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Post by inoeatfish on Apr 12, 2024 20:45:03 GMT -5
Not my picture. From a facebook group. But can you tell if it’s a baby king or a mac and why?  |
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Post by shot33gun9 on Apr 12, 2024 20:55:00 GMT -5
Looks like a spanish to me....lateral line
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Post by inoeatfish on Apr 12, 2024 21:04:04 GMT -5
Looks like a spanish to me....lateral line What about the lateral line? Could you elaborate answer? Thank you. |
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Post by shot33gun9 on Apr 12, 2024 21:07:37 GMT -5
I can't see it that well, but if what I see is the lateral line it doesn't make a dramatic drop like a king does
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Post by stuckintherocks on Apr 12, 2024 22:00:14 GMT -5
I agree it’s a Spanish, hard to tell from pic but I zoomed and also didn’t see any abrupt lateral line drop. Looks pretty small too probably one of those local barely keeper resident Mack’s hahah
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Post by stuckintherocks on Apr 12, 2024 22:01:11 GMT -5
Shadow from the sink makes it real hard to tell and you can’t see the dorsal fin at all
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Post by inoeatfish on Apr 12, 2024 22:08:57 GMT -5
 Click on the thumbnail for it to open in a larger image. |
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Post by inoeatfish on Apr 12, 2024 22:11:45 GMT -5
Point of this post is to help our fellow anglers know how to spot the difference between a baby king and a Mac, so it’ll save them the headache and $$$ from FWC.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen people either keep a baby king by accident at the skyway or seen post of social media or YouTube videos of people keeping baby kings mistaken for a Mac.
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Post by inoeatfish on Apr 12, 2024 22:31:16 GMT -5
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Post by shot33gun9 on Apr 12, 2024 23:03:43 GMT -5
Top pic is a king, lateral line drops lower and dorsal fin is different
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Post by inoeatfish on Apr 12, 2024 23:23:32 GMT -5
 Nope!  FWC, “That will be $500”. |
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Post by stuckintherocks on Apr 12, 2024 23:29:20 GMT -5
Click on the thumbnail for it to open in a larger image. Oh !!!! I see the lateral line now! The shadow line from the sink made it very easy to miss but that is absolutely a king |
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Post by bluerunner on Apr 14, 2024 21:16:22 GMT -5
I wonder what those other fish are in the sink.
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Post by stuckintherocks on Apr 14, 2024 23:06:23 GMT -5
I wonder what those other fish are in the sink. Now that was good 😂😂😂 |
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Post by carlf on Apr 15, 2024 6:21:39 GMT -5
I wonder what those other fish are in the sink. Look like future fish tacos to me. |
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Post by carlf on Apr 15, 2024 7:30:14 GMT -5
I've seen days when there was a hot bite with tons of small kings mixed in with Spanish macs. Many small kings got dropped into the coolers in the frenzy. Luckily the warden did not come out checking those days. Might have made the mistake myself a few times.
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Post by inoeatfish on Apr 15, 2024 17:54:57 GMT -5
I wonder what those other fish are in the sink. Have you ever had sashimi blue runner? It’s really good. YouTube it. |
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Post by carlf on Apr 15, 2024 18:44:09 GMT -5
I wonder what those other fish are in the sink. Have you ever had sashimi blue runner? It’s really good. YouTube it. Yep |
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Post by bluerunner on Apr 15, 2024 18:51:31 GMT -5
I wonder what those other fish are in the sink. Have you ever had sashimi blue runner? It’s really good. YouTube it. No I haven't. I've only had blue runner a few times, but thought it was awesome. Like the texture of it too, but I've heard many of people call it a trash fish. As a popular youtuber says, there are no trash fish, just trash cooks. |
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Post by tears143 on Apr 22, 2024 15:56:15 GMT -5
One of the way I tell them apart would be that the baby king doesn't stop moving(keep on trying to swim) after you land it. Spanish will stop moving after you land it.
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