she wouldn't touch it....only point.

I think it was a juvenile Tilefish.

Very cool !

jeez Andy, she is tough. Why did she break the arm on that dude?

That will teach him to take her fish. Samurai in training.

Cute!

FYI: I think the FBC is going to have to audit your membership for elligibility.

Yo, mike . . .

wassup?

great photo!

hey jet-

How did you hurt your arm?

#1 Did the fish have orange spots? Plenty of tile fish out there, many have more laterally compressed bodies, shaped more like a Discus than typical fish. If it had orange spots and a long snout, you might have a long-nosed tilefish. If you kept and ate it, you made some corals happy...that's what they eat.

BTW, I have the freshwater and saltwater Axelrod's. Pretty much definitive source for aquarium fish, and several tilefish are kept as pets. If you want to post pics where it's easier to see the fish, I could look them up for you.

I don't have a better picture.

It was shaped just like a tilefish (the kind that you pick up at 400+ feet there).........and the coloration was similar, but who knows.

Duh. Tilefish, not filefish. Man, I haven't had enough sleep, I'm having a tough week, and was trying to do something else at the same time, when I barely have enough brainpower for one task at a time.

http://www.bluewatervisions.com/BLZ_sand_tilefish.jpg 

^that's a sand tilefish..........

more like this...

http://www.safmc.net/FishIDandRegs/FishGallery/GoldenTilefish/tabid/289/Default.aspx 

Aha! Those look like the adult fish would put up a pretty good fight.

I always thought Tarpon would, and that they'd be hard to catch. I took Mrs. Pacman on a small-scale dinner cruise for her birthday last time we were at Key West. Neat idea, BTW, if you get a good cook and skipper, like we did (and go to a motel lobby, looking for coupons). Guys were cleaning their catch on the dock, close in to shore. The sink emptied out into the water. Just a carpet of tarpon. I swear, if I had a net, I could have scooped up a dozen or two easily. Of course the biggest was maybe only 15", but do they often come that close to shore?

tarpon swarm the docks down there pac..........they are not an offshore fish.

She is such a clown, I wonder where that came from ?

#16 Huh. Man, they sure have the shape and size of at least a midwater game fish.

^they infest the inshore canals, flats, etc...........never found one a couple miles out.

Lots are caught in the "gulf side" of the keys.

pac............next time you visit the Keys, go to Islamorada and stop at the "Offshore Angler" store.

It is a "Bass Pro" owned store that has a Marina, restaurant (pretty good), and a few bars on the dock out back.

They have a big "pool" that the tarpon swim around in all of the time.......average sized (four feet).