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thanks MJ, when I have something worth posting I am going to do just what you said. i haven't ever caught a weakfish, but i know others here in CT do in the Sound
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I thought those were trout, but dang them's bigguns.... :o
Good day!...Tunas ain't bad either...
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MJ...will you share that prized info w/little ol me ::)...now that I know 'bout that little ol point and shot thang... :D
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I dunno . . . that's what some people call'em around cape cod (but there not so common around there). Looks like people called them chickwit too.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weakfish - definition from gcide squeteague \sque*teague"\ (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [From the North American Indian name.] (Zool.) An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (Cynoscion nebulosus ) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish and squit, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon. See also under squitee. [1913 Webster] Weakfish \Weak"fish`\, n. (Zool.) Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. See Squeteague. [1913 Webster] Spotted weakfish (Zool.), the spotted squeteague. [1913 Webster]
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Those trout are so big they look like speckled stripers :o
I hear they're not near as good on the table as their speckled cousins.
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