Spottail Pinfish
Diplodus holbrookii
How to tell it
Silvery and deep-bodied with a bold black saddle across the tail base; faint vertical bars, no blue-and-yellow stripes (that's a pinfish).
Rules for
Every state
| State | Size | Bag | Season | Today |
|---|
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).
State records
| State | Weight | When, where | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2 lb 8 oz | 2015 · Morehead City | NCDMF State Saltwater Records · checked 2026-08-22 |
| Texas | 1.51 lb | 2016 · Gulf of America | TPWD State Records (Saltwater, Rod & Reel) · checked 2026-08-23 |
On the table
Fine panfish; most run small — better known as a bait-stealer.
In the app
Point the camera at a spottail pinfish 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.
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What is the record spottail pinfish?
2 lb 8 oz in North Carolina (2015), Morehead City. Other states’ records are in the table.