You may of seen my thread earlier this week about the oyster toad fish that I caught earlier this week. I am in Sunset Beach, NC on vacation this week and I have spent some of my time fishing. I thought the oyster toad was weird enough, but that all changed as I was fishing off the pier tonight. I caught this beauty!

Apparently it's called a Cutlass Fish or a Ribbon Fish. I caught it on a piece of shrimp.

congrats on your PB!!

it looks like the material your jacket zipper is made of lol

Haha yea man! It was a very shiny fish! I wish I could of gotten a better picture of its head. It had nasty looking teeth, so I made sure I had a good grip on him with my towel.

We get those Ribbonfish in the fall, all over the place and they do destroy lures, a real pain. Some people use them for Kingfish bait.

Ever see one of these?..........Trumpet fish

Sir Snook-

I caught 2 trumpetfish while I was on my honeymoon in Hawaii (I have no pics, sadly, as I was fishing alone and this was pre-camera phone days). When I got back home I spoke with my friend's wife, who is a native of Hawaii, and she said that was about the only species of fish her brothers still had not added to their long list of catches...and I catch 2 my first time there.

Sorry for the hijack...

That is a weird looking fish

it looks like the material your jacket zipper is made of lol

Thats hilarious, when i looked at the picture, thats the first thing i noticed.

it looks like the material your jacket zipper is made of lol

hahahahaha i agree with you on this one.

great bait

If you want to catch some nice size ribbon fish go to the outer banks In the Fall.

Ribbon fish as far as I'm concerned are a real annoyance. The put up little if any fight, they total destroy lures, no real food value, except for bait. When they invade the area, I leave and go bluegill fishing.

That is cool!