The Barndoor Skate is brown to reddish brown with scattered darker spots on top and white bellies with blotchy gray spots.
Diet: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, clams, and fishes
Habitat & Range
The Barndoor Skate prefers mud, sand or gravel bottoms from shallow waters to depths of 1500 feet. They feed on shrimps, crabs, lobsters, clams, and fishes.
Where to Fishing
Atlantic Ocean, Delaware Bay and Inland Bays
Frequently Asked Questions
Fishing Tips
There is hardly any bait a Barndoor Skate won't bite. They can be caught with strips of squid, cut pieces of fish, or pieces of peeler crabs on bottom rigs.
