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×Join our 3 fishermen in Santa-Cruz in Santa Cruz. The fishing forecast is currently 6.8. The most caught fishes here are the ladyfish, the gag fish, the southern kingfish and the blacknose shark . Come try the most famous fishing techniques like the barracuda trolling, big game fishing, boat fishing for eel or fishing with traps.
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The Ladyfish
The Ladyfish belongs to the Elopidae family. The adult size is about 1 m for about 6 kg. It has a lifespan of 6 years at least. It can breed throughout the year. It can be fished all year. This fish has an elongated, thin and robust body with a large, deeply forked caudal fin. The body is covered with small, thin, silvery scales. The lateral line runs along the fish. The ladyfish has a small and pointed head with a large terminal mouth. The caudal lobes of ladyfish are long and thin. Dorsally, the ladyfish is silvery blue to greenish, while ventrally and laterally, it is silvery. The dorsal and caudal fins are yellowish to silvery and the pectoral and pelvic fins are speckled and pale.
The Ladyfish is a famous fish you can catch in Santa Cruz.The Gag Fish
The Gag fish belongs to the Serranidae family. The gag fish can reach a maximum total length of 1.45 m and a maximum weight of 36.5 kg. This species has a life span of 16 years. They breed from January to May. They can be fished from June to December. The gag fish is typical of groupers with an elongated oblong body. The head is long while the mouth is large with a protruding lower jaw. The bases of the dorsal and anal fins are covered with thick skin and scales. The caudal fin is wide and has a slightly concave margin. The body color of the gag fish depends on the sex and age of the fish. Juveniles and mature females are pale grey to greyish brown with dark spots and worm-shaped marks giving a marbled appearance. The caudal, anal and pelvic fins have dark blue outer margins. Large mature males are pale to medium grey in color, with barely visible cross-links below the dorsal fin. The ventral surface is dark grey to black. The soft dorsal fin, caudal fin, pectoral and pelvic fins also range from dark grey to black, while the margins of the anal and caudal fins are white.
The Gag Fish is a famous fish you can catch in Santa Cruz.The Southern Kingfish
The Southern Kingfish belongs to the Scianidae family. The southern kingfish can reach about 50 centimeters, but a more common adult length is 30 centimeters for a weight of 1.15 kg. It has a lifespan of 6 years. They breed from March to September. It can be fished all year round. The Southern kingfish has an elongated body and a lower or downwardly directed mouth, with the snout extending beyond the mouth. They have only one rigid barbell under their chin. Kingfish are demersal fish, which means they live near the bottom. The southern kingfish is silver-grey, paler below and may have a coppery sheen. They often have seven or eight dark bars on the sides of the body. The dorsal fin is divided into two sections. Male and female fish have a similar appearance.
The Southern Kingfish is a famous fish you can catch in Santa Cruz.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.
The Blacknose shark is a famous fish you can catch in Santa Cruz.The Southern flounder
The Southern flounder belongs to the Paralichthyidae family. its average size is 30 to 35 cm for an average weight of 5 kg. it can live up to 7 years on average. it reproduces in winter. it can be fished all year round. All flatfish, which include southern flounder, are laterally compressed and spend most of their lives swimming along their bottoms. In the case of southern plaice, the left side is always the "top" side; in other species, the opposite is true.
The Southern flounder is a famous fish you can catch in Santa Cruz.Our fishing forecast of Santa Cruz indicates the best time to go fishing in this city.
Our fishing forecast of Santa Cruz indicates the best time to go fishing in this city.
Our fishing forecast of Santa Cruz indicates the best time to go fishing in this city.