Kayak fish of the week June 5th-12th 2022

[JohnMckroidJr]

Originally Posted by SoCalEDC

Did you purchase the ribbon fish for bait or catch them in a previous session? Pretty cool. I have seen other east coasters target barracuda with long plastic lures that resemble ribbon fish and thought it was odd. Now it makes sense.

I wish I knew where to catch Ribbonfish. I hear they are taken off the piers in Central and Northern Florida. They are a random occurrence off Ft. Lauderdale. I caught one once trolling a large Bonita strip at night while targeting a Cubera. The ones I used were line-caught brined frozen at $18/2 pack, it was pricey bait to waste on Cudas. They don't really look like the long surgical tube lures that are often marketed for Cudas. I have yet to try one of those lures as Cudas are an incidental and not a targeted species.

Originally Posted by BenCantrell

Nice cudas even though they didn't add any points!

Thanks Ben, What I would have done to trade all 4 of them for even a runt King. Hindsight is 20/20.... had I known the other anglers' catches, I would have stayed out deep jigging for Tuna. The one I got was good for 9th place.

[BenCantrell]

Originally Posted by JohnMckroidJr

I wish I knew where to catch Ribbonfish. I hear they are taken off the piers in Central and Northern Florida. They are a random occurrence off Ft. Lauderdale.

I was out of town last year, but someone local sent me a photo of ribbonfish they were catching in a creek mouth up here near Melbourne. Date of the photo is 2021-11-18, so they must head up creeks to spawn around that time. I believe he said they were catching a lot of them.

[JohnMckroidJr]

Originally Posted by BenCantrell

I was out of town last year, but someone local sent me a photo of ribbonfish they were catching in a creek mouth up here near Melbourne. Date of the photo is 2021-11-18, so they must head up creeks to spawn around that time. I believe he said they were catching a lot of them.

Interesting, I have a buddy who found them near a boat ramp in an 8ft deep x 30ft pocket surrounded by 3ft shallow waters over in the Thousand Islands area -- weird fish.