Fishing in Portsmouth

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Fishing in Portsmouth

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Join our 1 fisherman in Portsmouth in Portsmouth (city). The fishing forecast is currently 6.9. The most caught fishes here are the tripletail fish, the cubera snapper, the blackfin snapper and the horse eye jack fish. Come try the most famous fishing techniques like the support fishing for bass, trolling, fishing with traps or deep-sea fishing.

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The Tripletail fish

The Tripletail fish

The Tripletail fish belongs to the Lobotidae family. The tripletail is 89 cm long and weighs 18.6 kg. However, the average weight is between 1 and 7 kg. The Tripletail have a lifespan of about 10 years. They spawn in summer. It can be fished all year round. The tripletail has small scales that extend over the dorsal, caudal and anal fins and a head profile that becomes more concave with age. The tripletail has a compressed and deep body, with a triangular head. The eyes are relatively small and the mouth is large. The bases of the dorsal and anal fins are flaked and the pectoral fins are shorter than the pelvic fins. The tripletail has soft, large and rounded dorsal, caudal and anal fins. This characteristic has given rise to the common name. Juveniles are marbled yellow, brown and black. Lying on the side at the surface of the water, a young tripletail looks like a floating mangrove leaf. Juveniles have white pectoral fins and a white border on the caudal fin. The adult tripletails have a variety of marbled patterns, ranging from dark brown to reddish brown or brown with a shade of grey.

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The Cubera Snapper

The Cubera Snapper

The Cubera snapper belongs to the Lutjanidae family. Its average weight is about 18 kg and reaching a length of 90 cm, the cubera snapper can reach 58 kg and 6 m in length. It can live up to 30 years old. It occurs from June to August. It can be fished all year round. This snapper is slightly different from some of the other members of the Lutjanidae family, because it has an elongated and slender body that is not very deep. It looks like the other lutjanidae by its long pectoral fin and continuous dorsal fin. The caudal fin is quite truncated. The mouth has thick lips and large teeth. These fish are generally grey or dark brown with pale to dark grey sides. There may also be a slight reddish tinge on the body. There is a bluish shade on the anal and ventral fins. The caudal fin is light grey in color while the pectoral fins are translucent or grey. Juveniles have a slightly striped pattern on each side that fades with adulthood.

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The Blackfin Snapper

The Blackfin Snapper

The Blackfin Snapper belongs to the Lutjanidae family. Its average size is 40 cm but some individuals can reach 75 cm. The biggest blackfin snapper recorded weighted 14 kg. It has an average lifespan of 10 years old. It spawns most of the year with a peak of activity from April to September. It can be fished all year round. This snapper is similar to other members of the Lutjanidae family, as it has the same deep body and double dorsal fin. Its caudal fin is rather truncated and its pectoral fin is long. The anal fin is rounded. This snapper is often confused with the northern red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus), but the black comma-shaped mark at the base of the pectoral fins is a distinctive feature of the black fin snapper. In addition, the blackfin snapper has a rounded anal fin that contrasts with the pointed anal fin of the red snapper. The black-finned snapper is usually red, silvery red below, with yellowish caudal, anal and pelvic fins. There is a distinct dark comma-shaped mark at the base of the pectoral fins, giving this fish its common name. Juveniles resemble adults, but have a large bright yellow area on the upper part of the caudal pendulum. The canines of the upper jaw are larger than those of the lower jaw.

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The Horse Eye Jack fish

The Horse Eye Jack fish

The Horse Eye Jack fish belongs to the Carangidae family. It can reach up to 100 cm for 13,33 kg. It can live for more than 18 years. It breeds from June to August. It can be fished all year. The backbones located on the body of Horse-Eye Jack are 8 to 9. The soft rays are approximately 20 - 22 located on the small body of the Horse-Eye jack. There are a few anal spines and about 17 soft anal rays. The pectoral fins are free of spots or marks and have a remarkably well constructed shape. Their bone plates are blackish or sometimes even stone grey. The caudal fin on the body of the Horse-Eye jack is yellow in color. Younger Horse-Eye jacks are brighter in color and have large, very dark stripes on the body. The shape of Horse-Eye jack is similar to that of other fish in the Carangidae family, but the main difference is the shape of their heads. The head of the horse's eye whistle is clearer and more pronounced than that of other fish in the same family. The Horse-Eye jack fins are darker in color and some of them even have black fins. The Horse-Eye fish is known as the big-eyed fish, mainly because of its prominent and prominent eyes that are located at the front and center of the fish's head.

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The Permit fish

The Permit fish

The Permit fish belongs to the Carangidae family. Permits reach a maximum length of at least 122 cm and a weight of 36 kg. Permit can be up to 23 years old, but they probably live longer. The spawning season of permit can last all year round. It can be fished in the spring. The deeply forked tail and elongated front dorsal fin provide the most distinctive features of the permit. Resembling long sickle-like fins, these fins give the name of the fish species, falcatus. However, the permit can also be identified by its highly compressed lateral body, which gives the fish a fine and high appearance. From a lateral point of view, the shape of the permit is rounded in juveniles, but becomes oblong as the fish ages to become an adult. In addition to the long dorsal anterior fin, inserted directly above an elongated anterior anal fin, it also provides 17 to 21 soft dorsal and 16 to 19 soft anal rays. The permits have bright silver sides and blue-green or brown backs. The belly sometimes has occasional yellow or black spots. The fins appear dark grey or black.

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