Pin Fish (commonly called breams, porgies, bait fish

Description:

Start at the light color fish scrap in the water and look just around it to actually see the fish feeding on it. In some pics, they are silhouettes and in others you can see the blue strips on the fish. Mostly folks see them by the splashing they make on the surface. "Both males and females have a silvery sheen all over, five to six vertical bars on the side. They have an olive back, with yellow and white pigmentation and blue, green, and purple iridescence. [2] Its anterior dorsal fin has 12 rigid, spiny rays capable of superficially puncturing human skin (hence the common name pinfish) giving way posteriorally to 12 more short soft rays."- Wikipedia "Pinfish are not generally sought as sport or food in the United States due to their small size and numerous small bones. They are used as live bait by anglers targeting red drum, speckled sea trout and flounder. They may be caught on small hooks along piers and jetties, but often are considered a nuisance bait stealer." - Wikipedia

Habitat:

"Adult pinfish prefer protected waters between 30 and 50 feet deep, while juveniles are common over seagrass beds or other structure such as rocky bottoms, jetties, pilings, and in mangrove areas where there is cover from predators. They prefer water that has a higher salinity. Pinfish rarely school, but can be found near each other, especially along structure which supports barnacles and mollusks."- Wikipedia

Notes:

These fish are NOT the light color bits of fish floating in the water. If you look in the water shadows, you can see the fish feeding on the white bits of fish thrown in after the cleaning. These are one type of bait fish used by the Destin Harbor Fishing Fleet occasionally, depending on which fish is the goal fish to catch. They are caught by netting them. Speedo fish are another preferred live bait fish. They are caught by nets and hooks that you pull up quickly and hook the fish.