Fishin Franks
Fish Identification chart Charlotte Harbor
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Red fish
Blue Runner /
C.B.
Very good eating can be eaten if really
hungry
Gag Grouper Goliath Grouper (can not)
Great eating “Jew Fish” endangered ( keep )
Flounder Spanish mackerel
Great eating
good better smoked
Mullet / C.B. Sand Bream / C.B.
Great eating great eating
Triple Tail Snook
Great eating great eating
Lady Fish / C.B. Tarpon
Edible must be starving Nasty do not even bother
Spotted Trout Sheep head
Good eating good eating
Hard Head / C.B. Sail-cat “Gaff-top” / C.B.
Fair eating “mud flavor” good eating
Sugar Trout / C.B. Sting ray /C.B.
Great eating ok eating, “fillet like flounder”
The cookie cutter is a myth.
Hammer Head Bonnet or shovel nose
Good eating great eating
Whiting / C.B. Bonita / C.B.
Good eating no way taste like tin can
Jack Crevalle / C.B. Cobia
Ok best smoked really good eating
Pompano Permit
Great eating Ok eating
Atlantic spade fish Lane snapper
Good eating very good eating
Sharp nose shark Grey or Mangrove snapper
Good eating great eating
Black Drum Silver / Sand trout / C.B.
Good eating good eating
Blue Fish Gar
Good eating if you are from fair eating hard to clean
The north east no so good for the
Rest of us
Commonly used bait fish
Bally-hoo menhaden
Pin fish Green back
Spanish Sardine Thread fin
Most bait fish must be caught by you, to be used
Live. Salt-water bait fish do not live well, and are only available in stores as frozen bait.
The / C.B. means often used for cut bait.
The eating rating is my opinion. Most fish are filleted the same as
A Bass they just taste better.
Check the F.W.C. Regulations booklet for size and bag limits.
Have fun fishing and enjoy beautiful Charlotte Harbor.
Fishin Franks
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