TRIGGERFISH ;;

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Ben / I had them last 3 years ;

it weighted 3.10 ,,,, 24 hours later ><><><

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I don,t know PROF ,

It was the largest scup @ that time ><<><

[niko]

how do they fight? never caught one

[numbskull]

They do pretty well for themselves. Here is one one of my sons caught off Nashawena flukeing back in July. Took a lucanus jig with some Gulp on it. Strange fish, indeed.

[Brian L]

Originally Posted by niko

how do they fight? never caught one

I'd put them up against almost anything out there, pound for pound. I got one that was nearly 4 lbs last weekend off a wreck in 60ft of water and thought for sure I'd hooked a 8-10lb fluke. Amazingly strong for their size.

They taste great too, as long as you don't mind using a hacksaw to get through that hide. I saved the skin from the one last weekend, figuring I'd make boots out of it.

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Originally Posted by Brian L

I saved the skin from the one last weekend, figuring I'd make boots out of it.

The name of the cottage my parents rented every summer for like 17 years on ACK was called the "Eel skin in", and the guy who owned it had like dried up trigger fish on the wall along with like 20 or so striper plugs as well as a sword fish and wat looked like a saw that belonged to a fish. never really knew what the hell it was until i saw a pic of a trigger fish earlier this year.

The place has since been rennovated and all that stuff cleared out. what a shame. I only fished with rangers back then, but i can't even imagine what kind of plugs i was looking at, or more like ignoring at that young age

memories... whoa