Bearded Brotula(Brotula barbata)
Quick Facts
- Size Range: 20 pounds max, but 2 to 4 pounds normal weight.
- Native Species?: Yes
- Food Value: Excellent eating
State Record
- Louisiana State Record: 20lbs
- State Record Date: 2/1/2010
- State Record Holder Bernhard Christensen
This unique fish is a brown, elongated fish with a tapered tail similar to an eel. Like catfish, the barbels below the brotula’s mouth are used to smell and search out food along the bottom.
Brotula live on the bottom from 50 to 1,000 feet in offshore waters of the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
These tasty fish can be caught bottom fishing with cut bait.
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Related Fishing Methods
Deep Jigging
Deep jigging is a method of fishing using heavy lead head jigs with rubber or hair for tails. They are often tipped with a strip of fish or squid and dropped to the depths. A series of vertical bounces entices a fish into striking the lure. Grouper, snapper and amberjacks are often caught with this method. It is a workout, but worth it when it all comes tight. Metal jigs in combinations with braided line, have gained a prominent place in the tackle box of most fishermen working the depths.
