They run up to about 60#, and are a member of the shark family. The
Monkfish is also known as the Angel Fish and (as previously noted) also
called Poor Man's Lobster. I read about a group that tagged some, and
they all noted the "aggression" of the Monkfish AFTER it had been placed
on the deck of the boat. I'd guess the head on a 60# one would be about
8-10" across, so yes, you could probably put both hands in the mouth.

About any fish can bite, I definitely remember the day my buddy, Big
Jim, grabbed an 24" Northern out of the live well to show it to me. I
spent about ten minutes butterflying the poor guys fingers.<grin>

Nonny

Rick F. wrote:
> In article <8eVRg.118$gM1.71@fed1read12>, Nonnymus wrote:
>
>> BTW, I looked up a photo of a Monkfish http://tinyurl.com/s89jn
>>
>> If I knew years ago how ugly they were, I'd have never tasted the meat.
>> Now, it's still an old family favorite when you can find it.
>
> Damn.. That's one big mouth of teeth! I'd hate to have one of them
> swim up behind me while swimming in the ocean only to have it take a
> big bite of my rear end! How big a mouth is that anyway? It looks
> like I could put my whole hand easily in there!
>

.. . . wofse, what if you were skinny dipping at the time?

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