Snapper - Caught and release

Hi,

I "caught and release" an undersized fish that look like a snapper but it was silver in color. I was using SP berkley nuclear chicken 5' with 1/8' jighead.

it had the similiar dorsal fin and bulging forehead like a pinkie.

Just wondering what kind of species it was.

 

No photos.

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

 

 


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 probably a juvenile

Wed, 2013-12-04 23:02

 probably a juvenile snapper? 

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 Bream?

Wed, 2013-12-04 23:05

 Bream?

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 Did it have blue spots ? If

Wed, 2013-12-04 23:09

 Did it have blue spots ? If so juvenile pinky, if not Tarwine?!

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Yeah sounds like a tarwhine?

Thu, 2013-12-05 00:02

Yeah sounds like it could have been a tarwhine?  Did it look something like this?


 

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If you look closely the

Thu, 2013-12-05 08:57

If you look closely the juvenille snapper still have blue spots

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 I say Tarwhine, have seen

Thu, 2013-12-05 08:58

 I say Tarwhine, have seen some hefty ones with a nice bulge on their heads

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+1 for Tarwhine..

Thu, 2013-12-05 09:10

I have seen them with the 'snapper bump' on them when I've been diving

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 I can confirm that it was a

Fri, 2013-12-06 12:57

 I can confirm that it was a snapper.

did not have the yellow fins and had blue spots.