Stone
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Speaking of big triggers . . . here is the 2nd largest I have shot:
Big Triggers are moving inward around SE Fla
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Mambo Dave
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That thing's huge, nice picture of it, too.
Where should one (try to) shoot a trigger fish - just behind and above the eye?
Where should one (try to) shoot a trigger fish - just behind and above the eye?
Mambo - that'd work 
Pretty much anywhere, but string them though their mouth and be REAL careful of that dorsal fin - there's a super-sharp barb camo'd in the fin. Tasty though! Their skulls are kind of bony, so behind eye, gills, etc would all be good choices. If you look in the pic - the spear was under the eye, by the jaw to gill area.......gill is directly back about an inch or two towards the tail.
Pretty much anywhere, but string them though their mouth and be REAL careful of that dorsal fin - there's a super-sharp barb camo'd in the fin. Tasty though! Their skulls are kind of bony, so behind eye, gills, etc would all be good choices. If you look in the pic - the spear was under the eye, by the jaw to gill area.......gill is directly back about an inch or two towards the tail.
Stone
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Mambo Dave:
It's always satisfying to stone a fish, but I'd rather hit the face/gill plate on a trigger and preserve the nice shoulder meat that is just behind the eye and the brain.
Stone
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Sorry to change species in the middle of a thread, but here is a recent 90% stone shot on a red snapper. One inch lower would have severed the lateral line. One inch closer to the eye would have hit the brain (but made spear removal more challanging).
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