Needle Fish

Here's a cool little fish. The needle fish!! On the trip with Sonny Schindler we had a cool little experience. Sonny's rod moved like it was hit, but then when he reeled in he didn't feel much. We couldn't figure out what it was, because he could feel something, but it was not fighting at all. As it got closer we realized that it was a needle fish, a fish that looked just like a mini gar.



It has very sharp teeth, really slim body, little fins, I mean it is exactly like a gar, just really small. But he pulled it in and it was just holding on to the line... kind of odd. We were trying to figure out why it was still holding on instead of letting go out over the water. It was all tangled up in the line, and could not spin himself back around. So we let him get some pictures then he was on his way. (click on the pictures and you can see the line wrapped around his mouth) Well here's his picture, hoped you found this experience interesting like I did.