fish id?

Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:13 pm

out fishing today and blanked of course in white bay fished this place my last four times and 1 whiting to show so giving up on the place so came along this washed up .
i kind of looks like dad to me but it was 1.6Lbs when i weight it on my scales and was 32cm long i know dad can grow to this size but not often come across and its the shape of it also .
is it a dad ?
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Re: fish id?

Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:23 pm

Would it be one of these, a megrim?(answer a question with another one,,,,i know,,sorry :oops: :oops: )
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Re: fish id?

Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:37 pm

thighlinescork.com wrote:... looks like dad to me but it was 1.6Lbs ...


Yoyur dad looks like a megrim, jaysus, and I thought I was aging disgracefully! :mrgreen: :wink: just kidding... defo a megrim

Re: fish id?

Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:23 pm

well done, not every day you get a meg. :shock:

Re: fish id?

Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:05 pm

if you check out its mouth it looks like it choked on a fish that was a tad too big to swallow

Re: fish id?

Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:14 pm

That does look like the tail of another fish in its mouth alright. Very unusual fish and this one looks like quite a large Megrim, just under specimen weight if I'm not mistaken.

Re: fish id?

Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:24 pm

i think that,s just sea weed not a fish in its mouth strange all right never came across anything like it befor

Re: fish id?

Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:54 am

thighlinescork.com wrote:is it a dad ?


i'm sure if it spawned then it is a dad...
then again.. it could be a mom too....

but looks alot like a megrim to me :lol: :lol: :lol: