and as you can see i was lucky that day. The smallest is about two kilo and the biggest one is almost 3 kilo. Caughted by lure in Mikkelsnes, Neiden-river near Kirkenes in Northern Norway

John with a trophy black marlin - AUSTRALIA

Angler: John Frino
Species: Black marlin
Weight: 81.1 kg (~179 lb)
Location: NSW, Australia
Date: Februray 3, 2006

Well what can I say.This Black marlin was caught by me ( John Frino )on Friday 3rd of Feb 2006 during my participation in the Jess Samms Tournament, Ulladulla, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA. We were in 300 fathoms and approx 28 miles off shore. He weighed in at 81.1kg, & took me 3hours and 40mins of hard work on 15kg line, till Ron Kunha & Shane Duff could finally get a shot with the gaff and lifted it in the boat where it joined me laying on the deck. I don't know which one of us was in more pain, but I can honestly say it was one day too remember, & I can't wait to have it on my wall.

Adam with a ray - UK

Angler: Adam Landy
Species: Painted ray
Weight: ?
Location: Brightstone Beach, Isle of Wight UK
Date: 2005

This is a painted Ray caught off of Brightstone Beach, Isle of Wight UK. Bait used was Mackeral. Caught around 10pm. Quite a surprise as I was fishing for pouting for live/dead bait!

Paul with a Cape Cod striper - MA

Angler: Paul Dawidczyk
Species: Striped bass
Weight: ~20 lb
Location: Atlantic Ocean, MA
Date: September 2005
Home: Lake Zurich, IL

Jeff with a halibut and ray - AK

Angler: Mike Whittington
Species: Halibut & skate
Weight: 198 lb, 185 lb
Location: Pacific Ocean, Homer, AK
Date: August-September 2005

I noticed that you did not have a big halibut picture on the site so here you go. This fish weighed 198 pounds and it 72 inches long. I caught it in Homer Alaska Memorial Day weekend of this year. I also attached a picture of a 185 pound Skate that i caught in August of this year.

Chris and Dan with a pair of stripers - NY

Anglers: Chris Gargano, Dan
Age: 14
Species: Striped Bass
Location: Jones Inlet, NY
Date: June 17, 2005

Me (Chris Gargano age 14) and my friend Dan caught these two saltwater stripers right inside of Jones Inlet on a 4 oz. sinker a four foot leader and a hunk of clam belly for bait. I hope you put my picture and info on your site. The striper in my left hand was 29 inches and 8 pounds and the striper in my right hand was 36 inches and 19 pounds. Both were caught on my 6 foot ugly stick and on 20 lb. test. The date was June 17 2005

Arvand with a cool scenic back drop - UAE

Fishing off the U.A.E coast, with the worlds only 7 star hotel in the backgroud; the Borj Al Arab

Arvand with a tasty king

Angler: Arvand Pouladi
Species: King
Where: Catalina

This is a picture of a king I caught on a storm rubber fish, on my first cast I got a bite. Two or three runs & it knew it had no chance; it was mighty fine eating . Tight lines!!

Catalina Yellowtail from Conner and Dad

Angler: Conner (7 yrs old)
Species: Yellowtail
Where: Catalina

Here is a picture of 1 of the 3 Yellow Tails that my 7 year old caught on a trip to Catalina. He was the hot stick that day, I got skunked

White sturgeon from SF Bay, CA

Angler: Ernest B.
Location: Isleton, CA
Weight: 129 lbs
Length: 66 1/2 inches
Date: March 14, 2005

Some barracuda from Malta

Angler: Martin Pisani
Location: Malta (Med Sea)
Time: 30 min to catch all just before the sunrise
Bait: maltese hand made lures(feathers)
Hi Jim,
I sent you an e mail earlier today requesting info on barracuda fishing, well I found this photo of 8 cuda's caught in one morning in Malta by myself, not much but i enjoyed it!!!!!
THANKS
MARTIN

Angler: Clint Costanza
Type: Redfish
Location: Grand Isle, Louisiana

i caught these on cutbait in grand isle louisiana - only my second time fishing in the ocean

Angler: Kirk Lombard
Type: Monkeyfaced prickleback
Weight: 6.1 lbs
Location: California

I caught this California record sized monkeyfaced prickleback on a glob of squid, while poke poling (like Okie noodling but with a stick and a short length of line tied to a 2/0 octopus hook) under a rock, at low tide, in about four feet of water. It appears that the current state record for this species is 4.8 pounds, and since this one weighed 6.1 pounds I am having it certified. They are best eaten grilled or smoked, but make for a great catfish substitute in gumbo!

