caught another weird specious today out in dun laoghaire on my boat on mac feathers its about foot and half long yellow spiky tail large eyes large wing like fins and it was making grunting noises any ideas what it is. looks like some sort of fling fish! i have video and pics of it will put them up soon
Re: caught another weird specious fish
Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:09 am
Gurnard
Re: caught another weird specious fish
Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:34 am
na its defo not a Gurnard ie caught lots of Gurnard. dont have time to ut the picture up yet. ive never seen one of thease in 27 years of fishin
Re: caught another weird specious fish
Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:49 am
im tinking now it could be a blue runner or yelow mackerel caught around brazil was on to the fisheries board
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Re: caught another weird specious fish
Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:38 pm
thats a strange one alright eyes look huge even in the bucket keep us informed if u identify it
Re: caught another weird specious fish
Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:27 pm
i caught something like that years ago and a guy told me the name its something like .......fish they are normally found in hot water area,s .if i think of the name i will post it have you any other picture,s of it
Re: caught another weird specious fish
Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:04 pm
[quote="seany/cork"]a guy told me the name its something like .......fish
looks like a scad with them big eyes looking back at you has it got a boney lateral line on its tail end
Re: caught another weird specious fish
Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:28 pm
100% scad just looked at vid.
Re: caught another weird specious fish
Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:49 pm
it tasted poxy
Re: caught another weird specious fish
Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:52 pm
its just a scad as john said, fairly common fair this time of year, often caught while fishing for macks
Re: caught another weird specious fish
Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:59 pm
you have some hands on you if that was a foot and a half long
dont tell me you ate it you will be in vincents after that
Re: caught another weird specious fish
Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:12 pm
toenyo wrote:caught another weird specious today out in dun laoghaire on my boat on mac feathers its about foot and half long yellow spiky tail large eyes large wing like fins and it was making grunting noises any ideas what it is. looks like some sort of fling fish! i have video and pics of it will put them up soon
Nice one on the scad lads.. did yous catch many mackeral?
Re: caught another weird specious fish
Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:07 pm
you better go and get checked out if the fish was grunting it probley has swine flu lol