Colimore 26th July and fish ID confirmation please

People: Me & Stephen8wood

Duration: 7.30pm - 10.30pm

Tide: Low at 8pm

Weather: Mild, nice evening

Bait: Bleeding glow worms, feathers, 3 hook flappers

Results: Me: LSD, Pouting, Codling (2) Pollack Stephen: Blank (I think??) Sorry Stephen if I'm wrong)


Report: A good case of fishing not all being about catching fish. A beautiful evening in Colimore. Lovely weather, realtively calm. A few small fish and one tyre (LSD).

I arrived at the same time as two other lads and one of them hauled in 3 good sized macks on his first cast. That was it for the macks for the rest of the night for anyone. Where are they all??

I caught the doggie on the rag and it really was like pulling in a tyre. He was hooked around his eye, but thankfully not through it, just above his eye. Thanks to some serious surgery from Mr. 8Wood we managed to get him back and he swam off. Why do I care more about getting a dogfish back than I do a pin whiting? I was genuinely concerned for the poor doggie and trying my best not to hurt him. I'm not saying I deliberately try to hurt pin whiting and I always try to get them back, but if they end up belly up I don't seem to mind as much as I would have had the doggie last night ended belly up.

Anyway, I caught a few more small fellas, some of which I need help with. Firstly is a photo of the Island. The sun was just setting.

Next is the 1st codling. I was chatting with a very nice and knowledgeable fella beside me he told me that he seen little 'rock codling' taken there recently. He said they were more green than ordinary codling and mottled to allow themselves to hide in the rocks. I showed him photo 2 below and he said that's exactly what it was.

In fairness to Mr. 8wood, he had already identified it for me. What I want to know is, is there such a thing as a ‘rock codling’ if so is it a different species to the ordinary codling like the shore and 5 bearded rockling?

Next is the pouting. Followed by the pollack. Sorry about this one, he jumped as I took it. I had a better one but somehow mangeled it transferring it from the camera phone. This was quite green. I haven't seen one so green but I'm assuming it's a pollack.

Finally I’ve two photos of what likely another codling but this was quite red. I assume it’s codling? Am I right? And are they commonly red in colour?

Thanks.

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Here's the other photo of the second codling.

So from the blur can anyone confirm it a pollack. Are they found that green in colour?

Is there a sepearate species called 'rock codling', if so is that one?

Is the last fish also a codling?

Thanks.

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Well done mate. looks like a cracking day

THINK YOU MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE GOING THERE . HAD A NIGHTMARE MYSELF AT A SMOOTHIE MARK NOT TOO FAR AWAY AND ENDED UP WITH A WHITING SAVING THE BLANK IN BRAY HARBOUR

Nice session hard to tell if thats a pollack pic is too blurred but the come in various shading green, bronze etc depends on the surounding habitat.... your pouting is a poor cod BTW

Brilliant. Thanks Salty. And I assume a poor cod is a different species to the codling and the cod? Very good.

I'm fairly sure it was a pollack. I showed the other clearer photo to the sage and he confirmed it was a pollack.

Now can a codling also be called a rock codling?

And is the last one also a codling?

Brilliant. Thanks Salty. And I assume a poor cod is a different species to the codling and the cod? Very good.

I'm fairly sure it was a pollack. I showed the other clearer photo to the sage and he confirmed it was a pollack.

Now can a codling also be called a rock codling?

And is the last one also a codling?

Howdy poor cod is classed as a different species but it is a member of the cod family codling and cod are the same species .... just some people like to call young or small cod codling. Rock Cod are from a similar family but found around the waters of Australia and New Zealand.... 3 things to help you identify pollack

1. Large eye
2. Bottom Jaw extends past the top i.e. underbite
3. There's a curve in the lateral line half way from the tail it curves upwards

well done on getting a few fish,nice mix of fish