Kirk Lombard

Angler: Dean Gonsalves
Type: Wrasse
Weight: 10 lbs
Location: India Mumbai
Date: Jan 6, 2005

Hi there I am dean from India , well this a Wrasse I caught early in the morning while spinning. There are quite a few amazing angling spots to be found on the west coast of India, and hardly any anglers. Will updated later with some rare fishing stories from India.

Angler: Justin Morris
Age: 10
Species: Pile Perch
Location: Berkeley Pier
Bait: Pileworm
Size: 16" 3lbs
Home: Alameda CA

Angler: Justin Morris
Age: 10
Species: Rockcod
Location: Fort Baker Jetty
Bait: Anchovy
Length: 12"
Home: Alameda CA

Angler: Conner Luitwieler
Age: 6 yrs old
Species: Albacore Tuna
Location: Pacific Ocean, San Diego
Date: October 24, 2004

My son Conner Luitwieler of 6 years old caught this 5 lb. Albacore on 10-24-04, when he went on his 1st overnight fishing trip out of San Diego into Mexican waters. The fate of this fish - smoked. Tasted great.

Angler: Armand P.
Fish: Barracuda
Location: Mamzar beach, UAE
Date: December 17, 2004

Look what I caught today. This is the biggest baracuda I have caught from shore. The funny thing is it attacked a smaller baracuda that had swallowed my baite & it got hooked. For the past 2 years I have caught barracuda that have been half or 3/4 eaten. I guess there will be peace in the waters for a while now.

Angler: Armand P.
Fish: King Fish
Weight: 5.37 kg (~11.8 lbs)
Location: Mamzar beach, UAE
Bait: Live needle Fish
Date: December 10, 2004

Hi Jim
I'm back, I caught this king last friday 10/12/04. We had been fishing for baracuda all day (3:00am) but with little luck, we were ready to leave at approx. 12:15pm when a guy said " hey some one will catch a king from mow to 2:00pm so you better waite " so we did & at 12:45 what do you know, a huge bite. It was all over in 10 min, not that big of a king but the first of the season.
Tight Lines!!

Angler: Tekin Home: Turkey Species: Right pic ?; below left: Searobin; below right: Dolphin Where: Gocek - Turkey MY NAME IS TEKIN FROM TURKIYE. I LOVED YOUR WEB SITE. AS A NEW FISHER I JUST WANTED TO SEND SOME OF MY PICTURES WHICH WERE TAKEN BY MY BEST FRIEND WHOSE NAME IS ARIF THE GREAT FISHER ON SEPTEMBER, 2004. WE CAUGHT THEM IN TURKIYE IN GOCEK.

Angler: Robin Morris
Home: Alameda CA
E-Mail: robin@morristek.com
Species: Bat Ray
Weight: 74 Pounds
Where: Alameda CA
Fate: Released
Bait: Pile Worm
Rig: Hi-Lo

Common Name: Skate
Fish Weight: 121 lb
Location: Coast of Ireland
Angler: Eric Burger
Home: Holland

Hallo I'm Eric from Holland and this August I went to Ireland for one week and fished on the costline of this magnifisant eiland. I was fishing on the first day and i`d`caugt some pollack and some ling and conger on the first half of the day, then when we were fishing over a sand bank i got a bite from a fish i thaught i was stuck on on the bottom but then it began to move then the captain yelled its a "skate". I asked the skipper "what`s a skate " he said you`ll see in about an minute or 80 \ 90 i thought he was kidding but he did'nt after 75 minutes this huge monster came to the surface I WAS SHOKKED it was huge indeed after they pulled it on board of the boat the actual size of the fish became visuable the fish was 1.91 m long 1.45 m wide and the fish weighed 121 pounds this is the biggest fish i`ve ever caught and maybe ever wil catch in my life. I watched your site and i thought i'll send my picture over to you guys and hope you'll place it in your list of BIG fish thanks for now and maybe we'll meet someday somehow good luck with your site bye bye Eric Burger from holland

