rockling

Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:29 am

this is the suspect it think its a juvinile 3 bearded rockling :wink:

i will leave it up to the experts :shock: :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:44 am

yeah .. looks like a three bearded rockling, very mottled in colour but i have seen them like that :wink:

Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:48 am

i taught it might be as most of the three bearded i have caugh have been bigger than this one with more pronounced spots.
if you look at the pic of the shore i caught it is more consistant in colour :wink:

Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:03 am

Here's a true 3 beard!

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Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:01 pm

johns is bigger :P :P :wink:

Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:09 pm

def not a 3 bearded rockling ,shore rockling all the way :lol:

Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:14 pm

both fish by the way .

Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:20 pm

No every one on the pier agreed a three beard, Would've got a better pic if my dad wasn't so impatient :roll:

Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:24 pm

three bearded are a lighter colour than shore rockling ,also they have better defined spots ,we get loads of those mottled effect shore rockling from bangor pier but as they get bigger they get darker with tiny cream coloured spots on them .
both have 3 beards which confuses alot of people .

Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:23 pm

shore rockling it is so... strange the way you get mottlerd shore rockling up there and we get mottled 3bearded down here(rare but they are about)..

as for conor P the fish has to be identifiable.. as in a full length pic of the fish, especially smaller fish, and with huss, if its the same size as an average doggie a pic of the nose and mouth area to be included
:twisted: :wink:

Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:25 pm

stevecrow74 wrote:shore rockling it is so... strange the way you get mottlerd shore rockling up there and we get mottled 3bearded down here(rare but they are about)..

as for conor P the fish has to be identifiable.. as in a full length pic of the fish, especially smaller fish, and with huss, if its the same size as an average doggie a pic of the nose and mouth area to be included
:twisted: :wink:

Sorry My dad didn't give me any time to get a good photo :roll:

Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:45 pm

Happy new year everyone out there. Can someone enlighten me ,is there also a 5 beard rockling . I remember a few years ago on Whitehead prom I caugh three or four rockling with 5 beards .

Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:49 pm

yeah theres a 5 bearded as well .

Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:59 pm

hi jg.
there is a five bearded rockling there are some pics on this forum :wink:

there is also a much rearer four bearded rockling :shock:

cheers

john......