Sportfishing Magazine

While keeping a scale for souvenir purposes is a good alternative to killing a tarpon, we don't recommend handling a large fish any more than necessary. Read More

Q: I caught this small, red fish while deep-dropping in the Bahamas. Can you identify it and provide some information on how big it gets? - Capt. Bill Harrison, Miami, FloridaA: It's a spinythroat scorpionfish (Pontinus nematophthalmus), a fairly rare sport catch. This species has a short snout - about the same length as the diameter of its eye - which differentiates it from its cousin the longsnout scorpionfish (P. castor). It also lacks the very long third dorsal spine found in its other local relative, the longspine scorpionfish (P. longispinus). Read More