Fishing in Clam Gulch

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Fishing in Clam Gulch

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Keep your rods ready for Clam-Gulch in Kenai Peninsula. The fishing forecast is currently 6.4. The most caught fishes here are the horse eye jack fish, the blacknose shark , the silk snapper and the red drum. Come try the most famous fishing techniques like the barracuda trolling, big game fishing, gathering seafood by hand or boat fishing for eel.

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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 Blacknose shark

The Blacknose shark

The Blacknose shark belongs to the Carcharhinidae family. It has an average size of 1.4m for 10 kg. It has a maximum lifespan of 19 years. It mate in late May to June. It can be fished all year round. The Black Nose Shark has a slender body with a long rounded snout and large eyes. The inhalant and exhaling openings of the nostrils are separated by a skin flap. There are respectively 12 to 13 and 11 to 12 rows of teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaws, with one or two teeth at the symphysis level. The teeth are triangular and oblique, with serrated edges. The upper teeth are thicker than the lower teeth. The five pairs of gill slits are short, measuring less than one-third of the length of the base of the first dorsal fin. The first dorsal fin is small and somewhat sickle-shaped, with a pointed apex and a short, free posterior border; its origin is at the free rear edges of the pectoral fins. The second dorsal fin is relatively large, but always less than half the height of the first. There is no ridge between the two dorsal fins. The pectoral fins are short and tapered. The body is covered with overlapping dermal denticles that have five to seven longitudinal veins (three in very young individuals) ending in three to five teeth. The coloring is a yellowish grey to greenish on the top and white to yellow below. A characteristic dark spot at the tip of the snout is more or less visible, especially in young sharks.

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The Silk Snapper

The Silk Snapper

The Silk Snapper belongs to the Lutjanidae family. It can reach a maximum of 83 cm in length and 8.3 kg in weight. They can live up to 30 years. The spawning season can last all year round. The fishing season for silk snapper is from late spring to summer. Silk snappers have an elongated compressed bodies. They are generally red to pinkish red and lighter on the belly. Some fish have thin undulating yellow lines on their sides. A key to identification is the iris of their eyes, which is bright yellow. Their fins are reddish, with yellow reflections on the anal and dorsal fins. Their caudal fin has a dark border and their pectoral fins reach the anus and are pale yellow. Juveniles have black or dark red spots on their upper sides, just below the front edge of their dorsal fin. They have a large mouth equipped with one or more rows of pointed conical teeth on both jaws. Their canines are much larger on the upper jaw. They have an anchor-shaped tooth patch, with a rear extension, on the roof of their mouth and a pair of dental patches on the sides of the roof of their mouth. They have sawtooth caps. Their anal fins have pointed tips, 3 spines and 7 or 8 rays; their caudal fin is lunar; their dorsal fin is continuous with 10 or 11 spines and 13 or 14 rays. They have 16 or 17 lower branches. Their bodies are covered with rough scales and the rows of ladders on their backs are oblique above the lateral line.

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The Red drum

The Red drum

The red drum belongs to the Scianidae family. The maximum reported length is 155 cm, but this species is generally observed at a length of about 100 cm. The maximum registered weight of the red drum is just under 45.0 kg. It is known to live to be at least 50 years old. It breeds from mid-August to mid-November. It can be caught from fall to winter. The body of the red drum is elongated with a slightly arched back and a sloping head. It has a blunt snout with a large subterminal mouth similar to most species of the Sciaenidae family. There are two dorsal fins, the first with ten hard spines and the second with one hard spine and many soft rays. The caudal fin is slightly concave. The red drum differs from the black drum, which is closely linked to it (Pogonias cromis) by its absence of barbels. The red drum is generally coppery reddish. The coloring can also range from deep dark copper to an almost silvery sheen. The ventral side is generally lighter to almost white in color. The red drums have a distinct black spot near the base of the tail. One point is the most common, but some people have several points.

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The Yellowtail snapper

The Yellowtail snapper

The Yellowtail snapper belongs to the Lutjanidae family. it reaches a maximum length of 85 cm for an average length of 45 cm. The maximum weight recorded is 4.1 kg. He has a life expectancy of 17 years. It can reproduce all year round. It can be fished from mid-June to mid-July. The Yellowtail snapper has an oval body. A bright yellow median band runs from the upper lip to the caudal fin. It is very thin between the lip and the eye, thicker then to widen on the side of the caudal. It divides the sides into two distinct parts. The underside is silvery-white with narrow lines alternating reddish and yellow, sometimes not very visible. The upper part is blue to purple, covered with yellow spots regularly arranged. The dorsal and caudal fins are bright yellow. The caudal is very forked, the upper lobe being longer than the lower lobe. The pectoral, pelvic and anal fins are white. The pectoral muscles are long, ending at the anus level. The head, triangular and relatively small in size compared to the body, shows a slight advance of the lower lip compared to the upper. The mouth is large and has prominent canines.

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