Fish around Seaside Heights

Discussion in 'Mid Atlantic' started by nickzilla720, Jul 29, 2008.

  1. nickzilla720

    nickzilla720 Well-Known Member

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    Jul 28, 2008
    About three times now around the casino pier, I see these super friendly little zebra looking fish. Usually 3 or 4 of them together. One day they loved nibbling on my tail pad. It was pretty cool. Anybody know what that fish is called?
     
  2. ritecoastsurfer3

    ritecoastsurfer3 Well-Known Member

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    Mar 26, 2007
    little fishes

    good question, they have black and white verticle stripes and look like a small sheepshead? are they, i've heard them called angel fish by other guys but that is probably not the real name cuz angelfish are freshwater, i only see them in the summer as well
     

  3. Aguaholic

    Aguaholic Well-Known Member

    Oct 26, 2007
    I thought they were Sergeant Majors. But, they are not. They do look like angel fish.
    Angel fish are salt water & fresh water. 2 different types. Not just fresh water.
     
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  4. NarlyNuggets

    NarlyNuggets New Member

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  5. nickzilla720

    nickzilla720 Well-Known Member

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    Jul 28, 2008
    Nuggets,

    These fish have a much different shape. The fish are longer than they are high and much smaller. I don't think they were a spadefish. They were maybe only 3 inches long and about an inch high.
     
  6. tbing

    tbing Well-Known Member

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    May 27, 2008
    On a side note, a few teenagers caught a 5-6ft Great White about half a mile out in Sea Girt.

    :cool: Enjoy
     
  7. Aguaholic

    Aguaholic Well-Known Member

    Oct 26, 2007
    Is that 100% true? Just asking...because it seems like every year during SHARK WEEK there are always crazy stories about sharks in our area. Is it a reliable source?
     
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  8. tbing

    tbing Well-Known Member

    595
    May 27, 2008
    Find last weeks Coast Star :)
     
  9. rgnsup

    rgnsup Well-Known Member

    Jun 23, 2008
    Pics or it didn't happen. :D
     
  10. Aguaholic

    Aguaholic Well-Known Member

    Oct 26, 2007
  11. rgnsup

    rgnsup Well-Known Member

    Jun 23, 2008
  12. ritecoastsurfer3

    ritecoastsurfer3 Well-Known Member

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    Mar 26, 2007
    gw

    i read the stripers online forum, yeah that kind of sucks that there are great whites here but at least new jersey doesn't really have a seal population, cape cod does though i believe and one of the older fisherman guys who goes for stripers up there has seen a great white cruising within 100ft of the shoreline on two seperate occasions at race point, and i read last week in the fisherman a 14' great white was netted in a trawler 1 mile outside of a south jersey inlet around avalon or something, it's something to chew on. . .
     
  13. tbing

    tbing Well-Known Member

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    May 27, 2008
    Thanks for not believing me. Anyway, I've seen sharks closer to shore. A few of my buddies (lifeguards at Squan) have said they've seen sharks on the row boat. One of them told me they saw a Great White the size of the guard boat (15 feet) at the end of the Manasquan Inlet. They are out there, but its really not a big threat cause they've always been there too.
     
  14. KDSurfsNJ

    KDSurfsNJ New Member

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    Jul 29, 2008
    Fish

    Pilot fish. They swim around our lifeguard buoy in Mantoloking.:)
     
  15. JaYbLaZeE

    JaYbLaZeE Well-Known Member

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    Jul 6, 2007
    It must of been sweet to catch one of them.. s*** I wanna catch me one of them f****** too..
     
  16. Aguaholic

    Aguaholic Well-Known Member

    Oct 26, 2007
    I never said i didn't believe you....Just wanted to know where you got the info from....cause some people make stories up.......that's all. I was not pointing the finger at you at all.

    Like i said before crazy stories start to come up around shark week every year.
     
  17. tbing

    tbing Well-Known Member

    595
    May 27, 2008
    I didn't direct that at you... it was the one who said "pics or it didn't happen"
     
  18. Aguaholic

    Aguaholic Well-Known Member

    Oct 26, 2007

    lolz......:D :D :D :D
     
  19. nickzilla720

    nickzilla720 Well-Known Member

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    Jul 28, 2008
    Pilot Fish

    Thanks KD, I looked up pictures and thats definitely the right fish. Coincidentally, with all the shark posts, the pilot fish hangs around sharks.

    I've seen ads for SharkCamo, the zebra decal you put on the bottom of your board to deter sharks. Seems bogus, I don't think sharks can decipher the stripes from that far below, but couldn't hurt? Not that you need it in Jersey. But say, South Africa.

    Shark is speeding in for attack and at the last second.......he thinks "oh wait, its my buddy the pilot fish."

    P.s. South Africa, would be an awesome Surf Trip/World Cup Fantasy 2010.
     
  20. JaYbLaZeE

    JaYbLaZeE Well-Known Member

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    Jul 6, 2007
    That def would be a sick trip!