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    A friend of mine sent me a pic of his catch off a FL SJR chain lake the other day. I zoomed in on a fish which I couldn’t recognize and he didn’t know what it was and ate it. Name:  IMG_0023.jpg
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    looks like a drum family fish. i know some places have freshwater drums.

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    Red drum i think. Also, keeping and eating a fish you don't know what it is an easy way to break a law.

    That fish would not be legal in Texas.

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    It is a drum family member, but I am pretty sure it is a whiting. Some people call different drum members whiting. We used to catch them oven in NC off the beaches. Most around 8in long. Great fair fried up!!!!! if that is what it is...

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    Called a croaker in Louisiana. Good eating, easy to filet. Careful holding near the gill plates. They ran in the deep water off shore for a few years and would get to 3 to 4 lbs. We would catch 800 to 1000 lbs on some days on a charter. Smaller ones tend to be closer to inshore.
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    Croaker

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    When we get dry here, the river stops moving the salt fresh line moves south. Along with it comes some of the fish more tolerant of sweet water, and drum, croaker, flounder, and snook have been caught a long way from salt water. Been told croaker eat pretty good. If he had a spot near his tail, that could be a redfish. Mouth structure is very similar, and he is way under slot size if that was the case.
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    drum family no doubt
    not likely the freshwater version ...the light bars
    beyond that it looks like it could be a juvenile something maybe ?
    like mentioned a tail spot would give it up .
    not sure here
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    That's a croaker. Lots of them in FL. Good eating.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Techno2000 View Post
    Croaker
    Yep.

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