Fishing in New Bedford

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Fishing in New Bedford

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Join our 2 fishermen in New-Bedford in Bristol. The fishing forecast is currently 7.3. The most caught fishes here are the southern kingfish , the blacknose shark , the white grunt and the yellowtail snapper. Come try the most famous fishing techniques like the barracuda trolling, gathering seafood by hand, dive fishing or fishing bream from a dock or jetty.

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The Southern Kingfish

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.

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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 White Grunt

The White Grunt

The White Grunt belongs to the Haemulidae family. It generally reach a length of 45 cm and a weight of 2.5 kg, the white grunt is a small fish. The maximum declared length is 46.0 cm and the weight is 4.38 kg. The maximum lifespan for white grunt is thought to be between 9 and 12 years old. Spawning takes place during most of the year. It can be fished all year round. The body is moderately elongated, with a high and compressed back. The head is long with a pointed snout. The dorsal and anal fins of the white grunt are completely covered with scales. The caudal fin is forked and the pectoral fin long and sickle-shaped. The scales above the side line are larger than those below the side line. The white grunt is silvery-white to creamy, the head is bronze to yellow dorsally while the ventral surface of the head and belly is white. There is a series of dark blue stripes on the head, bordered with yellow-brown and rising into the body. The margin of each scale is bronze and the back edge is often grey. The rows of ladders above the side line are larger than those below the side line. The spiny dorsal fin is chalky to yellowish-white, the soft dorsal fin, the soft anal fin and the caudal fin are brownish grey. Pelvic fins are chalky, while pectoral fins range from light yellow to chalky. A black spot is located on the precapping and the inside of the mouth is red. The colour of this fish is variable, the fish appearing in a shade corresponding to the immediate environment.

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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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The Bull Huss

The Bull Huss

The Bull Huss belongs to the Scyliorhinidae family. Small in size, they usually measure 60 to 80 cm, although there are larger ones, since they can reach 1.5 m in the Mediterranean and 2 m in the Atlantic. This fish can live for 75 years. It spawns a hundred eggs all year round, especially in the late winter and in July. It is abundant every day of the year. This fish is not really active but still is hard to catch. The upper part of the Bull Huss is light brown in color, covered with small dark brown spots. Because of this pattern of spots, it is also called spotted cat shark. The part of the flank is white and grey. The mouth and nose holes are below his obtuse head. The particularity of the Bull Huss is that its nostrils are linked to the mouth by a curved line.

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