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« on: July 27, 2004, 11:42:21 AM »
Was crabbing in the Navasink River in Red Bank,NJ and caught this very unusual fish. It was brown and all head with teeth about 8 inches long. Does anyone know what it is? Thanks.
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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2004, 11:44:43 AM »
Did it look like a prehistoric tadpole?

Look up toad fish, toe crusher or hacklehead.
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2004, 12:19:24 PM »
Sounds like tog. Maybe stargazer.
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2004, 12:30:13 PM »
If it had been a stargazer, he wouldn't have been worried about the 8" teeth. The shock that would have dropped him on his arse would be his main concern  Shocked
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2004, 12:55:09 PM »
that fish sounds like a blind date my buddy bob hooked me up with about 20 years ago Angry Angry...the Gods batted her around with the ugly stick Tongue...she had so much teeth i think she chewed bark to keep them clean..... Grin Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2004, 12:56:13 PM »
Could she eat an apple through a picket fence, KC?
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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2004, 01:01:22 PM »
Yep,core and all Grin Grin Grin Cool
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« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2004, 01:05:25 PM »
Maybe it was a lost Gulperfish from the aybass, he turned brown in the shallows
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« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2004, 02:05:54 PM »
Sounds like a toad /oyster toad http://www.fisheries.vims.edu/toadfish.htm , watch those chompers
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« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2004, 04:09:15 PM »
The chewing bark remark had me rolling in tears Cry!
That's funny, I don't care who you are, that's funny!
Does a toad fish have 8" teeth? I've caught a few of them but don't remember them having big teeth.... Someone once told me that there is a nice chunk of meat in them ugly toadfish...never tried it for myself and don't plan to either. We always beat them on the side of the boat to get them off the hook...
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« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2004, 04:32:09 PM »
the 'chewing bark" was me,an' man was she UGLY Grin...that fish WBoy put up was what we call "oyster crackers"...an' man are they ugly,but watch yer fingers... Wink Cool.....we'd use pliers to get them off the hook......don't think that was the fish the guy was descibing,though,since he said its teeth were 8 inches Huh....maybe iy was a' Dracula' fish Cheesy Cheesy
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« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2004, 04:40:43 PM »
I think he meant the fish was 8", not its teeth!

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« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2004, 04:45:05 PM »
Oh..OK.... Grin...then it wasn't a "Dracula" fish then,huh? Undecided Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2004, 05:55:07 PM »
toadfish--we call them oyster crackers. No teeth. Big Asian market for them now. I have not caught many this year. Finally they are getting rid of a fish nobody wants. Don't know if thats good or bad.
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« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2004, 06:09:32 PM »
Oyster toad fish it is. Thanks to all who replied.
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« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2004, 06:23:16 PM »
welcome aboard,Jxero...yea,this is the place for info ....matter of fact,back in the day when i was tryin to land a fish at the local watering hole,i could never get her name or what kind of "fish" she was Grin
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« Reply #16 on: July 28, 2004, 08:13:19 AM »
THINKING......

Seriously now, if you were serious that is!

Cant be an oystercracker (toadfish) teeth arent 8 inches, a "possible" is a stargazer, but still the teeth are more like 4 inches. My Gulper commet was in jest, that leaves a lost Goosefish (also called MONKfish) they can get 4ft long and like 2 ft wide I think. They are an abyssmal fish and are very (as most o those deep critters) strange looking.
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« Reply #17 on: July 28, 2004, 08:30:57 AM »
I should clarify. The fish was 8 inches long. The teeth were little but the fish scared the %$#% out of me.  You never know what your gonna bring up. I guess that's part of the fun.
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« Reply #18 on: July 28, 2004, 08:48:01 AM »
Sounds like a small toad fish then
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« Reply #19 on: July 28, 2004, 10:11:16 PM »
oyster toad is what is sounds like to me
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« Reply #20 on: July 29, 2004, 07:47:12 AM »
same thing (actually there are like 100 species worldwide)
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« Reply #21 on: July 30, 2004, 02:31:49 PM »
fishing in the jersey waters can bring up anything strange. maybe on your next trip
you'll catch jimmy hoffa's skeleton. Grin
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« Reply #22 on: July 30, 2004, 02:51:30 PM »
  Doubt it....I already caught that here in Annapolis...threw it back... Grin Grin
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« Reply #23 on: July 30, 2004, 03:15:29 PM »
name that fish?  I'LL NAME IT...JOHNNY
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« Reply #24 on: July 30, 2004, 04:55:53 PM »
if anyone catches something that they dont know what it is, send me a picture (closeup) and I can tell you exactly what you caught. im a biologist and part-time commercial waterman, so ive seen them all.... and would sure like to see anything i havent yet!
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