Fish ID?

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#1 Post by **Jayball10** » Tue May 18, 2010 1:23 pm

Whats this lads? Have been told 2 things. A codling and a coalie. It was kinda gold tinted in colour and had a little beard but ya cant see it in the picture. Could it be a pollock?

Unfortunately it wasnt my catch but a friend.

Tue May 18, 2010 1:28 pm

looks like a small whiting to me

#3 Post by **The Austrian** » Tue May 18, 2010 1:40 pm

Merlangius merlangus miniforma

#4 Post by **chrisfeeney30** » Tue May 18, 2010 2:44 pm

its a poor cod if it has the little beard for sure

#5 Post by **Jayball10** » Tue May 18, 2010 3:40 pm

chrisfeeney30 wrote:its a poor cod if it has the little beard for sure

Thats what I thought alright. It deffo had the little beard and was goldie brown in colour. Should of got a better picture.

#6 Post by **ShaneH** » Tue May 18, 2010 4:34 pm

its a whiting. whiting have a beard to and poor cod look like pout

#7 Post by **dfella25** » Tue May 18, 2010 4:45 pm

ShaneH wrote:its a whiting. whiting have a beard to and poor cod look like pout

Whiting to me anyways.

#8 Post by **Jayball10** » Tue May 18, 2010 4:52 pm

But are Whiting Goldie/brown?

#9 Post by **Pat** » Tue May 18, 2010 4:56 pm

Have a crack off id-ing this. Its not a sprat; its not a herring; and I don't think its a pilchard. 18cm in length, caught on ragworm. Its pectoral fins stick out a bit; its green along the back, with a slight tinge of yellow in the tail. Off ya go....

#10 Post by **seanie35** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:01 pm

pat could it be a juvenile twaite shad

, other i think is a whiting

#11 Post by **Dave** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:08 pm

Pat wrote:Have a crack off id-ing this. Its not a sprat; its not a herring; and I don't think its a pilchard. 18cm in length, caught on ragworm. Its pectoral fins stick out a bit; its green along the back, with a slight tinge of yellow in the tail. Off ya go....

Sand smelt?

#12 Post by **peterk19** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:15 pm

I'd go with Sand smelt too on that too

#13 Post by **The Austrian** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:19 pm

hmm, could be a juvenile Mullet Pat, not quite sure now which one GG or TL, just too small to be identified correctly from the picture but you mentioned a yellow tinge so it might be a GG?

#14 Post by **ShaneH** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:13 pm

Jayball10 wrote:But are Whiting Goldie/brown?

ye most of them are but you shouldnt try to id fish by there colour

#15 Post by **nicefish** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:19 pm

Pat I think that's the plug I lost in Cork.

#16 Post by **eric** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:56 pm

1st fish is a whiting, 2nd fish is a sand smelt

#17 Post by **The Austrian** » Tue May 18, 2010 7:55 pm

eric is right

, whiting and sand smelt it is. Who said mullet? Totally ignorant muppet this one, I must say

#18 Post by **Pat** » Tue May 18, 2010 7:58 pm

nicefish wrote:Pat I think that's the plug I lost in Cork.

I think thats the plug I'm going to get

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#19 Post by **dfella25** » Wed May 19, 2010 7:42 am

I think it's a mullet/herring hybrid

Deffo a sand smelt.

griddie76 · #20 Post by **griddie76** » Thu May 20, 2010 9:45 am

1st one should be a whiting

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