Spot
◎Silvery color overall with a white belly; a prominent black spot is present behind the gill cover and above the base of the pectoral fin; several wavy lines, brassy in color, extend down the back; caudal fin is slightly concave; larger individuals in the late summer often exhibit a distinct yellow coloration on their bellies.
◎Size: up to 2½ pounds; average size is 5 ~ 10 inches (under a pound)
◎Season: June - October
SPOTTED SEATROUT ((Speckled Trout, Spotted Trout, Speckle) Cynoscion nebulosus)
◎Grayish silver back (often with a bluish, iridescent tint) fading to silver sides with a white belly; distinct round black dots are present on back and sides, and they extend onto second part of the dorsal fin and the caudal fin; body is long and slender; upper jaw possesses two large canine teeth.
◎Similar Fish: closely related and similar in appearance to the Weakfish or Gray Trout; distinguishable by the black dots which extend onto second dorsal fin and caudal fin (gray trout lack any black markings on these fins).
◎Size: up to 17 pounds; average size is 1½ ~ 4 pounds.
STRIPED BASS (striper, rockfish)
◎Overall coloration is silvery with a white belly; back tends to be a dark, olive or dusky brownish color; 7 or 8 pronounced black stripes run horizontally down the back and sides of the fish; the spines in the first dorsal fin are stiff and the gill cover is hard and sharp.
◎Size: up to 125 pounds; average size ranges from 4 ~ 15 pounds.
◎Season: October - February, May 16 through June 15
STRIPED MULLET ((Mullet, Jumping Mullet) Mugil cephalus)
◎Long, cylindrically shaped fish featuring a small mouth and two distinct dorsal fins; body covered with relatively large scales and hard spines are present in first dorsal fin; coloration is greenish, bluish green or bluish gray along the back fading to silvery sides and a silvery white belly; may have faint, dark stripes down the back.
◎Similar Fish: closely related and similar in appearance to White Mullet; difficult to distinguish between the two species, but striped mullet has 8 rays or soft spines in the anal fin (white mullet have 9 rays).
◎Size: up to 6 pounds; average size is under 2 pounds.
SUMMER FLOUNDER (fluke, flatfish)
◎Rounded, flat body is brown on one side (the left side) and white on the other side; both eyes appear on the brown (left) side of the fish; caudal fin is convex and the mouth features sharp, cone-like teeth; summer flounder feature five ocellated spots on their brown side, three tending to form a triangle just above the base of the tail.
◎Size: up to 20 pounds; average size is ½ ~ 5 pounds.
◎Season: March - October