| Atlantic cutlassfish, or ribbonfish as they're more often called in Texas, have no scales. |
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| Although live bait is preferred, dead ribbonfish, also called silver eels, will make any mackerel lick his lips, but they're rigged dead for a reason. |
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| The easy way to catch big fish in nearshore water off Texas is to drift dead baits, such as menhaden, ribbonfish or mullet, skewered onto large circle hooks. |
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| Alternately, dead cigar minnows, ribbonfish, Spanish sardines or even frozen menhaden will do the trick. |
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| Down here in Florida, we are using goggle-eyes, ribbonfish, tinker mackerel, blue runners and few others. |
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| Goggle-eyes are a great deep bait, as are blue runners and ribbonfish. |
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| Weighing 17 pounds, 4 ounces, their winning kingfish hit a dead ribbonfish on a break-away rig set about 40 feet deep and 50 feet behind the boat. |
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| A fisherman friend of Ayeshea has since identified the strange looking creature as a Ribbonfish. |
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