Leave it to a redfish

[bgizzle]

Originally Posted by boatdriver

Bow fished our marsh in Holly Beach one year. We had shot a few reds early in the night and as we'd put them on the deck, they would spit up fresh eaten eels. Most of the water was low and chocolate milk that night. Came up to one of our boat trails that was a lil deeper than the rest of em, and when the light hit the water, it was crystal clear and reds and eels were everywhere!!!! These eels were from 2 inches long to 18 inches. All were identical and couldn't swim real well. They just kinda went with the tide. We ended up shooting our 25 reds and a few drum, and every single fish had eaten those eels. Prime example of nature adapting to what's offered at that time. I know a Norton sand eel tapers down in size, but all of these were the same shape across their whole body. Which in my opinion, I think a Lil John mimics these creatures more than a Norton does. I have more faith in a Lil John over a Norton as well.

X2 on a lil john. What bout a senko!!!


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["W"]

I thought it could be a sand eel but never seen a live sand eel

Anyone have pick?

[capt coonassty]

again, speckled worm eel.

[bgizzle]

Looks like a winner!


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[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by "W"

I thought it could be a sand eel but never seen a live sand eel

Anyone have pick?

Interesting for sure hmmmm

I have been looking through some books and can't find anything on a 'sand eel' in the gulf, the only ones are in the northeast Atlantic (called 'sand lances') but thats just how common names go though (A white perch down here is totally different than one in the north). And not all 'eels' are true eels, could clear it up if we could see the top fins. With what I can see my $.02 I think they are just american eels in the young stage coming in from the sea. The life cycle is that they come in as 'glass eels' (I guess to camoflage them from predators) and once they get to an estuary they begin to grow and change colors (at a young age they are brown on top and light on bottom so kinda goes with what the previous poster was saying about the brown on top and white on bottom?). They just hang out in the sand getting ready for their travels upstream (maybe why they are sand eels?)

young ones on the bottom kinda fit the bill

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by capt coonassty

what was this captioned as? American eel? sand eel? give a scientific name?

[Duck Butter]

I googled 'ashley tubbs eel; and got dis pic

["W"]

Originally Posted by capt coonassty

again, speckled worm eel.

That is it

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by "W"

That is it

Looks like a good fit on Captcoonazzty

you learn something new everyday
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/2652

[boatdriver]

Yes, that is the exact eel that we saw that night bowfishing. Those little jokers were everywhere.