any one know what this is

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any one know what this is

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seemigly it was caught from a beach in aberdeen
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A female holding a Ray's Bream in her left hand, me thinks
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#3 Post by shamieboy »

hi john
ray's bream by the look of it, long pectoral fins and pointed dorsal fin a feature of this type of bream.
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thanks lads.
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#5 Post by asarmstrong »

great lookn fish :o :o :o ,what part of the country was it cought
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#6 Post by paul mason »

There have been lot of reports on other site's of lot of these being washed dead on beaches, seemingly when they hit the cold north sea it kills them?
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#7 Post by asarmstrong »

its a great lookn fish any one out there ever cought one on rod and line.
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caught in aberdeen
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#9 Post by JOHN1 »

asarmstrong wrote:great lookn fish :o :o :o ,what part of the country was it cought
aberdeen like it says at the end of the post :wink:
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#10 Post by thebigman »

They're banned from most Scottish east coast matches given that they regularly appear washed up on the beaches.
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