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Here are excerpts on historical spotfin croaker fishing from an article by Ed Reis "Crazy Croakers" in the August 2010 issue of Pacific Coast Sportfishing: "Croakers do not get much ink in the fishing news these days, but there was a time when they were a major item in newspaper catch reports (in Southern California). A hundred years ago they ...
The freshwater drum is also called Russell fish, shepherd's pie, gray bass, [7] Gasper goo, Gaspergou, [8] gou, [8] grunt, grunter, [7] grinder, gooble gobble, and croaker. It is commonly known as sheephead and sunfish in parts of Canada, [ 9 ] and the United States.
The Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae and is closely related to the black drum (Pogonias cromis), the silver perch (Bairdiella chrysoura), the spot croaker (Leiostomus xanthurus), the red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), the spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), and the weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).
A large waterspout formed over waters near Pensacola, Florida, on Monday, June 6.Sandy Mahn Watley was among several people who captured video of the phenomenon, and is heard saying “holy cow ...
The spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), also known commonly as the spot croaker, [1] Norfolk spot [2] and the Virginia spot, is a species of small short-lived saltwater fish in the family Sciaenidae. The species inhabits estuary and coastal waters from Massachusetts to Texas , and derives its name from the prominent dark spot behind each gill .
Most of these fish types avoid clear waters, such as coral reefs and oceanic islands, with a few notable exceptions (e.g. reef croaker, high-hat, and spotted drum). They live in warm-temperate and tropical waters and are best represented in major rivers in Southeast Asia, northeast South America, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Gulf of California. [13]
Drone photo captures thousands of jellyfish in Navarre Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Amber Fletcher (amberfletcher.com)
Studies have reported black drum weighing more than 60 kg on the Atlantic coast and they are believed to live up to 60 years. Other studies suggest that black drum in the Gulf of Mexico do not grow as large or live as long; in a sample of 1357 black drum from coastal Louisiana, the largest individual was 22.6 kg and the oldest was 44 years. [10]