Angler: Peter Nicoletti
Species: Tope Shark
Weight: ~55-60 lbs.
Bait: Mackeral
Location: Mull of Galloway, Scotland
Home: Glasgow, Scotland
Date: August 2004

Hello Jim. This is a tope of around 55-60lb caught in August at the Mull of Galloway southern Scotland, bait was a whole mackerel on a long flowing trace this is a hard fighting fish caught in 40ft in a fast tide rip it was returned to the water right after this picture was taken and swam away strongly as you can see its a little warmer over here now, hope you are well and catching plenty

Peter Nicoletti, Glasgow

Angler: George Z.
Fish: Barracuda
Where: Boca Raton, FL

Hey Jim - here is another one. Barracuda, cut bait, 12 lb.test off bridge in the Florida Keys. Tight lines George Z. Boca Raton Florida

Angler: George Z.
Fish: Tarpon (fresh water)
Where: Boca Raton, FL

Angler: Eric Singleton
Fish: Grouper "Jewfish"
Where: South Florida
Bait: Live Shrimp
Fate: Released
Weight: 27 Pounds
Time: 2:15 AM

Species: King Mackeral
Weight: 70 lbs.
Date: 2004
Where: Ponce Inlet, FL
Angler: Jeff Foster, IN

Hello just wanted to say great site! Also enclosed is a pic. of a nice king mackrel I recently caught in the Atlantic off of Ponce Inlet Florida. He weighed in at just over 70 pounds.
Thanks Jeff Foster, Seymour Indiana

Angler: Armand Pouladi
Type: Talang Queen Fish
Weight: 7.8kg
Length: 115cm & 76cm
Bait: Lutke's Halfbeak (Live fish)
Location: Dubai Hamriya, United Arab Emirates
When: October 15, 2003

Hi there, its me again, this time in the United Arab Emirates. Here are pictures of two Talang Queen Fish I caught last month (October 15, 2003). They fight pretty good, really strong fish. The second fish came along with a remora, I guess it was a catch one get one free day. I will keep sending more pics as I catch fish. I really love your website, keep up the great work.

Sincerely
Armand P.

Species: Sturgeon
Weight: ?
Location: San Francisco Bay
When: March 2003
Angler: Victoria Ramos
Home: San Leandro, CA

I came across your site while surfin for pictures of stripers. I live in San Leandro, California. That is located across the bay from San Francisco. I noticed the Sturgeon pictures were all from freshwater?One day I decided to take my wife salt water fishing. I thought she would get a kick out of catching some small sharks or Bat Rays, while her pole wasn?t in the water for more than 10 minutes when she tied into this guy, after a great fight and a couple of pictures we released her to grow into one of the giants we have around here. I am an avid Bass fisherman and also have a small aluminum I take out to the bay (it takes me about 15 minutes to leave my house, launch the boat and get to my favorite fishing spot). This site is great, I am including it on my favorite list and will be checking it daily. I would be very interested in hearing about the type of fishing you do. I am located in a great spot, 10 minutes from the salt and about an hour from many foothill lakes. Thanks for a GREAT SITE!

Mike Ramos

Species: Chinook Salmon
Weight: 20 lb
Location: Vancouver Island, BC
When: Sept. 3, 2003
Angler: Dave Henderson

Hi guys, I really like your site. Im a guide on Vancouver Island(B.C.) The chinook salmon are just startin, this fish was caught yesterday by my guests from India (they did not want to be in the photo) but I had to get a picture of that silver dollar!

Dave Henderson

Species: Red Snapper
Name: Lorie
Body of water: Gulf of Mexico
Bait: Cigar minnows
Date: July 2002

Hi my name is Lorie and I caught these two red snapper in July of 02. About 30 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, I used cigar minnows...one was 29 inches and the other was 28 inches...

