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shallowsport · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:56 am Post subject: Stargazer

Fishing partner told me this fish is a stargazer, this picture was taken before the fish was released. My partner told me that if you stroke them between the eyes it calms them down so you can take the hook out. DON'T DO IT! I was the one on my a** stargazing. Fishing partner was roaring in laughing.

Notice I refer to the person with me as, fishing partner, not buddy or friend. He got me but paybacks can be rough and you never know when.

dasr1985 · Pony Mullet Joined: 22 Dec 2013 Posts: 53

Buddy of mine caught something similiar at the ship pass underneath the JFK Cosway. Toadfish I think it was, at least thats what I was told. Vicious little monsters, they'll snap at anything in front of their face even out of the water.

surfguy · Finger Mullet Joined: 06 Dec 2013 Posts: 20

I bet it was a "SHOCKING" experience that you won't do again Shocked

I caught one of these buggers last year and used the pliers to dehook it. Cool

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shallowsport · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:00 am Post subject:

Shocking ..... Indeed!

ltorna1 · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 3240

HA! What a friend!
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Lol! What a guy!
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Coach · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:26 pm Post subject:

ahh good jokes....

yes, yes,,,, damn things - one took a hunk out of my thumb.... now just pliers touch them.
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Prof. Salt · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:47 pm Post subject:

A student on a marine biology field trip caught one in a sein. He was a knucklehead who kept breaking the safety rules so the other teacher wanted to teach him a lesson. He told the kid to pick it up and put it in the collecting can. The kid picked up the stargazer and fell flat on his butt when it shocked him. He didn't break the rules after that - he didn't even want to get in the water.

They won't kill you, but you'd sure think they could when you get popped. Laughing

Blast-n-Cast · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1142

Funny stuff.

bigredfish · Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 6:51 pm Post subject:

Not sure which was more "shocking", shallowsport touching the fish or shallowsport actually catching a fish. Very Happy

SaltyCuda · Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 3:04 pm Post subject:

Many Moons ago I did some deck hand work for Charlie J. He tried to get me to pet the fish, I laughed and told him, I might be green but you should have never said a word and I might have grabbed that fish and threw it off the boat.

But then, I never fell for Snipe hunting either...

w00kie · Finger Mullet Joined: 23 Jan 2014 Posts: 19

so what exactly is this fish?

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SaltyCuda · Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 3:27 pm Post subject:

From the stories, it's a shocker Laughing