Fish i.d.

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#1 Post by **seanie35** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:29 am

Is this a coalie or a pollack cheers

#2 Post by **paul skelly** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:40 am

A pic would help

#3 Post by **donal domeney** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:42 am

Pollack have a curve on the lateral line
Coalfish have a straight lateral line and a deeper V in the tail

#4 Post by **seanie35** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:50 am

Ha im dozy been fishn since 2am

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#5 Post by **Tanglerat** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:03 am

Coalie, judging by the intersect of the eye/jawline.

#6 Post by **donal murphy** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:19 am

looks like a coalie to me too... nice catch, id say it was a welcomed surprise!

#7 Post by **seanie35** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:02 pm

Wasnt sure very light coloured aswell weighted about 3.5lb smashing fight

#8 Post by **paul skelly** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:52 pm

That's a fine looking coalie well done

#9 Post by **anto2121** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:25 pm

to be honest i'd say its a pollock, the lateral line is'nt straight and the bottom jaw is protruding a good bit.
just my opinion

#10 Post by **seanie35** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:02 pm

anto2121 wrote:to be honest i'd say its a pollock, the lateral line is'nt straight and the bottom jaw is protruding a good bit.
just my opinion

I had some definate pollack during the session about 7-8 to 3lb ,this fish looked and fought different it tore up the beach like a mackeral on steriods covering about 80 yards in seconds, ive had loads of each species over the years i would have said from the fight alone coalfish suppose the visual i.d. Says it all

kstaff · #11 Post by **kstaff** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:37 pm

A coalie of that size in July on a plug, is some catch Sean weldone. Coalies fight better than any Bass IMO!!

#12 Post by **JOHN1** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:32 pm

Pollack

#13 Post by **Etihad** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:37 pm

anto2121 wrote:to be honest i'd say its a pollock, the lateral line is'nt straight and the bottom jaw is protruding a good bit.
just my opinion

Have to agree ,looks like a pollack. Tail not V shaped either

#14 Post by **sparkey+1** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:52 pm

Either way Seanie Pollock or Coalfish cracker of a fish on plug and you got a great fight out of it fair play

#15 Post by **chuckaroo** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:17 pm

defo a coley. 99.99%
the white lateral line of this fish (dark for pollack) is visible below the third dorsal nearing the tail signifying a coley.
coley are usually much brighter along the flanks and are typically caught along the beaches where pollack wouldnt necessarily be as often, they prefer kelp around rocky outcrops
and the fight sounded like a coley! pollack dive down

nah, 100%

#16 Post by **seanie35** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:04 am

Looks like the jurys still out, heres another pic

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#17 Post by **Donnyboy1** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:30 pm

I'd say pollock aswell purely on the lateral line but its not certain as the photo is not best.

#18 Post by **JOHN1** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:04 pm

it's still a pollack

#19 Post by **seanie35** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:10 pm

JOHN1 wrote:it's still a pollack

ya sure its not even a little bit coalie

#20 Post by **paul skelly** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:16 pm

Second pic looks like a pollock looking at the bottom jaw, is it the same fish?

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