Unidentified Fish!

Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:18 pm

WATERFORD Garda Fishing Club annual shore angling competition was held at Saleens, Waterford, on Monday.
Conditions were perfect but the fishing was poor. First prize winning fish was caught by Eddie Geraghty, The Sycamores, Kilkenny, with a 33cm long unidentified fish. The mystery fish had the head of a seahorse and body of an eel, with a narrow tail and brown in colour. The only other fish landed were a few wrasse.
I got this information from newspaper; Kilkenny People, Friday, September 23. Interesting!

Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:31 pm

Sounds like a greater pipefish,I find a few of these and snake pipefish where I collect peeler crabs from.The chap did well to hook one as they have a very small mouth.

Wed Sep 28, 2005 7:25 pm

Yep, definitely sounds like a pipefish. Similar reproductive biology to sea horses with males storing eegs within stomach groove/pouch.

Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:07 pm

There were a lot of pipe fish about the North Coast this year.
Any idea of what bait it took ?

Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:34 pm

Wrasse in the Saleens?????????

Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:54 pm

Jonathan wrote:Yep, definitely sounds like a pipefish. Similar reproductive biology to sea horses with males storing eegs within stomach groove/pouch.

Yes- I caught as a kid in Wexford harbour (by the breakwater)_
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