I caught this guy last summer on an offshore charter. I have passed it off as a White Grunt since but i am really starting to doubt it. Someone please help?

Kind of looks like a sea bass

 

That fish has no ID, he isn't old enough to drive yet and no pockets to carry it in.

It's a grunt, what kind I don't know. But it's definitely a grunt.

3 hours ago, bigbassin' said:

It's a grunt, what kind I don't know. But it's definitely a grunt.

Thats what i was thinking. Could it be a sailors choice grunt? Thats the closest i can find.

grouper bait lol

50 minutes ago, fishinfiend said:

grouper bait lol

More like shark bait. I caught this on a charter and the crew said i could keep it so i hooked it up as live bait. Within a moment i had something that mustve been 200lbs or something crazy because i was hanging on for dear life. It ended up snapping the line so i guess we will never know.

On 7/20/2016 at 8:56 PM, Molay1292 said:

Kind of looks like a sea bass

 

x2 Looks like a black sea bass to me.

Definitely  not a black  sea bass.

Looks like a small white grunt but not for certain. There are several  grunt species  that look similar. White grunt do inhabit Florida saltwater.

 

On July 20, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Molay1292 said:

Kind of looks like a sea bass

 

18 hours ago, Avalonjohn44 said:

x2 Looks like a black sea bass to me.

 

I caught a black sea bass earlier that trip. With that said i'd have to agree with this,

12 hours ago, mrpao said:

Definitely  not a black  sea bass.

 

After a better look, I would have to agree that it is not a sea bass, based on the forked tail.

not a sea bass! its a grunt! this picture is a sea bass 

Thats a nice  size sea bass.

They're  pretty  good eating  too.

oh yea tasted awesome! we got some fresh blues that day as well! 

It's a grunt.Not a sea bass or sailor's choice.

On 7/20/2016 at 7:50 PM, LiftedSquare13 said:

I caught this guy last summer on an offshore charter. I have passed it off as a White Grunt since but i am really starting to doubt it. Someone please help?

It's definitely a grunt,and appears to be a tomate grunt. It has the stripe running across its face and you can barely see the black dot on its tail.