Was down at Sandy Hook with my son today fishing for fluke from the shore. Caught 2 shorts a couple of sea robins and this fish. I think I caught the same fish many years ago, and someone called it a "Star Gazer". What is it? Thanks.
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Was down at Sandy Hook with my son today fishing for fluke from the shore. Caught 2 shorts a couple of sea robins and this fish. I think I caught the same fish many years ago, and someone called it a "Star Gazer". What is it? Thanks.
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Monk fish, aka poor man's lobster. Good eating
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That thing had some mouth, with some sharp teeth in it! lol
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You do realize they are 1 in the same right?
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Yeah um, monk fish are caught in the very deep sea...
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Stargazer...
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Stargazer...
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I'm not so sure...they are not in the same family (genus)
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Star gazer. Not monkfish.
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I'll say it's from the family of fugly fish...
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Oyster cracker
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stargazer also heard them referred to as an "oyster cracker"
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