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gubby
Joined: Jun 28, 2009
Posts: 3
Location: leeds
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Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:56 pm |
 
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i have just come back off holiday and i caught this fish... it seemed rather unusual to me what it is due to its colour. looking around it looks like a pouting but pouting are silver but this fish i caught is orange? can you please tell me what fish this is?
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stowaway
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Joined: Aug 17, 2008
Posts: 193
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Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:05 pm |
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Looks like a Jackson to me, I've had a drink tho', pollocks |
Last edited by stowaway on Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:53 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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jacko69
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Joined: Nov 27, 2008
Posts: 789
Location: Scarborough
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:18 am |
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hi gubby, what you got there is a pollack were you fishing near a kelp bed as you catch loads around them
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gubby
Joined: Jun 28, 2009
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Location: leeds
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:02 am |
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yeah i was fishing at the bottom of the cliff at the side of the kintyre lighthouse, arent pollock usually silvery colour? is it wierd for it to be orange :L |
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jacko69
Tackle Forums Mod
Joined: Nov 27, 2008
Posts: 789
Location: Scarborough
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:05 am |
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all the pollack we catch around kelp are an orangy brown colour as it is camoflarge for them
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stingraysteve
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Joined: May 11, 2009
Posts: 150
Location: west sussex
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:42 pm |
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Hi Deffinatly a pollock, all fish will have slightly different colouring due to there location, kelp beds produce green/red to orange coloured fish while those that my be around clean ground will have lighter markings, hope this helps. |
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sawkye
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Joined: Jun 23, 2009
Posts: 8
Location: old kilpatrick
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Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:19 pm |
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hi Gubby,was interested in your post when you mentioned Kintyre.lm off there on the 11th July for two weeks,actually staying in Pinnenver.Was there any other marks that you fished and caught ofcourse?Last two years lve been there its been plagued by SEALS,is any just as bad?
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