fish ID? ATTN: Glenn...wtf?
Submitted by bitten on Sat, 2013-06-15 16:37
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gday guys caught this bloke in 230 metres of water off barrow island, im prety sure its a ling but i thought tht was a generic name for fish in the cod family, dont know if there is a more specific name (not scientific name)
also has anyone ever heard of these being caught in this area i thought they were common in the northern hemisphere never heard of them being caught in australia, i fished on wetliners for rubys for 6 years and never saw one. cheers
dan
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carnarvonite
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Bandfish
Not sure but could be a bandfish
Another one for Glenn
crasny1
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I have no idea
Help Glenn. I think a mutant deep water longtailed Mudskipper!!!!!
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spook
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Haha
Haha
Haunted by water
Daniel Y
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I reckon it's a conger
I reckon it's a conger eel.
Although in saying that I don't have a clue on the species.
bitten
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yeahat first sight we all
yeah at first sight we all said eel then i filleted it same as a fish inside and it didnt have the teeth an eel would normaly have, it had teeth that looked like a cods teeth, really nice white flesh too looked like it would be good eating but running short on bait for rubys
Alan James
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Another conger eel I think
Have a look here.
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/deep-water-fish-id
Glenn Moore
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Conger eel of some sort
I'd go with Alan's link and same comment from me.
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beau
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It looks delighted to be on
It looks delighted to be on your boat
bod
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my thoughts exactly
I'd be going conger eel too.
GT_Fish335
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I disagree.
Kingfisher549
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Happy eel
Congo eel with a smile
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bitten
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yep he was a happy little
yep he was a happy little camper untill he got a knife in the head, hopefully he wil lbe turned into some nice sized rubys this arfternoon will post some pics if we get some good ones
new age
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a long time ago i heard from
a long time ago i heard from someone that conger eels go hard and shit and so i thought wow they must be psychos and now i see this thing gotta say i thought it would at least have some red stripes haha