Jumping fish in Broward County... 2024
fivesixone reply :
So as I was out fishing on my lunch break in some canal today, I see this pretty nice sized fish leaping out of the water a couple of times, a couple feet outta the water. The only thing I can find that looks similar to them are Sturgeon(sp?). I saw that it had a forked tail, and a long slender body, that was about all I could make out of it. I've only seen them in Broward county, never in Palm Beach... Haven't seen em in Miami, but they're probably there...
Anyone know what kind of fish these are? And what to use to catch em? Seems if they can jump like that, they'd put up a nice fight!
Still a Bigbuckifan reply :
Were they jumping or just rolling. If they were just rolling it could have been armored cat or plecco.( I think thats how you spell it ) . Here a pic of my friend with a plecco did it look like this.
SirSnookalot reply :
Sure is wasn't grass carp, they roll. I only see the plecostamos (sailfin catfish , armored cat) lay on the bottom.
I looked at the FWC list of freshwater native and non native species and see nothing to resemble that description, except a remote chance of a freshwater tarpon.
Still a Bigbuckifan reply :
QuoteSure is wasn't grass carp, they roll. I only see the plecostamos (sailfin catfish , armored cat) lay on the bottom.
I forgot about grass carp. But armored cat and pleco do come up to gulp air. Grass carp dont jump do they :-? maybe common carp
SirSnookalot reply :
I have never seen a grass carp jump, but they kinda roll in deeper water sometimes. When one does others seem to be doing it all over the lake as well. They are vegatarians and maybe once in 50,000 casts you may catch one. I caught on a xrap last year.
I still think that jumper could have been a freshwater tarpon, many of them in Broward canals.
fivesixone reply :
It definitely jumped clear out of the water, like 3 times, and it probably got about 2-3 feet in the air. I've seen it happen a few times in different locations, as well. Definitely didn't look like a catfish. I guess it could've been a carp, but I definitely saw a split, forked tail.
After a little more research, could quite well have been a sturgeon.
http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/guide/fish.html
Scroll down to Anadromous Fish and they have a nice description of them there... I'm not sure that that's it though. Guess I'm just gonna have to try and catch one!
fivesixone reply :
QuoteI still think that jumper could have been a freshwater tarpon, many of them in Broward canals.
It looked darker in color than most tarpon, but it could be. Are tarpon darker in color when they're younger? It wasn't tooo big, probably 3-4 pounds.
Still a Bigbuckifan reply :
Tarpon aren't normally darker when they are younger they look exactly the same as the big ones.
SirSnookalot reply :
I have never seen a tarpon that was not a silver color. I had no idea there were sturgeon down here.
Back in Michigan we caught a few in the St Mary's river. As far as I know they feed on or near the bottom. They get enormous.
bocabasser reply :
mullet.
SoFl-native reply :
yeah......mullet. They are everywhere in S. FL canals.
fivesixone reply :
Ahh, okay, that's most likely what it was! Didn't know they grew that big... Thanks a lot guys!
Still a Bigbuckifan reply :
I cant believe I didn't think of mullet.
NYfishwow reply :
Still a Bigbuckifan i've seen that fish in fish tanks, real nice catch, what bait works on those fish?
Still a Bigbuckifan reply :
Thats not me thats my friend . But that fish was snaged with a crappie jig. As far as I know they dont hit any kind of lure or bait. Ive cought armoed catfish on chicken liver but never one of these. There also really fun to gig and shot with .22's :
bocabasser reply :
last week i fished the hillsboro canal and i saw soo many mullet jumping. they were huge! around 5 pounds. i saw schools of them swimming in packs of a dozen. i didn't see any tarpon, but know they are in there. i caught 2 big bass and left. that is a very dirty canal.
I.rar reply :
def sounds like a mullet.
everytime i go by the canals leading to the local marina , i always see them jumping.
SirSnookalot reply :
One of my sources has mentioned lots of jumping mullet in Broward. When you see singles just jumping they are "playing" and no game fish around, when entire pods "scatter", that's when there is a preditor there.
Hillsboro canal produces decent snook, but I here not much is going on as the gates are close. Need rain for spillway snook.
bocabasser reply :
QuoteOne of my sources has mentioned lots of jumping mullet in Broward. When you see singles just jumping they are "playing" and no game fish around, when entire pods "scatter", that's when there is a preditor there.Hillsboro canal produces decent snook, but I here not much is going on as the gates are close. Need rain for spillway snook.
i was fishing the west side. i have fished the east side and caught both snook and tarpon. i have also caught tarpon on the west side.
Question sirsnook---any truth to the reason that mullet jump is to rid themselves of parasites? not when they scatter from an attack but solo jumps.
Krzkev reply :
I have heard that a larger black mullet will jump and land on its side to promote digestion of food. Just heard that from several knowledgable people in the past don't know if it holds water or not.
LCpointerKILLA reply :
mullet can probably reach 5 pounds, I have seen some large ones. That must be what you saw.
SirSnookalot reply :
Quoteany truth to the reason that mullet jump is to rid themselves of parasites?
Your guess is good as mine on this one.....
I hear people smoke them and they're good to eat.
Bassn Blvd reply :
Quotemullet.
BINGO.
Bassn Blvd reply :
QuoteQuoteOne of my sources has mentioned lots of jumping mullet in Broward. When you see singles just jumping they are "playing" and no game fish around, when entire pods "scatter", that's when there is a preditor there.Hillsboro canal produces decent snook, but I here not much is going on as the gates are close. Need rain for spillway snook.
i was fishing the west side. i have fished the east side and caught both snook and tarpon. i have also caught tarpon on the west side.
Question sirsnook---any truth to the reason that mullet jump is to rid themselves of parasites? not when they scatter from an attack but solo jumps.
Not true.
Speed Worm reply :
Those mullets can grow pretty big in the canals. I've seen some that could have easily reached 4 lbs. No joke.
LCpointerKILLA reply :
QuoteWere they jumping or just rolling. If they were just rolling it could have been armored cat or plecco.( I think thats how you spell it ) . Here a pic of my friend with a plecco did it look like this.
thats where they end up once they are too big for the aquarium. did he snag that? because they are algae suckers
Bassin_Fin@tic reply :
Definatley mullet! Word of advice: If you see pods of them scattering and jumping it is time to chuck the super spook.
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