First catch ever. What is it?
I'm on my honeymoon on Tahiti and have been trying to catch something for the last 10 days. Today it happened and I caught this.
Once I hooked it my adrenaline levels were so high I could have lived without a heart for 15 minutes. I quickly took a few pictures before trying to get my pliers to remove the hook and it unhooked itself. I immediately let it back into the water because I thought those 30 seconds were already going to kill it. I may look calm in the picture but I'm actually panicking.
Anyone have an idea what it is? Either a crocodile needlefish or a cornetfish, but I swear the whole length of it's snout opened. I might be imagining things, though.
Also no mental preparation in the past days could have prepared me for that slimy yet firm grip.