crazy fred Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 caught this fish at kimeridge what the hell is it and do i eat it or weigh it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markee_b Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Is it one of these ? http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/goldsinny.html ???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMBOB Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Fred It wont let me enlarge the picture so I cant have a good look,it does't look like a wrasse though,if it is a goldsinny its a new British record!.Its currently stands at 3oz! more like a mullet or type of shad/herring family.. need a better picky. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBettle Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 (edited) It has the dorsal of a goldsinny, but not the tell tale spot on the root of the tail. Doesn't have the vivid "salmon pink" colours of a golsinny, but maybe it is 'cos it is dead? My money is on goldsinny and a record at that! Tom Edited! Had another look, defo NOT a goldsinny. They have two separate dorsals, black spot at end of tail dorsal and black spot on tail. Also this fellows eye is a bit big.... Edited May 18, 2006 by TomBettle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 (edited) i am rulling out mullet, can't see an adipose for shad, wrasse looks favorite........... if you have a higher quality photo can you email to me an I will process it and repost as best I can with the tools available Fred? certainly wouldn't eat it (not suggesting it's fugu!) and would get it weighed accurately somewhere (like Poole Angling.......) money at the moment is on a Wrasse - washed out Cuckoo? have pm'd email address Fred - any size Edited May 18, 2006 by duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy fred Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 better pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 (edited) scratch wrasse............. more like the flying fish family (without the wings) body shape and tail all suggest free swimming - open water fish facinated! Edited May 18, 2006 by duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Y Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I have never seen one but I think there is a bream like fish called a "bogue" which is caught form time to time off the Purbecks - maybe it is one of those - anoyone knwo what a "bogue" looks like? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I agree with Duncan, defo not a wrasse. Can one get hybrid sea fish like some freshwater fish can cross breed (roach/bream) I too am realy curious now I have seen the better picture. I would suggest fridge or freezing it incase it is a record whatever it is. Mad Mike PS well done anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Y Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Photos/Pictur...03&what=species After a quick internet search I think it might be a bogue. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBettle Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 It is a Bogue or Boops Boops. Occasionally caught off Devon and Cornwall, but far more common in the Med. I think it is fairly rare up this far East. Not a record unfortunately, but a nice catch anyway. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy fred Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 (edited) im certain its a boops boop, caught on smallest hokeye which was baited with squid on the way up .Wwell it looks like the filleting knife wins Edited May 18, 2006 by crazy fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMBOB Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 new club record!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBettle Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 From the NFSA website: BOGUE (Boops boops) B 1 13 0 0 822 1981 K McBride, Eddystone Reef S 1 15 4 0 885 1978 S G Torode, Pembroke, Guernsey, C.I. At a guess.... yours is about 9oz? Hard to tell from the picture. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy fred Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 8-3/4oz a little bit short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBettle Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 8-3/4oz a little bit short Not a bad guess mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy fred Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 well when i latched into this monster i never had the fear of it spooling me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 late back from pub - looks like the detective works finished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Flog the pic's and the story to the Sun or the Mirror. If they buy it (strange Mediterranean fish with even stranger name etc) it should be worth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy fred Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 ill go for it mike strange fish comes second place in bream competition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy fred Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 (edited) any one want a fillet of my woo woo fish Edited May 18, 2006 by crazy fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy fred Posted May 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 well ive eaten the funny named thing with fillets of fresh gurnard and it was bloody loooooooverly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 fillets of fresh gurnard I have heard that gurnard is delish' but I have never tried it. Do you recommend trying it ? (assuming I can catch some) Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy fred Posted May 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 (edited) i have to admit top draw but you only get 250grm of fillet off of a 1kilo fish ,plenty waste but some tasty fish Edited May 20, 2006 by crazy fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Mike, gurnard are a delicious fish, much favoured by our continental cousins. In some areas, they are known as the chicken of the sea. Unfortunate thing is, as Fred says, you don't get a lot per fish. Bloody great head and mouth tapering off rapidly to the tail. In the Med they even eat the smaller ones and serve them whole. Terry B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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