Anyone know what kind of fish this is? I have caught them before but not sure what it is. I'm guessing a mullet? Caught it in saltwater btw.

 

 

Looks to be a baby striped bass.

Agree, the coloration isn't right. Salt water fish could be something else?

Tom

Looks like a squirrel fish. (Not joking)

 

Edit: Did some research and I'm clearly wrong.

Definitely not a mullet.

 

Maybe some type of sea perch? It does look like a striper but coloring is not typical.

Looks like a  juvenile Bluefish to me.

 

 

Looks to be this guy

Xenistius californiensis

Common name: California Salema (grunt family)

             

 

^^^this^^^

Tom

Awesome, thanks everyone.

Just found some interesting information on this fish. Apparently they are somewhat rare. And they can get you high if you eat them. Next time lol.

 

https://www.pierfishing.com/salema/

 

Unrelated to this post but:

Has anyone here fished Newport bay? I see fish blowing up getting airborne all the time, was told by someone that they were mullets...they seem to be stripped from far away, maybe they are larger ones of these guys...I don't know but it would be awesome to catch one. Not sure how, tried topwater on them but nothing

4 hours ago, Jonas Staggs said:

Awesome, thanks everyone.

Just found some interesting information on this fish. Apparently they are somewhat rare. And they can get you high if you eat them. Next time lol.

 

https://www.pierfishing.com/salema/

 

Unrelated to this post but:

Has anyone here fished Newport bay? I see fish blowing up getting airborne all the time, was told by someone that they were mullets...they seem to be stripped from far away, maybe they are larger ones of these guys...I don't know but it would be awesome to catch one. Not sure how, tried topwater on them but nothing

Fished Newport a bunch, and yep what your seeing are mullets..And, if you see or catch a long skinny lizard looking fish, those would be lizard fish ( junk fish )

16 hours ago, Hammer 4 said:

Fished Newport a bunch, and yep what your seeing are mullets..And, if you see or catch a long skinny lizard looking fish, those would be lizard fish ( junk fish )

What are they blowing up on? I tried topwater lures like popper and walk the dog bait but no bite. 

I have never seen anyone try to catch mullets, so I have no idea..

13 hours ago, Hammer 4 said:

I have never seen anyone try to catch mullets, so I have no idea..

Catch mullets with cast net or snag them, they are mostly herbivorous I think. Good bait, tastes terribly unless prepared by the right person (not me )

6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Catch mullets with cast net or snag them, they are mostly herbivorous I think. Good bait, tastes terribly unless prepared by the right person (not me )

Maybe they aren't mullets, the fish I'm talking about are getting airborne, but rather than jumping straight up, they are jumping across like 5 ft at a time. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_fish

5 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_fish

Definitely not flying fish...I'll have to wait until I catch one lol 

 

Was able to fund it...its mullet. Apparently it's not known exactly why they jump.

 

https://newportbay.org/wildlife/marine-life/fish-of-upper-newport-bay/

43 minutes ago, Jonas Staggs said:

Definitely not flying fish...I'll have to wait until I catch one lol 

 

Was able to fund it...its mullet. Apparently it's not known exactly why they jump.

 

https://newportbay.org/wildlife/marine-life/fish-of-upper-newport-bay/

They are always jumping! Rocketing even haha

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

They are always jumping! Rocketing even haha

Yeah I just watched this video about, cause is unknown...but they can get pretty big size. Nearly 20 lbs is max.

 

 

On 8/9/2020 at 8:37 PM, Jonas Staggs said:

, cause is unknown....

 

 

The cause is Probably the very same reason the chicken crossed the road 

Probably the same reason carp jump. Maybe to get rid of parasites or something.

I have caught mullets on bread balls before. Just make little bread balls around a small hook and throw it to the school. They'll hit it as its slowly sinking.

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

The cause is Probably the very same reason the chicken crossed the road 

in my best cholo voice: why did the chicken cross the road? Because el pollo locoOoOo!!!!!!!!!

1 hour ago, mrpao said:

Probably the same reason carp jump. Maybe to get rid of parasites or something.

I have caught mullets on bread balls before. Just make little bread balls around a small hook and throw it to the school. They'll hit it as its slowly sinking.

I didnt know carp do that. I know they blow up on insects off topwater, I have seen it. I have been meaning to try to catch some with a fly this way.