Since red snapper will soon be completely off limits for offshore fishermen and have to be released back to the water. There’s been a lot of controversy about releasing undersized and off-limits snapper. Many fishermen believe that most of the released snapper do not survive. And that’s a fact because many of the fish especially those brought up in deeper waters simply flounder on the surface and become an easy meal for predators.
on-o-mato-poe-ia, n: the forming of a word (as "buzz" or "hiss") in imitation of a natural sound.
Yes, Mr. Webster your definition of this unusual word answers the question of how Acanthocybium solandri got its more common name. Many a Louisiana offshore angler upon setting the hook on one has let out a scream of WAHOO practically audible all the way back to the Venice Marina. It's for certain my favorite offshore species and early one spring I had the chance to fish with my favorite offshore Captain, Brandon Ballay aboard the Aw Heck.
“Ever see any of those silver carp out here? You know the ones that have knocking people out of their boats lately.” Just the other night a buddy and I were motoring out of the camp canal into a bayou for a night of frogging. Sweeping the banks with a big spotlight while the short shaft mud motor shoved us into the first turn of the bayou it was a question I just had to ask.
It was bound to happen – reports of the dreaded Chinese snakehead in Louisiana waters. But so far the culprit has turned out only to be a local impostor. Ironically this primitive freshwater fish may have been here longer than any other species. But it does closely resemble the celebrated snakeheads both in looks and habits.
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on-o-mato-poe-ia, n: the forming of a word (as "buzz" or "hiss") in imitation of a natural sound.
“Ever see any of those silver carp out here? You know the ones that have knocking people out of their boats lately.” Just the other night a buddy and I were motoring out of the camp canal into a bayou for a night of frogging. Sweeping the banks with a big spotlight while the short shaft mud motor shoved us into the first turn of the bayou it was a question I just had to ask.
It was bound to happen – reports of the dreaded Chinese snakehead in Louisiana waters. But so far the culprit has turned out only to be a local impostor. Ironically this primitive freshwater fish may have been here longer than any other species. But it does closely resemble the celebrated snakeheads both in looks and habits.
