fish species encountered when gathering bait

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#21 Post by **stevecrow74** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:03 pm

while diggin lug: sandeels. small flounder, small turbot, smelts, butterfish, crabs, pipefish, dead seals, dead lumpsuckers, heart shaped sea urchins and various types of jelly fish...

while collecting other baits: sunbathers, crabs, rats, otters, weasels, foxes, kestrels, sparrow hawks, spinners, feathers, various rigs, loads of leads and underwear :shock: :shock: :shock:

#22 Post by **chrisfeeney30** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:11 pm

stevecrow74 wrote:while diggin lug: sandeels. small flounder, small turbot, smelts, butterfish, crabs, pipefish, dead seals, dead lumpsuckers, heart shaped sea urchins and various types of jelly fish...

while collecting other baits: sunbathers, crabs, rats, otters, weasels, foxes, kestrels, sparrow hawks, spinners, feathers, various rigs, loads of leads and underwear :shock: :shock: :shock:

no socks? lol

#23 Post by **Bradan** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:01 am

stevecrow74 wrote:
while collecting other baits: sunbathers, crabs, rats, otters, weasels, foxes, kestrels, sparrow hawks, spinners, feathers, various rigs, loads of leads and underwear :shock: :shock: :shock:

Was this in Ireland? If so then it was probably a stoat, AFAIK there are no weasels in this country :?

#24 Post by **stevecrow74** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:29 am

Bradan wrote:Was this in Ireland? If so then it was probably a stoat, AFAIK there are no weasels in this country :?

a weasel is weasely recognised, a stoat is stoatally diffetent :D

probably a stoat so..

Although you will not find the weasel in Ireland, you can find stoats there. To confuse matters, stoats in Ireland are called weasels, because they are smaller than the stoats found on mainland Britain.

#25 Post by **Sonaghan** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:48 am

Came across juvenile red mullet in a couple of locations recently. Found that fairly interesting as they must be spawning here.

Ed.

#26 Post by **Pat** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:06 pm

Can anyone identify these? Not strictly encountered while gathering bait - coughed up from a codling caught on a shallow inshore reef within a couple of hundred yards from the shoreline.

#27 Post by jd » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:29 pm

bottom could be a red mullet

#28 Post by **blaker** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:04 pm

Could the top one be a weaver?

#29 Post by **eric** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:34 pm

bottom one is a small wrasse, cant remmeber the species

#30 Post by k » Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:19 pm

top one looks like it might be a goby

#31 Post by **samo** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:24 pm

bottom one looks like a wrasse and the top one look a bit like a tadpole fish to me

#32 Post by **Ronald** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:07 pm

looks like a goby on top and a rock cook wrasse on the bottom ,def not tadpole fish .

#33 Post by **Sonaghan** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:20 pm

Probably right Ronald. The wrasse could also be a goldsinny. Looks like the remains of a dark spot on the dorsal surface in front of the caudal fin which would make it a goldsinny.

#34 Post by **Ronald** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:32 pm

Gold shinny would be right ,forgot about the wee spot up on top of the wrist of the tail :oops:

#35 Post by **samo** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:12 am

still going with tadpole fish for the top or a torsk i think some call them, usually a bit darker in colour but digestive juices of the stomach would have desolved the pigment in the skin, ive had cod spit up butterfish before that werre pure white because of the digestive juices in the stomach

#36 Post by **Ronald** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:52 am

Definetly not a tadpole fish or a Torsk as I've caught quite a few of both species ,scales are to big for either . both have more eel like skin rather than scales .

#37 Post by **samo** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:43 pm

i dont know ive caught a few myself kido wouldnt knock it, i call for a DNA test.

#38 Post by **Ronald** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:07 pm

100 euros says it neither a tadpole fish (lesser fork beard) or a torsk :lol:

#39 Post by **samo** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:14 pm

then what is t :lol:

#40 Post by **Ronald** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:25 pm

rock goby

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