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#1 Post by southaussie »

Hi everyone whilst fishing Achill i caught these fish and was wondering on their id pollack or coalfish and dogfish or huss
Thanks i'm a beginner
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#2 Post by Al »

Thats a dogfish and a coalie :)
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#3 Post by doggie3131 »

agreed, doggie and coalie. glad ye got some fish,which beach did ye fish?
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#4 Post by southaussie »

keem right down the western end, there was some clowns on waveblaster jet ski things so i wasnt expecting much but the mackeral just kept on comming. I tried keel the surfing beach without a bite :( and off the pier near corraun for the coalie.
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#5 Post by dave mc gregor »

doggie and a coalie
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#6 Post by fishermanjack »

Lesser Spotted Dogfish and a Coalfish
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#7 Post by gavind19 »

thats a doogie and a pollack not a coalie :)
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#8 Post by saving private brian »

doggie and a pollock to me.look at its lateral line its slightly curved where as a coalfishes is more straight and more whiter or more distingusable.did u try any of them marks i pmed u.if so pm me with info how they fished
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#9 Post by NBeqi »

Doggie and Pollack,
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#10 Post by saltydog »

Al wrote:Thats a dogfish and a coalie :)
Like Al said its a dogfish and a coalie... the lateral line on a pollack has a far more pronounced curvature, another distinguishing feature of a pollack is the underbite which causes the bottom jaw protrude past the top...
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