Fish ID ?

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Fish ID ?

#1 Post by cw1 »

Anybody know what this is? Caught it the other evening. I reckon its a flounder, but I've never caught one with such bright orange spots.

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#2 Post by canning »

looks like a plaice to me
species 2010 whiting, codling, coalfish, flounder, short spined sea scorpion, , pouting,
3 bearded rockling, 5bearded rockling, dab, bass, LSD, thornback ray, shanny, turbot, corkwing wrasse, ballan wrasse,pollack, plaice, silver eel, smoothound, weaver, tope, bullhuss, launce,shore rockling, conger

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#3 Post by eyesreilly »

I'M NOT FALLING FOR THIS ONE :lol: :lol: ,,,,aw go on then,,,,,,,,,its a plaice :lol: :lol:
Species '20 (14) 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Coalfish, Pouting, Corkwing Wrasse ,Ballan Wrasse, Poor Cod, Dab ,Smoothhound,Flounder, Thornback Ray


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#4 Post by Stephen8wood »

Mackerel
List 2010. fish

List 2011: less fish

2012: less fish again,

2013: even less fish.
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#5 Post by rustyhookthomas »

eyesreilly wrote:I'M NOT FALLING FOR THIS ONE :lol: :lol: ,,,,aw go on then,,,,,,,,,its a plaice :lol: :lol:
yup! only seen them in fishshops for the last few years! :( Must catch one soon!! :)
species 2009, whiting :(, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,
topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.
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#6 Post by evan699 »

If you zoom in on the photo you can just about make out the lumps on the head. I'd definitely say plaice.
Species 2014: whiting, coalie, pouting, codling, pollack, ballan wrasse, dab, poor cod, mackerel, grey gurnard, conger, ling, cuckoo wrasse, launce, common skate, bass, scad, garfish, blue shark

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#7 Post by petekd »

Definitely a plaice and anyone suggesting anything other is wrong wrongity wrong.... :D You can see the nodules on the head alright.
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#8 Post by doggie3131 »

its a greater spotted flounder! :D :D
species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard

species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.

species 2010,(27)

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#9 Post by Al »

doggie3131 wrote:its a greater spotted flounder! :D :D
I agree :D
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#10 Post by eric »

thats not a plaice, thats a spoon!
species for 2009 (42)
species for 2010 (27)
species for 2011 (12)
species for 2012 (8)
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#11 Post by petekd »

Wrong, wrong, wrongity wrong..... :D JP, send me down a batch of the day old Blas....
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#12 Post by big fish »

nice one man the fish is a fine plaice
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#13 Post by cw1 »

I'll go with the majority :) , a plaice it is, and a first too!
Thanks for the clarification folks.
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