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

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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

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1 fish and I absolutely don't know what it is :oops:
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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???

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#2 Post by eric »

an atlantic lizardfish fits that description but im sure you dont get em in waterford :lol:
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#3 Post by stevecrow74 »

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

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

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#4 Post by MC »

could it be a weever?
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#5 Post by g.wyse »

MC wrote: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.
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Sounds like a sea scorpion to me.
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#7 Post by Estuary Lad »

Ya could be a sea scorpian, dragonet or grey gurnard.
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#8 Post by Mus »

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

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Did it look like this?
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#10 Post by Mus »

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

Theres more info here
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Re: Bullhead

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Mus wrote:Did it look like this?

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

So it's a bullhead?
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Re: Bullhead

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Baitlooser wrote:
Mus wrote: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:
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Re: Bullhead

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cazbass wrote:
Baitlooser wrote:
Mus wrote: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
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#14 Post by 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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thanks Roland for clearing that up
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#16 Post by stevecrow74 »

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

MC, bullhead/millars thumb is a freshwater species :wink:
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stevecrow74 wrote: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:
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What do i get???
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#19 Post by Mus »

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.
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#20 Post by Eoin »

scorpion fish, aka Norwegian bullhead
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