Exotic at the wall!

[FarmerK]

Went out Saturday with a couple of buddies in my tin can. It was the usual wall action with calicos and sandbass on 3-4" swimbaits.
My friend Dave put on a piece of squid and this is what he ended up with.

Trigger



Beautiful looking fish. Dave gave it a kiss and off it went.

K

[Fisherman57]

:shock:

[one_leg]

Very interesting, but I wouldn't get my lips anywhere near that thing. Triggerfish crunch coral with whatever it is they call those things near the front of their heads. Teeth, beeks, ????????

One_Leg

[jplee3]

WHOA! Nice!!! Must be the warmer waters :) Never seen anything like that caught around here! Good job!

[vanillagurilla]

i caught a parot fish in dana point last summer.

[FarmerK]

Very interesting, but I wouldn't get my lips anywhere near that thing. Triggerfish crunch coral with whatever it is they call those things near the front of their heads. Teeth, beeks, ????????

One_Leg

Unhooking the sucker was no easy task. He had that beek firmly on the hook. If the pliers got close, he would snap at it.

K

[one_leg]

i caught a parot fish in dana point last summer.

My mistake, Parrotfish are the ones that crunch coral.
I guss I'd kiss it after all.

One_Leg

[SanDimasLMB]

i caught a parot fish in dana point last summer.

My mistake, Parrotfish are the ones that crunch coral.
I guss I'd kiss it after all.

One_Leg

LOL, just like Rowland Martin huh? :lol:

[JapanRon]

Hi FarmerK,

Now there's a cute little guy!! Yes ... and snappy too! Japanese school children have a number of animals and fish they consider both 'cute' and having personalities. They think of these guys as being a comical and friendly fish!

JapanRon

[surf204z]

I caught two triggerfish last summer in San Clemente. My Pacific Ocean Fish Guide says that Triggerfish are suppose to be good eating. That is a Triggerfish and not a Parrot fish but both do eat coral with their crazy looking mouths.