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Great session! Unidentified fish.

Post by Irishfisherman » Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:32 am

Had a wading session tonight after a long day on the kayak. I did pretty well, missed a flathead but ended up with 4 scallops, 1 garfish, 1 flounder, some mussels and then this one fish that I am yet to identify, it was swimming past me and I thought it was a big garfish but after spearing it I realised it was different. Given that it had been speared I thought it would be useless letting it go, so I stabbed it in the head to kill it. Well, obviously it didn’t get the message because it continued spinning like an eel for at least another hour after capture, it’s also got a mouth for sucking like a carp but it has funny little teeth. I would really appreciate someone letting me know what this is, it’s driving me up the wall not knowing.
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Re: Great session! Unidentified fish.

Post by Andrews » Tue Nov 03, 2020 7:44 am

Great session!You can't beat fresh scallops and flounder!

I think that unidentified fish is a Short Head Worm Eel, the eyes looks closer to this species than the short finned or long finned.
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Re: Great session! Unidentified fish.

Post by Irishfisherman » Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:56 am

Andrews wrote:
Tue Nov 03, 2020 7:44 am
Great session!You can't beat fresh scallops and flounder!

I think that unidentified fish is a Short Head Worm Eel, the eyes looks closer to this species than the short finned or long finned.
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Funny enough I actually caught a short head worm eel about 3 months ago, I can definitely see a similarity in the head but this fish has a tail, and scales.

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Post by Irishfisherman » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:03 am

Here’s some better pictures.
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Re: Great session! Unidentified fish.

Post by Lightningx » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:31 am

Nice catch mate.
I’ve caught plenty of those shorthead worm eel things it’s not one of them because of the tail at the end like you said... hmmmmm

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Post by Irishfisherman » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:37 am

Does anyone know who I should contact to find out? It’s starting to drive me insane.

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Post by Andrews » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:41 am

Yeah seeing the tail better now it's more of a fish than eel.
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Post by Kenle » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:52 am

It's a baby shark doo doo doo doo.....

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Post by Irishfisherman » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:56 am

Kenle wrote:
Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:52 am
It's a baby shark doo doo doo doo.....
Hmmm, maybe but sharks don’t have a tail fin like this. And it has small scales.

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Post by Snapper Snatcher » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:15 am

It’s a beaked salmon
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