unusual stomach contents.

i no this is the wrong section but anyhow. we were out shadding for pollock this evening i my cousins boat when we caught a pollock of about 4 1/2 lbs. as it had swallowed the shad quite deep we gutted it ta get it out of its stomach. on gutting it we found a freshly consumed oarfish in its stomach about 2 foot long. unusual ta see these. have never seen one in person. thought this might have been of interest to sum1

It wasn't a pipefish was it? Get plenty of those in pollack stomachs from time to time, seen them on boat trip on Sunday in fact.

Its not really unusual but I once had a mackerel cough up a sandeel that was 3/4 the length of the mackerel...! :shock:
It couldnt possibly have digested it and was probably the reason it came out so easily.

no it was an oarfish. seen them in an ictiology book a few times and program on them being washed up on beaches. biggest recorded was about 23 feet long and was washed up at a naval base in cuba i think

once landed a dog which had taken the small whiting that took a rag. got it ashore and out poped the whiting alive (just) bloody dogs!!!!!!!!!!!