Species: Striped Bass
Location: Jersey City (Atlantic Ocean)
Date: October 30, 2002
Weight: 44 lb.
Length: 49.5 inches
Angler: Emilio Ramos, NJ

This is my husband's fish this is his write up..
Jersey city is a great place to fish for big stripers during the fall run. My fish was caught on 10/30/02 around 3:30 pm I used a chunk of bunker and fought the fish for 25 minutes. After the fish was tired, I had to gaff the fish all my myself since no one was on the pier at the time. After numerous times of trying to lift the fish, and the fish falling back down in the water, I finally gaffed it in the mouth and landed the fish on the deck.. The striper measured 49.5 inches and weighted in at 44lbs and .34 ounces. I thought I beat my wife's record from last year but not even close. This means I just have to fish some more and even harder. Enclosed is the picture of this beautiful striper that made my heart beat fast and made me pray to God many times during the gaffing experience. Thanks for everything.

Emilio M Ramos (Mils)

Species: King Mackerel
Weight: 30 lb.
Bait: 6 inch Sluggo
Location: Gulf of Mexico - Port Mansfield, TX
Angler: James Allen

This is a picture of a 30 lb. King Mackerel, I caught in the Gulf off of Port Mansfield. Tx.

James Allen
Wetumpka, AL

Species: Jack Crevalle
Weight: 30 lbs. 2 oz.
Date: August 6, 2002
Location: Gulf of Mexico
Angler: Stance Leblanc
Age: 11

My 11 year-old son Stance Leblanc (pictured here with his step-dad Ray Allen) caught this Jack Crevalle off a pier less than a mile from our home in Gulfport, MS on 8/6/02. The fish weighed 30 lbs and 2 ozs. it measured 43" long and the fight went on for about an hour before getting him on the pier. Tackle used: 12' Surf Rod with steel leader and live croaker was used for bait. Needless to say Stance has a hard time sleeping and going to school now, all he wants to do is fish!!!!!

Species: Striped Bass
Weight: 30 lbs.
Date: May 2002
Location: Hudson River, NY
Angler: Gary Donnelly
Age: 11

Great site. I came across it looking for Snakehead pics. Here's one of my 11 yr old son Gary with a 30lb Striper caught by us in May 2002 on the Hudson in Albany using live Herring.

Mike Donnelly

Species: Striped Bass
Weight: 51.4 lbs
Measurements: 52 in length, 26 in girth
Where: Jersey City pier
When: November 2, 2001
Angler: Kristie Ann Ramos

I caught this fish November 2, 2001 on the pier at exchange place in jersey city. With my rod that was custom build by my husband Emilio Ramos I could not have done it with out him. The fish was caught at 2:30AM on a piece of chunk bunker. I kept it to see if it beat the state record.

Kristie Ann Ramos
Emilio M Ramos (Greatest Guide in the World)

Species: Striped Bass
Length- 34 inches
Where: Plum Island, Merrimac River
Bait: frozen chunk herring
Angler: Andrew

I was casting into the rip at the point of Plum Island. I felt a real hard pull, and I was using cirle hooks so I didnt pull back, he wasn't fighting too good. But when I got him close to shore he peeled drag and he fought good for a while.

Species: Tarpon
Length: 75 inches
Girth: 43 inches
Weight: 182 lbs. estimated
Fate: Released
Date: May 20th, 2001
Where: Charlotte Harbor, Florida
Bait: Threadfin (live)
Tackle: Shimano Rod/Reel, 80 lb. Spiderwire
Angler: Rudy Albrecht
Home: St. Charles, Illinois
Guide: Capt. Robert Moore
(www.tarponman.com)

Species: Redfish
Location: Florida Keys
Length: 42 inches
Weight: 23.5 lbs
Angler: Richard Black Richard Black age 11 caught this red on 8lb. test with a hank brown rig. Took 1.5 hours to pull him in. His dad told him to go up on the front (dad thought it was a shark) and leave us alone---- what a suprise!!! 42in. and 23.5 lbs wow!!!

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