Dunmore East 11/01/08 - help! No clue what I caught!!!

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Duration: 4.00am - 5.30am

Tide: absolute low tide

Weather: very cold, rain, very windy

Bait: squid tipped with makerel

Rigs: 1 up 1 down

Results:
1 fish and I absolutely don't know what it is :oops:
Catch & release





Report: Very windy and rainy afternoon. First cast didn't bring anything. After good an hour I caught a fish which was about 10cm long, grey colour on top, light green at the bottom. Very big mouth compared to the size of the fish itself. Razorsharp teeth. And a lot of spikes on his back.

Could somebody please tell me what kind of fish I caught???

Thank you
Baitlooser

an atlantic lizardfish fits that description but im sure you dont get em in waterford :lol:

sounds like a wrasse of some type... but not known for large mouths :?

sea scorpion comes to mind too... fits the description

best thing to do baitlooser is look though this thread and you'll see most of the commonly caught fish around our coast
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... php?t=9021

could it be a weever?

could it be a weever?

Was thinking the same but i'm sure he would have found out the hard way with those spines :evil: ...my money is on a wrasse from the area he was fishing.

Sounds like a sea scorpion to me.

Ya could be a sea scorpian, dragonet or grey gurnard.

I bet its a bullhead, I got one in Inch strand last summer, fits the description exactly.

Did it look like this?

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http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/page ... lhead.html

Theres more info here

Did it look like this?

:D That's exactly what it was!!!!

So it's a bullhead?

Did it look like this?

:D That's exactly what it was!!!!

So it's a bullhead?

No lads its common name is a father lasher,,,, :shock:

Did it look like this?

:D That's exactly what it was!!!!

So it's a bullhead?

No lads its common name is a father lasher,,,, :shock:

is that a local name cazbass, only known them as bullheads or millers thumb

[Ronald]

thats a big long spined sea scorpion ,bullhead or millers thumb are different species http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/fish/Cottus_gobio/ . this is also a picture of the long spined version ,their colour varies according to local habitat .
as far as i know a father lasher is another name for the short spined sea scorpion .

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Last edited by Ronald on Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.

thanks Roland for clearing that up

so do i get any points for being the first with correct answer :wink:

MC, bullhead/millars thumb is a freshwater species :wink:

so do i get any points for being the first with correct answer :wink:

MC, bullhead/millars thumb is a freshwater species :wink:

the only point you get is the point on my shoes, smartarse :lol:

What do i get???

There seems to be two types of bullhead, a freshwater bullhead is called Cottus gobio and the saltwater version are called Taurulus bubalis. Bullhead and Millers thumb are the names we call them here in Kerry.

scorpion fish, aka Norwegian bullhead