Sailor's Choice
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| Spot tail pinfish (Diplodus holbrooki) is also known as porgy, spot, spot-tail porgy, and sailor’s choice. They are similar in appearance to the pinfish, but they have a large black spot in front of the base of the tail. According to the biologists, they hang around in shallow coastal waters and in lower areas of coastal bays and sounds. (usually around hard bottom) That's true but we find them offshore too around hard bottom and reefs, and they are good baits, cut or alive. They are a fair pan-fish (maybe that's how they got the name "sailor's choice"?) but there's better fare to be had in the same places that you catch them. ie. Red Snapper, Red Grouper & Yellowtail Snapper. They are easily caught with gold hook rigs and even can be caught on larger hooks that you are fishing for snapper with. They grow to around ten inches and should definitely be kept for bait if you catch them. | |
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This page was last updated 16 September 2011 |
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