Bigmouth Sleeper

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FlatsNBay

November 23, 2018, 12:33:57 PM
Anybody ever catch one? They are a rare catch. The other day I was exploring a new retention pond that eventually connects to the Indian River via a ditch. I was fishing a swimbait and the first fish hit like a ton of bricks. I thought it was a 2 lb. bass but ended up being a 2 lb. bigmouth sleeper. A few casts later I caught another smaller one and had a few more hits. I quickly released the fish as I was in a hurry and was targeting bass. After thinking about it, I realized what the fish were but like a dummy I never took any pics! I plan on going back to try and target them to get some pics.

Capt. BassinLou

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November 23, 2018, 12:43:30 PM
I have never heard of these fish before.

Lipripper

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November 23, 2018, 03:22:11 PM
We got Gobies up here but none that big.  :shocking:

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SFL BassHunter

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November 23, 2018, 03:56:15 PM
Cool I'm the goby family. Never seen one of them. Don't think we have those down here.


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FlatsNBay

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November 23, 2018, 05:28:51 PM Last Edit: November 23, 2018, 05:46:54 PM by FlatsNBay
The three of the more common areas that they are found in Florida are Loxahatchee, St. Lucie River and the Sebastian River. I wonder if G or any of the other Lox anglers have caught one?

Canesfan

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November 24, 2018, 06:13:47 AM
Never heard of it either and used to fish the St. Lucie region when we moved to Florida when I was a child. Never to old to learn something new.

LgMouthGambler

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November 24, 2018, 07:01:25 AM
Weird. Looks like a cross breed of a snakehead and a bowfin.
My wife says she is gonna leave me if I go fishing one more time........lord how I will miss that woman.

big g

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December 17, 2018, 02:34:48 PM Last Edit: December 20, 2018, 11:03:48 AM by big g
Small mouth and NLM hait Golbies because they raid the nests.  Strikes on Golbies are violant, imatations are great bass lures on Lake Erie.
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warsaw

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December 19, 2018, 06:57:32 PM
As a kid I caught a few of them in the Miami Airport Lakes - Blue Lagoon to be exact. Right off the dock on small shiners.

Biggest one I got was probably in the 5lb+/- range. Looked like a super long bass coming up.

It's amazing the amount of weird fish you could get in that system.
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