Tall Tails Fishing Charters - South Florida Bonefish Fishing

Description: silvery color with bluish or greenish back; slender, round body; snout long, conical, aiming downward and overhanging lower jaw; dark streaks between scales on upper half of body and faint cross bands extending down to lateral line; extremities of dorsal and caudal fins shaded with black.

Where found: primarily INSHORE fish inhabiting shallows of the Florida Keys; found in shallows often less than 1 foot deep, usually over lush grass flats, occasionally over white sand.

Size: Common catches 5 to 10 pounds.

*Florida Record: 15 lbs., 6ozs.

Remarks: travels in loose schools; roots out shrimp, shellfish, crabs, and fish from the bottom; spawns offshore, eggs hatching into ribbon-like larvae that metamorphose into fish-like form at about 2 inches and move inshore.

Tall Tails Fishing Charters - 305-246-0051 or 305-331-5142 Fax: 305-247-7700

Designed & Maintained by JPS, 2004

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