Fat Sleeper
Dormitator maculatus
Also called Sleeper.
How to tell it
Stout, dark goby-like fish with a rounded tail and a wide head; brackish ditches and mangrove edges.
- Not a bigmouth sleeper? That one larger, elongated, huge mouth. (Bigmouth Sleeper)
Rules for
Every state
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Not specifically regulated in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (Atlantic), Florida (Gulf), Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia: each state’s rule for unlisted species applies there (on its page).
On the table
Not eaten.
In the app
Point the camera at a fat sleeper and the name appears before you take the picture, with these rules for the water you’re standing in. No signal needed, and every catch goes in the log.
Get the appQuestions anglers ask about fat sleeper
How do you tell fat sleeper from bigmouth sleeper?
Fat Sleeper has this: Stout, dark goby-like fish with a rounded tail and a wide head; brackish ditches and mangrove edges.. Bigmouth Sleeper larger, elongated, huge mouth.