What happened to the Conger????

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What happened to the Conger????

#1 Post by FisherKing »

Found this Conger while I was Wrasse fishing last week looked like It had been grabbed by the neck :shock: & half It's boady was missing.
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Re: What happened to the Conger????

#2 Post by gearoid mc s. »

what size was it?

could have been a seal,otter or another conger..a big one!!

looks fresh and if it was dragged ashore then good chance it was an otter
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It was about 2.5 foot & washed up by a wave on to the rocks.
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#4 Post by JOHN1 »

lobster might have got a hold of it and cut off what it could chew they do reside in the same kind of ground :wink:
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#5 Post by Davy Murdoch »

looks like its been wrapped up in line :!: :?: then maybe been an easy meal for someting else......
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Re: What happened to the Conger????

#6 Post by Tomaszek »

I'd say it was an otter. Conger wasn't tasty enough ;) so only half is missing. I think that these marks are not from line but from otter's claws and teeth.
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Re: What happened to the Conger????

#7 Post by rustyhookthomas »

Tomaszek wrote:I'd say it was an otter. Conger wasn't tasty enough ;) so only half is missing. I think that these marks are not from line but from otter's claws and teeth.


yup! quite a belly full for an otter! a seal would have pollished it off :).
deffo not net marks. it ate the gutless part! :idea:
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#8 Post by FisherKing »

Cheers for repleys lads defo claw marks & bite mark on neck, I seen an otter there nine years ago but havent seem it since must be back the conger better watch out, I'll have to give them a shot before the otter gets them all :wink:
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