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SkeeterRonnie · 04-08-2008, 03:52 PM

almaco jacks?

MrBill · 04-08-2008, 04:25 PM

That looks like a Almaco to me. They are very simialr to Greater AJ's. The Almoco Jack max out about three feet. I've seen them as heavy as 45 pounds.

The Big Eye or Horse eye has real red meat like the Jack Crevalle. Taste like crap. It takes a real man to eat one of those. Even alleycats make a face when eating them. Looking at the color of the meat on your filleting table, I would have to call it a Almoco.

The Big Eye's head is not a blunt as a Crevalle. It also doesn't have the yellow color like the Crevalle's. One of the best way to distinguish between the greater AJ and the almaco is to count the gill rakers. Greater Aj's have about a dozen. Lesser AJ's and Almaco's have about two dozen.

If these are the ones you caught at Falcon that night I saw you, they are Almoco's. We caught a couple.

fishr1989 · 04-08-2008, 04:31 PM

those are crevalle jacks

this is an amberjack

fishr1989 · 04-08-2008, 04:35 PM

look at the shape of the fin on them, they look like a smaller version of a GT

the tail shape and the fins as well as the deep body mean they are a crevalle jack

day0ne · 04-08-2008, 04:46 PM

Looks like an Almaco Jack to me, not a Crevalle Jack. Head isn't blunt enough, and the color is wrong.

LEXPRO · 04-08-2008, 04:59 PM

yes head and color are different but i think its not and amber or almaco...

Minnow · 04-08-2008, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fonz

I dont think those are AJ's, might be horse eye jacks or jack crevale???

Good eye Fonz, it does looks like JC or horse eye jack.

Great catch guys. I am jeolouse of you guys.

MrBill · 04-08-2008, 05:25 PM

Mad Marlin,

You can answer this with one question.

If you ate it, did it taste like something you would find floating in a toilet?

jaredchasteen · 04-08-2008, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBill

Mad Marlin,

You can answer this with one question.

If you ate it, did it taste like something you would find floating in a toilet?

thats funny

not an aj or jack crevalle

mad marlin · 04-08-2008, 06:22 PM

Well , to start with.
According to the State Park Agent , that looked at them He mentioned that the larger one was an AJ and named the other 2 as Tbar jacks , that we throw them to the birds and dolphins on the dock . We only keept what we thought it was an Aj , Yes we eat that one and the cudas.
So Mr Bill I cant answer wether it tasted like something I would find floating in a toilet?. But we had a fest with the rest , at least I did.

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04-08-2008, 04:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
MrBill Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,211	That looks like a Almaco to me. They are very simialr to Greater AJ's. The Almoco Jack max out about three feet. I've seen them as heavy as 45 pounds. The Big Eye or Horse eye has real red meat like the Jack Crevalle. Taste like crap. It takes a real man to eat one of those. Even alleycats make a face when eating them. Looking at the color of the meat on your filleting table, I would have to call it a Almoco. The Big Eye's head is not a blunt as a Crevalle. It also doesn't have the yellow color like the Crevalle's. One of the best way to distinguish between the greater AJ and the almaco is to count the gill rakers. Greater Aj's have about a dozen. Lesser AJ's and Almaco's have about two dozen. If these are the ones you caught at Falcon that night I saw you, they are Almoco's. We caught a couple.

04-08-2008, 04:46 PM	#15 (permalink)
day0ne Junior member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 21	Looks like an Almaco Jack to me, not a Crevalle Jack. Head isn't blunt enough, and the color is wrong.

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LEXPRO Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 204	yes head and color are different but i think its not and amber or almaco...

04-08-2008, 05:25 PM	#18 (permalink)
MrBill Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,211	Mad Marlin, You can answer this with one question. If you ate it, did it taste like something you would find floating in a toilet?

04-08-2008, 06:22 PM	#20 (permalink)
mad marlin Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: DFW Posts: 326	Well , to start with. According to the State Park Agent , that looked at them He mentioned that the larger one was an AJ and named the other 2 as Tbar jacks , that we throw them to the birds and dolphins on the dock . We only keept what we thought it was an Aj , Yes we eat that one and the cudas. So Mr Bill I cant answer wether it tasted like something I would find floating in a toilet?. But we had a fest with the rest , at least I did.

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