P - December 18, 2020

PERMIT

Scientific Name:

Trachinotus falcatus

Salt/Fresh:

Salt

Also Known As:

Pompano; Round Pompano; Great Pompano; Indian River Permit; PERMIT; Autiranon; Blå Taggmakrell; Carangue á Plumes; Carangue Plume; Cobbler; Fausse Karang; Palometa; Pampanillo; Pampanito; Pampano; De Bandera; Pampano Erizero; Pampano Palometa; Pompaneau Plume; Round Pompano; Sereia-de-pluma, Sernambiguara; Sernambiquara; Sierpnik Okragly; Sinipompano

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Description:

Permit in its honor, in keeping with the "denizens of the deep" theme of submarine names that prevailed before the 1971 naming of USS Los Angeles. They are cousins of the Jack Crevalle and some think the Giant Trevally as well.

How To Identify:

Permits can be distinguished by their elongated dorsal fins and anal fin. The dorsal fin is shaped like a scythe. Permit tails are also deeply forked, and their bodies are compressed laterally, making the fish tall and thin when viewed from the front.

The average Permit has six to seven dorsal spines, and 18 to 20 one soft rays. The anal fin has two to three spines, and 16 to 18 soft rays. Both dorsal and anal fins have dark, anteriorlobes. Permits have no scutes and have a large, orange-yellow patch on their abdomens in front of their anal fins, while their pectoral fins are dark.

The Permit fish can reach a maximum length of 48 in (122 cm) and can weigh up to 79 lb (36 kg), according to the Florida Museum of Natural History.

How To Catch:

Fishing for Permit on the fly is tough and not for the casual fisher, you won't succeed without good eyes, perfect casting, the right flies and a lot of luck. Flyfishbonehead has seen them spook from 50 feet before a cast was attempted. They saw the fisherman lift his rod to cast and scattered. Anglers cast live crabs to schools of permit hoping to catch one of these line-stripping fish, which also take shrimp, clams and occasionally small fish.

Where Found:

Internationally

Permit are usually found in shallow, tropical waters such as mudflats, channels, and muddy bottoms. They are usually seen as individuals or in small schools; if approached when alone, they attempt to escape human interaction, but if approached when in a school formation, they become aggressive and can deliver dangerous bites. Although Permit are found close to shore and even in some brackish areas, they spawn offshore. Young are found usually in the surf zone where plenty of small invertebrates are available for them to eat.

Permit inhabit the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to southeastern Brazil. They occur throughout the West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico, and less-frequently in Bermuda. The species has been reported in the eastern Atlantic, but does not regularly occur there. The species is most abundant in southern Florida.

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