Bait

Other Names: Piggy, Piggy Perch, Grunt. Pigfish are characterized by irregular barring on the cheeks, a mottled appearance, or indistinct, irregular v

The bay anchovy is a small, translucent fish that lives in schools throughout the Chesapeake Bay. It is the most abundant fish in the Bay. Bay anchovi

The ballyhoo or bally, Hemiramphus brasiliensis, is a baitfish of the halfbeak family (Hemiramphidae). It is similar to the Balao halfbeak (Hemiramphu

The scaled sardine, Harengula jaguana, is a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae. It is native to coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, f

The Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) is a small marine filter feeding fish belonging to the family Clupeidae. The range of Gulf menhaden encompasse

The bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) is an oceanic fish found in tropical regions around the globe. Other common names include mas bango, akule, c

Appearance: Color olive green with blue tints on back, shading to silvery sides, white below. Anal and pelvic fins yellowish. Dark blotch at base of p

Description: Silvery, with a greenish or bluish back; fins golden yellow; a single dark shoulder spot; scales on back noticeably smaller than those on

Description: Deep-bodied amberjack; sometimes darker in coloration; front of soft dorsal and of anal fins high and elongated; body more flattened than

Description: Snout length somewhat less than eye diameter; silver stripe on body narrow – width less than eye diameter or snout length throughou

Description: Color bluish-gray or green above, shading to silver on sides, with indistinct horizontal black barrings, white below; fins lightly scaled

Description: Dark saddle on caudal peduncle sometimes forms a complete ring around peduncle in adults; eight faint bars on body, alternately long and

Description: Back bluish gray, sometimes greenish; sides silvery to brassy; slender body. Where Found: In schools ranging from North Gulf of Mexico to

Description: Solid back with dark streaks, usually single small dark spot at upper edge of opercule and sometimes one at shoulder. Where Found: North

Other Local Names: Cigar minnow. Description: Long, fusiform; greenish-blue fading to silver on sides, belly white; narrow, yellowish stripe from head

Description: Small mouth with incisor-like teeth; distinctive black spot behind the gill cover; body bluish-silver with blue and orange-yellow horizon

Description: Body silvery, bluish above; fins yellow; rear parts of dorsal and anal fins consist of a series of finelts; spinous dorsal fin has 5 well

Description: Back dark blue/gray, sides silvery, belly white; small head. Where Found: In salt water from Cape Cod to Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico

Description: Silvery to golden below; yellowish anal and caudal fins; conspicuous black saddle on caudal peduncle and small black area at edge of oper

Description: Color of back green or greenish blue with metallic lustre; silvery sides, white underneath (colors darken when fish enters fresh water to