Wanted to catch fish. Caught one. What is it?

I just caught this in the surf, but don't know what it is. I thought it was a carp, so sent a pic to my dad and he said there aren't usually carp in salt water, and it had to be something else.

Please tell me this fish was not good to eat, because I threw it back before asking...

http://campl.us/jbsGw3AeUeW

it says picture has been deleted...

redfish have some similarities to carp

<a href="http://s906.photobucket.com/albums/a...carp.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/a...carp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Really hope this works...

[img width=720 height=363]http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac267/speed856/carp.jpg[/img]

Redfish.

yupp hit that one on the head :headbang:

Ok, I won't tell you it's good to eat. :poke1:

Well I feel like an idiot. By far the biggest fish I've ever caught. At least I got a few pictures of it.

the big one's are not good to eat they got a lot of blood line in them...there people that like them big ones blacken the best are under 28'

Thats a redfish for sure, I wish I could tell you it isn't good to eat even the bulls. However I'm eating a bull red right now in an apple smoked redfish dip I just made and its awesome. Some people don't like them I love them.