NESA Species Hunt 2013

[toonboymc]

Thank you mike for the 2 cards and nice to meet you mate I will be putting a flounder on here when sort computer out keep up the great work on this thread

 

[Thunderpants]

Table updated lads.

Well done lumpsucker that puts you in second place and yes that is a pouting.

Aye the lure lads are getting their arses kicked (me included ).

Your welcome toonboymc, it was nice to meet you too.

 

[John findley]

Another one to keep me in joint second

 

[Thunderpants]

Dab added.

 

[John findley]

Cheers thunderpants

 

[toonboymc]

Thank you mike for the 2 cards and nice to meet you mate I will be putting a flounder on here when sort computer out keep up the great work on this thread

A flounder cheers

 

[Thunderpants]

Flounder added.

 

[Bassboyo]

Whiting , please

 

[lobsterwells]

i'll also vote against a hagfish just for the fact i dont wanna touch one ever again in my life ,, woo hoo now i can just cut the line

 

[lumpsucker]

Short spined sea scorpion?

 

[lumpsucker]

Tadpole fish?

I'll stick the plaice on if it is indeed a plaice. Pic is in the shore catch report for now.

 

[lobsterwells]

nice fishes mate i think your scorpion is a long spined but mike will keep you right there.i would say the other is a flounder. but well done on the tadpole fish

 

[lumpsucker]

Cheers lobby. you're right on both of them. I can see the long spines at the side of the head now.

 

[Thunderpants]

Well done on the tadpole fish lumpsucker ! You don'e see many of those. I've never caught one myself. That's a very good point scored.

Your other fish is a Long Spined Sea Scorpion. The length of the spines is not the way to tell them apart as it's only slightly longer in the LS than the SS and easy to confuse. There are two easy ways to tell them apart - the first is the size. The LS is a much smaller fish and only grows to 18cm. The SS is much bigger and typically grows to 30cm but can be larger - just look at the huge one in the catch reports recently. So if it's small like yours it's probably an LS but if it's 20cm or more it is an SS. The other way is to turn the fish over and look at the throat membrane (see pic below)....

Some more interesting information here Short-spined sea scorpion and the Long-spined sea

Table updated lads and here are a two to get me started .....

Codling

Flounder

 

[toonboymc]

A whiting

 

[toonboymc]

A codling

 

[toonboymc]

A codling for lumpsucker

 

[lumpsucker]

Cheers bud

 

[lumpsucker]

3 bearded rockling

 

[John findley]

Flounder