species caught in clare

Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:35 pm

i was fishing various spots around loop head yesterday caught a flattie conger and a small red fish that looked like a pollock or codling. does anyone have a site with a good picture species guide i thought there was one here

Re: species caught in clare

Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:44 pm

one of these...

http://www.google.com/search?q=gurnard% ... 7&tbm=isch

is so ye got a gurnard fish...watch the spines... :lol:

Re: species caught in clare

Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:56 pm

Red Cod probably
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2513/382 ... 5572ae.jpg

Re: species caught in clare

Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:18 pm

definitly not gunard anyway
i didn`t get a picture of him because it was pouring down at the time but i did get a picture of the conger i`ll post it later he was about the lenght of my arm

Re: species caught in clare

Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:44 pm

There's a few on-line fish encyclopedias and guides. This one looks reasonable although I've never used it http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/inte ... rGroupID=3

Re: species caught in clare

Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:09 pm

Sounds like Pouting to me!

Re: species caught in clare

Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:28 am

Possible a pollack that has turned red from living in the kelp.