Fish i.d.

Is this a coalie or a pollack cheers

A pic would help

Pollack have a curve on the lateral line
Coalfish have a straight lateral line and a deeper V in the tail

Ha im dozy been fishn since 2am

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Coalie, judging by the intersect of the eye/jawline.

looks like a coalie to me too... nice catch, id say it was a welcomed surprise!

Wasnt sure very light coloured aswell weighted about 3.5lb smashing fight

That's a fine looking coalie well done

to be honest i'd say its a pollock, the lateral line is'nt straight and the bottom jaw is protruding a good bit.
just my opinion

to be honest i'd say its a pollock, the lateral line is'nt straight and the bottom jaw is protruding a good bit.
just my opinion

I had some definate pollack during the session about 7-8 to 3lb ,this fish looked and fought different it tore up the beach like a mackeral on steriods covering about 80 yards in seconds, ive had loads of each species over the years i would have said from the fight alone coalfish suppose the visual i.d. Says it all

A coalie of that size in July on a plug, is some catch Sean weldone. Coalies fight better than any Bass IMO!!

Pollack

to be honest i'd say its a pollock, the lateral line is'nt straight and the bottom jaw is protruding a good bit.
just my opinion

Have to agree ,looks like a pollack. Tail not V shaped either

Either way Seanie Pollock or Coalfish cracker of a fish on plug and you got a great fight out of it fair play

defo a coley. 99.99%
the white lateral line of this fish (dark for pollack) is visible below the third dorsal nearing the tail signifying a coley.
coley are usually much brighter along the flanks and are typically caught along the beaches where pollack wouldnt necessarily be as often, they prefer kelp around rocky outcrops
and the fight sounded like a coley! pollack dive down

nah, 100%

Looks like the jurys still out, heres another pic

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I'd say pollock aswell purely on the lateral line but its not certain as the photo is not best.

it's still a pollack

it's still a pollack

ya sure its not even a little bit coalie

Second pic looks like a pollock looking at the bottom jaw, is it the same fish?