Gag Grouper
The most popular of all Forida fish are the Groupers. The Gag is nicked a black on the Gulfcoast. Their colors are really greyish in color. These fish hang out near rock ledges. This print was made from a 15 lb fish.

American Red
Printed on white unryu.

New Hogfish
Hog snappers are quite common in the Florida keys. This fish tastes as close to lobster as anything I've tried. The only thing about eating them is you'll want more hogfish. This 20lb male was taken off the Dry Tortugas.

Yellowtails
This piece entitled "Yellowtails" is an original Gyotaku of a two Yellowtail snappers. Large Yellowtail snappers are nicknamed Flags because their tails are larger than their heads.

An excellent catch, yellowtails can be sometimes wary and repond best when chumming. This fish I printed on Mesa paper from Thailand.

Mangrove Snappers
Mangrove Snapper live on the grass flats and then move on to structure in their mature life. The Mangrove nicknamed Mango, or Grey can get up to 70 lbs. Scary. Known to be sharp predators these fish where found during the full moon spawn during Aug. and Sept.

Triggerfish
The Trigger is native to warm waters. What looks to be exotic and difficult to catch really isn't. Found on reefs and ocean pilings the Trigger is very inquisitive and will follow a bait to the surface. He gets his name from pulling on his smaller dorsel fin which acts as an un-locking mechanism. Thus the name Trigger. This fish was caught by Terry Blumenfield while drifting shrimp over the reef for Mackerel.

Spanish Mackerel
Still I think this is one of the saltwater's prettiest fish. If it's action you want. This fish delivers. I had a boy from Indiana who never saltwater fished before. He would cast out and say I hope it's a mackerel. I created this painting to remind him of his great experience.