A friend of mine caught one of these recently, said it would have been a record for the location if he had registered it.
Name that untuna!
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Re: Name that untuna!
I saw that the other night on Swamp People.
Shoot it! Shoot it!
Shoot it! Shoot it!
Re: Name that untuna!
I don't know if it has a Hawaiian name but they are pretty common around here. We call them trumpet fish and they get up to around 3ft long. By-catch when we are targeting jacks. Pretty harmless but they are slimey as heck!
Re: Name that untuna!
Bingo, Brian! This Atlantic version is a blue-spotted cornetfish (vs. trumpetfish), better known to fishmongers and restaurateurs as Fistularia commersonii. Despite what Phil said, these things may live in swamps, for all I know, but they're not people.
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Re: Name that untuna!
Man I caught one in Oahu one time and a out the time I went to grab it my brother tried.to stop me. It was too late...I couldn't even let go...sticky and slimiest fish I've ever seen. Caught a Moo on th e the sametrip around 8 lbs ...wanna see some wierd human looking teeth...look one up.
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