Crevalle Jack (Caranx hippos) is a fast, saltwater fish that can be found in inland waters along the shoreline of the western Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to Uruguay and the eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola. It has a large rounded head with large eyes and a dark silvery body that can show hints of blue-green to green-gold. They grow to more than three feet in length, though more commonly they are between one and two and a half feet long. The fish usually weighs between three and five pounds, but a 51 pound Crevalle Jack was taken off the coast of Florida. Crevalle Jacks can be poisonous to eat due to the threat of ciguatera poisoning, but they are prized as a game fish.

Crevalle jacks in a reef in the Caribbean SeaCrevalle jacks spawn offshore from early March to early September. When young, they run in large schools, but become solitary as they get older. They are preyed upon by many surface feeding carnivores, including finfish, such as the striped marlin, and seabirds. Crevalles feed during the day and eat a variety of fish and invertebrates.

what a bone head

That's one dead fish..........

now there's a fish I'd like to bone!

I love fishin'!

^ Heading out fishing this afternoon! Partner doesn't look like her, though......

Looks like da fish be droolin. X

The Jack Crevalle is not good eatin', but I bet she is!!!!!

Charlie

Great fighters! Used to luv catching them while living south of Tampa.

Casting in the bay off a dock using a white mister twister with the twisty tail cut off, they'd hit it everytime. You know when they're around cause the pin fish be jump'in everywhere. Just cast into the flurry!

nice fish....not so keen on blonde skeletons though...give that girl a hoagy or something.......sheesh....

We got into schools of them a couple of different times and landed so many we could not keep count, and we were throwing them back because they are not good eating at all.......this would have been in Jacksonville, FL when I was in the Navy!

Charlie

I've eaten them. Nothing to write home about. Not a bad tasting fish as I remember. Breaded and fried.

^ "Breaded and Fried"

Hell, people eat OKRA if you bread em and fry em!

Ya got a thing for OKRA LOL!

Do they taste like chicken?

Charlie

They can be eaten, although I have never tried one.

From what I understand, they are best if bled after being caught and the dark meat is removed and discarded.

I seem to always catch big jacks when I am fishing for other fish, they are a PIA but are AWESOME fighters.

Now I am confussed. this is a beautiful fish -- but is it also an oink?

The lady hath no belly button.

Its all about the fishing man!!!

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