Please identity

[gli]

my buddy caught this off the RB pier. Anyone has any idea what fish this is ?

 

[Poenskop]

I think it is a halfbeak.

 

[Nepptune]

Ballyhoo, also known as a Half beak as Poenskop said, and in some areas known as Balao... although I think there are a few different species....

Damn fine offshore bait, in fact its probably the most commonly used trolling bait offshore rigged either naked, or with a skirt/konahead etc.... they are sailfish candy....
In Central America, places like Costa Rica, Pananma and Gautamala, they are rigged with circle hooks off the beak and dropped back on Sailfish in the spread where the guys have those 100 plus Saily days....

They are pretty plentiful up the North coast, and make damn fine bait!

 

[Homie]

Halfbeak !

LOL,

Sorry Nepps, was on the phone, see you replied ! Great Minds ????

 

[Jude]

Hey there guys found this that looks very much like the fish caught, istand to be corrected !

http://www.fishingkaki.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3284

 

[k1ng1e]

Hi all,

As stated earlier, halfbeaks make good offshore bait.

Anybody know if they work as well from the shore?

Can these guys be used effectively as a live bait from shore?

::hapi:

:thankie

 

[Ryan]

I have caught some 15kg+ kingies throwing them like a spoon from the bricks...
But you have to be very good with the rigging otherwise they just don't swim that great.........

 

[cpt chris]

ethiopian marlin

 

[deisel]

[color=#006600]cpt chris[/color] wrote:

ethiopian marlin

bwahahahahahahahahaaa,

 

good saily bait

 

[E-Bird]

Hi Ryan

What is the correct way to rig those half beaks?

Because the ones i riged in moz died very quikly

Thanx

 

[Pargo Man]

ahoy E-Bird, wanna tell me you can get them alive in MOZ? That yould be the best naturals on earth. In Angola we're lucky if we get them half rotten on the market... My advice for such delicate fish is to bridle with the smallest cable ties you can get, clip them in an angle before passsing through the up/back/corner of the eye socket. Does my English make sense? Otherwise I make a photo of a dead one... No 6 to 8 Circle will do the rest of the job. It is Sailfish candy... Thoroughly enjoyed your MOZ report, by the way. Cordially, PARGO

 

[E-Bird]

Yes Prago we caught those half beaks with a small hook with sardine and a float.. And their where thousands off them we caught about 50 of them.. can you show me a photo of how to rig them?

 

[Pargo Man]

Ahoy E-Bird,

sorry for late response. Friday I will do some prerigging of Ballyhoo (from my fridge) on Ilanders. I'll take a couple of shots then for illustration.

Pls bear in mind I didnt yet do this on live ballyhoo, so I cannot be taken too serious as to estimates of how long a live bally will last you in good shape on the downriggers.

Zeya,