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hank4hire

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Help identifying a fish
« on: October 13, 2009, 05:18:56 PM »
Not very experienced angler, need some help idenfying a fish.
Went out to the gary point (tidal fraser) to try my luck with coho's this morning and caught what I thought was a pikeminnow however  it had an andiposal fin which pikeminnows don't have.

Description:  about 14 inches long, white stomach, greyish green on top with white spots, sharp jagged teeth

Couldn't identify it so threw it back, pretty sure it wasn't a salmon or bull trout
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redtide

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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2009, 05:40:37 PM »
could have been a juvenile lingcod. did it have large pectoral fins? anyways a picture would have helped.
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lucky

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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2009, 05:41:54 PM »
did the fish you caught look like this?



just kidding,sounds like a bull trout.

« Last Edit: October 13, 2009, 05:44:49 PM by lucky »
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hank4hire

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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2009, 06:47:37 PM »
I think that was it, good thing i threw it back then
thanks guys
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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2009, 07:37:57 PM »
lol nice pic. ;D
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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2009, 01:46:20 PM »
Hilarious...i take it youre not an artist by trade  ;D
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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2012, 11:38:16 PM »
Didn't want to start a new thread. Sorry don't have a pic but caught an eel shaped fish by Jericho today. Not on Rod's list of fish and not like anything that I found under long body fish on google. Any ideas? About 10 inches long
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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2012, 05:24:38 AM »
Lamprey?
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Fillibert

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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2012, 11:23:20 AM »
Nope def a fish. Looks like a needlefish but with a short round head.
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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2012, 12:16:01 PM »
Amazing this thread has got to a page long without being hijacked by the holier-than-thou crew criticizing people for not being able to ID a fish.
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colin6101

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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2012, 02:23:50 PM »
No one is criticizing him because he let it go, which was definitely the right thing to do!
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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2012, 03:40:24 PM »
Greenling?
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Fillibert

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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2012, 04:52:14 PM »
Nope less fishy more rely body as in couple cm all the way... not on the government website either...
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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2012, 04:58:02 PM »
Snakehead?
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another SLICE of dirty fish perhaps?

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Re: Help identifying a fish
« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2012, 05:42:27 PM »
prettier. Oh well I guess we'll never know.
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