Hi,
Things going extremely well this weekend. As a newbie I caugt a baby pollack, a few mackeral, my first Bass <41cm so went back :D and two of the oddest fish I ever did see.
One looks like a gurnard - more spines than a hedgehog, about 3" long, eyes on top of head - Can anybody ID this from crap photo? If you know your Gurnards? I'll email the photos on
The other best bet is a Wrasse - Sky Blue and Brown. Any Ideas? Again I'll email photo on.
Next question......does anybody know where I can get a decent photographer from? My brother, the academic, the Stanford scientist, the smartarse know-it-all took these pictures and they are crap!!!! :D :D :D [/img]
What the hell are these
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Email them to me - reckon the spiney fella was a sea scorpion - recent thread on it, also known as a shorthorn sculpin - check the listing of species on the front page of the website.
Sky blue and brown could a number of species, possibly a wrasse... lot of unusual fish showing up these days so do send on the photos by email or pm and I will upload them here. Or you can upload them into your personal gallery on the album....
FWIW
Email them to me - reckon the spiney fella was a sea scorpion - recent thread on it, also known as a shorthorn sculpin - check the listing of species on the front page of the website.
Sky blue and brown could a number of species, possibly a wrasse... lot of unusual fish showing up these days so do send on the photos by email or pm and I will upload them here. Or you can upload them into your personal gallery on the album....
FWIW
Kieran Hanrahan
Time spent fishing is never time wasted...
2015 targets - a triggerfish, a specimen bass, a three bearded rockling to complete the set and something big and toothy from certain north Mayo deep water marks
Time spent fishing is never time wasted...
2015 targets - a triggerfish, a specimen bass, a three bearded rockling to complete the set and something big and toothy from certain north Mayo deep water marks
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What the Hell are these
Kieran,
Spot on with the Scorpion fish - The first picture in "was it a scorpion fish????" is a dead ringer for what I pulled albeit 5" longer :D
I should have looked through the boat forums but not being boat orientated (ie no boat) I don't usually trawl (poor pun) that forum.
I'm still working on the other one and I'll put it in my personal gallery tonight
Thanks,
Morgan.
Spot on with the Scorpion fish - The first picture in "was it a scorpion fish????" is a dead ringer for what I pulled albeit 5" longer :D
I should have looked through the boat forums but not being boat orientated (ie no boat) I don't usually trawl (poor pun) that forum.
I'm still working on the other one and I'll put it in my personal gallery tonight
Thanks,
Morgan.