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Old 08-05-2012, 05:22 PM
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With all the increased live line fishing for Stripers, I've noticed a lack of Spot in some areas.

In those areas there is still a large amount of small Croakers.

Take the time to make sure the bait fish you catch are not these undersize Croakers. No spot behind the gill and a multiple color hue in sun light are the easy clues.

A bait well full of undersize Croakers can ruin a day of fishing, if checked by the NRP.

Croakers have to be 9" minimum.
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Old 08-05-2012, 08:50 PM
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Perfect point..Was just thinking the same thing on Friday night while I was out...
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:03 PM
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The mouth on Spot remind me of Dolphin. Croaker have mouth more similar to White Perch IMO.

Good call....especially for those of us new to livelining.
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Old 08-06-2012, 04:18 PM
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Another easy way to tell the two apart.

Spot has a tail that forks inward.






Croaker has a tail that bulges out - almost to a point.




http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries...ic_croaker.jpg

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Old 08-06-2012, 08:20 PM
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oh and croakers make noise...
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oh and croakers make noise...
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Old 08-15-2012, 07:43 PM
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