Fishing

The White Grunt or in Latin 'the Haemulon Plumierii' is a fish found in the Western Atlantic ocean, from Virginia's Chesapeake bay through the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. White Grunt are a very popular and easy to catch. These fish live in mangroves, coral reefs, and docks. You will basically find these fish where ever there is a structure for them to hide and live. White Grunts feed on mainly shrimp and sometimes crustaceans, annelids, and bivalves but besides these things it

The Octopus or in latin Octopus vulgaris. Octopus are very versatile creatures meaning that they have no bones in thieir entire body and they can live in any salt water climate warm or cold. Octopus make nests often made out of shells, rocks and other debris. Octopus have eight tenticles which have suction cups on them helping grip thier prey to kill it. This animal does not have a traditional mouth, it has something called a beak. Their beak is in the middle of all their te

The Lane Snapper or the Lutjanus synagris in latin is a popular eating fish found in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Lane Snapper are usually found in small schools around reefs, grass beds and sand beds. You can tell that you have caught a Lane Snapper when you see that they have a distinct yellow red body color with a bright red eye and a longer snout. The way we caught these fish was on a traditional hand line, bait, and weight. For bait in the morning I went out and used a ca

The Yellowtail Snapper or in Latin the Ocyurus Chrysurus is a populare eating fishing in the Caribbean. These fish are commonly found along piers, reefs, and mangroves. These fish live in schools meaning where there are one there are others. These fish have a yellow and red base color and a big red eye. Yellow tail snapper are a common species and caught on a simple line and hook set up for fishing. Yellowtails are known for their rich and flaky meat making it just a good ove

The Barracuda or in latin Syphraena Baraacude is one of the most agresive fish in the ocean. Barracuda have some of the sharpest teeth in the ocean which helps them be on the top of the food chain. Barracuda are long fish with an oval body shape. Barracuda are attracted to silver, if you are silver looking you are a meal for this fish. Barracuda live anywhere where there are fish to eat but the smaller they are the more shallow they go. These fish are shiny with little white

The Elops fish or in latin Elops Saurus a common name for this fish are Lady fish. One could find these fish in costal and warm water climates and can occasionally venture to the temperate waters. The Elops fish can grow up to 1 meter or 3.3 feet in lenght and 10kg or 22 pounds in weight. Elops are known for their long oval body shape and have a abnormally large eye and have a special transparent eyelid. Elops fish can be found at a depth from 0-150 feet and they like brackis

The Crevalle Jack or the Caranx Hippos in latin is a fish found across warm and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean. These fish can grow up to 124cm but it is rare to even see one of 60cm plus. Weight wise they can get up to 32kg or 70 pounds. These fish are powerful fighters with a black spot on the edge of their gill and a yellow outline with green and blue with a fading yellow as their base color. They are known for their running powers taking a lot of line in a short a