species caught in clare

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species caught in clare

#1 Post by brendan »

i was fishing various spots around loop head yesterday caught a flattie conger and a small red fish that looked like a pollock or codling. does anyone have a site with a good picture species guide i thought there was one here
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#2 Post by gerryl »

one of these...

http://www.google.com/search?q=gurnard% ... 7&tbm=isch

is so ye got a gurnard fish...watch the spines... :lol:
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#4 Post by brendan »

definitly not gunard anyway
i didn`t get a picture of him because it was pouring down at the time but i did get a picture of the conger i`ll post it later he was about the lenght of my arm
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#5 Post by Gilks »

There's a few on-line fish encyclopedias and guides. This one looks reasonable although I've never used it http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/inte ... rGroupID=3
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#6 Post by stox 1 »

Sounds like Pouting to me!
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#7 Post by mojo »

Possible a pollack that has turned red from living in the kelp.

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