Fish Report for 5-26-2011

Unusual Tripletail
5-26-2011
Bill Roecker
I wasn't aware that the tripletail, a sometimes highly-sought Atlantic species, existed in the Pacific, until Paul Sweeney got a photo of one temporarily in the tanks of the Excel. Anglers in the Atlantic think this fish is excellent eating and a good fighter. Here's his picture of the first specimen of Lobotes pacificus I've ever seen. Sweeney said this little one weighed a pound or two, and was released unharmed.