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Post by limelight on Sept 1, 2017 20:26:53 GMT -5
 Looks like a Cheetah.They are real not photoshopped .  |
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Post by georgekingfish on Sept 1, 2017 20:43:58 GMT -5
Is that possibility photoshopped? Not too sure the photo is not altered, though it's not a very good definition.
Mutations happen in all creatures. Maybe it is real. But I can say I've never caught a spotted redfish...
GK
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Post by eaglesfanguy on Sept 1, 2017 21:07:51 GMT -5
Thats a freckled red, very rare. I went with Mario Costello of Tall tales charters and caught one with 24 plus spots on each side. i was like ok ... pretty ... he was like this would be a tournament winner for spots.. lol i dunno i guess they have tournaments for spot counts ..
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Post by limelight on Sept 1, 2017 21:24:26 GMT -5
Is that possibility photoshopped? Not too sure the photo is not altered, though it's not a very good definition. Mutations happen in all creatures. Maybe it is real. But I can say I've never caught a spotted redfish... GK These are 100% real,here is some more pic.   |
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Post by limelight on Sept 1, 2017 21:28:27 GMT -5
Thats a freckled red, very rare. I went with Mario Costello of Tall tales charters and caught one with 24 plus spots on each side. i was like ok ... pretty ... he was like this would be a tournament winner for spots.. lol i dunno i guess they have tournaments for spot counts .. Yes you are correct,they called freckled red and they are very rare.  |
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Post by limelight on Sept 1, 2017 21:34:52 GMT -5
Is that possibility photoshopped? Not too sure the photo is not altered, though it's not a very good definition. Mutations happen in all creatures. Maybe it is real. But I can say I've never caught a spotted redfish... GK I never caught or seen any one catch this rare freckled red myself until today but they are out there and some lucky angler some times catching them..If i would catch one of these i will take a pic. and releasing it at ones because they are really rare and really beautiful. |
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Post by georgekingfish on Sept 2, 2017 3:39:06 GMT -5
Wow. They ARE real.....
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Post by blacktip on Sept 2, 2017 6:39:34 GMT -5
Redfish had a fling with a speckled trout...
Cool pics
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Post by georgekingfish on Sept 2, 2017 8:11:42 GMT -5
I'm curious, any of you marine biologists out there?
Is this like a subspecies or just a mutation?
I did see some redfish on my sonar, but the display was rather spotty...
GK
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Post by Mackerelman on Sept 2, 2017 8:27:10 GMT -5
Limelight:That is one Beautiful Fish. Congratulations ! 
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Post by fishingmagician on Sept 2, 2017 11:13:50 GMT -5
One of my old fishing friends lives up in Jacksonville, he said it's common to catch Reds with 7 to 8 spots on each side up there, and yes they have tournaments for the most spots, never seen that many spots on one, all of us older people have seen many changes over the years, when I was a kid Reds were considered junk fish, no size or bag limit.
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Post by seabird on Sept 2, 2017 11:19:03 GMT -5
Nice photos. At quick glance, they look like giant trout except for the head. Great looking fish.
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Post by limelight on Sept 2, 2017 11:28:29 GMT -5
Nice photos. At quick glance, they look like giant trout except for the head. Great looking fish. Yes they are. |
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Post by limelight on Sept 2, 2017 13:40:17 GMT -5
One of my old fishing friends lives up in Jacksonville, he said it's common to catch Reds with 7 to 8 spots on each side up there, and yes they have tournaments for the most spots, never seen that many spots on one, all of us older people have seen many changes over the years, when I was a kid Reds were considered junk fish, no size or bag limit. What i know is long time ago there was no size or bag limit for snook also. |
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Post by montylfl on Sept 3, 2017 1:18:12 GMT -5
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Post by Mackerelman on Sept 3, 2017 7:20:02 GMT -5
Now we know that Limelight is not alone catching Redfish with spots. |
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Post by limelight on Sept 3, 2017 9:49:33 GMT -5
Now we know that Limelight is not alone catching Redfish with spots. Mackerelman i never caught or seen any one catch this rare freckled red myself until today but they are out there and some lucky angler some times catching them.. If i would catch one of these i will take a pic. and releasing it at ones because they are really rare and really beautiful. I just attached some of these lucky anglers pictures and asked skyway piers members if any one ever caught a red fish with marking like this.. Here is my picture with my last red fish from some months  ago. |
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Post by Mackerelman on Sept 4, 2017 8:07:28 GMT -5
Limelight:
Throughout all of the year that I have Fished here in Florida, I have never seen a Leopard Redfish caught.
Those are some Beautiful Fish.
The Ones that I have caught looks like this last Picture.
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Post by jeremiahisbrown on Sept 5, 2017 17:36:01 GMT -5
Seen a few before but never caught one myself. They look like redfish and speckled trout hybrids
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