Thread: Help with Fish Indentity

Made my second trip to the pier and still no kings. Oh, well I had a great time last Friday. Saturday I decided to surf fish so I could hang with the family. I caught 4 nice Pomps, a small cobia (which I didn't think you wold catch in the trough on shrimp and pomp rig) and a slender black and white striped fish that looked as if it had a fossil imprint on top of its head. Does anyone know what type of fish that is? I have never seen one before.

Remora

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remora

Did you eat it? ???

Hey Wilson, don't knock it until you try it. They are one hell of a lot better eating than mackerel.

Rather eat king over Remora any day..Do i wanna ask how you know?

Let's just say I had heard they were good and a friend who has eaten them before had some cooked up for us and it was really good.

Bet them things can pull a vacuum on the smooth surfaces inside yo cooler!
May need a putty knife to get ‘em loose.

You can eat remora, and it does taste "slightly" similar to a cobia. I have eaten it on two occasions in the past.

Only problem is I have never found one where at least 25%+ of the meat wasn't deeply infested with yellow grubs or tape worms.

Think I'll pass unless I find one clean from the parasitic communities, and even then only because it was large and fatally hooked.

Really? Eat a remora!
Thats the only fish I ever seen the sabiki brigade ever refuse to take at Navarre pier.

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Really? Eat a remora!
Thats the only fish I ever seen the sabiki brigade ever refuse to take at Navarre pier.
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That oughta tell you all you need to know.