Sea Robin

[wallisam]

while fishing the oyster bars north of the lighthouse a couple weeks ago I caught a strange fish. released it. looked it up and it appears to be a Sea Robin. anyone catch these, and how rare are they? thank you

[bbb]

I always thought they were toadfish. They look alike.

[2Salty]

The searobin is classified in the Family Triglidae. The toadfish is classified in the Family Batrachoididae.

The searobin has pronounced "wings" and 6 "legs". The toadfish has neither "wings" or "legs". Both the searobin and the toadfish can be found in Florida's Gulf waters.

[bbb]

Toadfish


Sea Robin


Not sure I've ever caught a Sea Robin.

[luceror]

Sea robins also HV some fairly pronounced spines on gill plates and back of Head. Can be quite orange in color(winglike fins and orangish color=sea robin..they have flaky white meat. Tasty

[xXLoneBowmanXx]

Caught one a couple weeks ago on an oyster bar. At first I thought it was what we call an "oyster toad", but after looking it up, we found it was a sea robin. This was the only one I've ever caught. They are pretty neat fish.

[FUTCHCAIRO]

WE HAVE ALWAYS CALLED THEM TOAD FISH, REALLY DON'T LIKE TO MESS WITH THEM, ALWAYS USED NEEDLE NOSE PLYERS WHEN I CAUGHT THEM.
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[Rangerpat]

Excellent flounder cut-bait, just fillet the meat off of the sides of the sea robin and use it while drifting or else slowly reeling bait along the bottom.