| Although live bait is preferred, dead ribbonfish, also called silver eels, will make any mackerel lick his lips, but they're rigged dead for a reason. |
| The easy way to catch big fish in nearshore water off Texas is to drift dead baits, such as menhaden, ribbonfish or mullet, skewered onto large circle hooks. |
| Atlantic cutlassfish, or ribbonfish as they're more often called in Texas, have no scales. |
