afternoon cod at shark river reef

[spoggy]

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

Black Sea Bass and Tautog(aka Blackfish)

BSB are the most delicious white fish ever.

Tog are normally caught on crab or clam bait so catching one on a jig is unusual.
Tog taste alot like freshwater bass or bluegill.

Red hake is normally called "ling" here in NJ. It is white fish similar to cod but "mushy". Silver hake is called "whiting" and White Hake is just Hake

From the middle of NJ and north, we have 2 kinds of flounder. Summer Flounder is called "Fluke" by people north of Barnegat Inlet and "Flounder" by people south of Barnegat Inlet. It is delicious, has big mouth with teeth. It is a "Left-handed" flounder.
Winter flounder is called flounder to the north and doesn't exist in the south. It is a "right-handed" flounder with a tiny mouth. It is also delicious but they have pretty much regulated it out of being a target for recreational guys. This year they left the season open all summer. Normally caught in bays in the winter, you can accidentally catchem in 120 ft offshore in the summer, which is nice When you catch them offshore, they are always big because you are using big baits and hooks for other fish.

Thanks so much for the run-down. It makes a lot more sense now that I know the "code". :)

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by spoggy

Thanks so much for the run-down. It makes a lot more sense now that I know the "code". :)

Well, you may still get confused when southern guys start talking.

What they call whiting, northerners call kingfish. Their Kingfish are King Mackeral.
I think I've seen someone call yellowtail (snapper) "Flags", not to be confused with California Yellowtail, which is kind of like an Amberjack.
Then there is Spotted Sea Trout, which is not a trout at all. In the north we have a version of them without spots we call Weakfish. Nicknames are "Fangs" and "two toofs".

Redfish is red drum in the north (sometimes "channel bass")
Not sure what Black drum is called south of Delaware. Small ones are puppy drum.
Croaker are a small type of drum also.

Striped Bass is called "Striper" from NJ north, "Rockfish" in DE,MD,VA, and maybe NC. However, in lakes in the south, they call it "Stripe", well actually "Striiiipe."