Fishing in the canyons has held up through November and into December this year, with White Water Outfitters reporting that boats making the run are still catching bigeye tuna, albacore, and the occasional giant bluefin tuna.
While 200-pound-plus bigeye and giant bluefin are certainly impressive, the most noteworthy catch from this extended canyon season was a good deal smaller. White Water Outfitters reported that Marcel Israel was fishing through the night at Hudson Canyon when a bigscale pomfret grabbed one of his swordfish baits set at 200 feet.
Pomfret are a deepwater fish that occur on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Gulf of Mexico. Not much is known about their diet or habits, though the occasionally turn up on pelagic long lines intended for swordfish, and are reported to be great eating. The IGFA World Record bigscale pomfret weighed 20 pounds, 10 ounces, and was caught off Florida in October 2004.
Weird fish for the deep, forked tail, crazy eyes. Sweet catch!
Way to go marci
Great Catch?
And a “Deep Subject”
Gone Fishin?
mount it!
Very interesting catch. I caught one of these fishing in Venezuela in the early 90s, 1500 feet deep in the daytime, sword dropping. It made a fabulous mount, by New wave taxidermy. Best guess for fish functionality: Interesting design. The fish probably focuses on squid. large scales to prevent beak damage. Lots of tiny pin type teeth to hold slippery prey. Short, narrowly forked tail, tall thin dorsal and long thin anal fins and corresponding pictorial fin all for turning on a dime, plus giant eye for collecting light at depth. Well designed!
Looks like a Piranha?
a catch of a lifetime.
Beautiful. Guess he was heading back to Florida.
Great catch…..Hope more to come..
We have our company fishing trip every year for the past 30 years. A yearly trip which we look forward to. Motel prices (Mom & Pop type ) were $100-$150 PER NIGHT, This year they want $1,200 for Fri & Sat….What happened? we have about 16-17guys.
They are delicious fish.