NESA Species Hunt 2013

[Thunderpants]

Yeah it looks a bit stormy but it will ease up by the weekend hopefully. If its unfishable I will just go to the pub

Cheers lads.

[toonboymc]

A tadpole for mad rob off last week not the best pic

[bobogib]

On the board with a plaice.



First time out, ever. Just glad I didn't blank.

[Thunderpants]

Table updated.


Here's three for me which puts me in second place


Dogfish


Poor Cod


Ballan Wrasse

[lobsterwells]

looks like a corkwing wrasse to me mike

[Bassboyo]

Yep that's 100% a cork wing wrasse , well done

[Stewart 1971]

Yep that's 100% a cork wing wrasse , well done

They are quite common on the south coast, I probably caught far more Corkwings than Ballans when I lived down there.

A good catch for you Mike, doubt there will be many others with a Corkwing on the species hunt. All you need now is a settled spell and a Black Bream

[toonboymc]

A dragonette for me

[toonboymc]

A fish for mad Rob ????????????

[lobsterwells]

That definitely looks like a poor cod to me rob well done.

[Stewart 1971]

A fish for mad Rob ????????????[ATTACH]7299[/ATTACH][ATTACH]7300[/ATTACH]

Pouting, anal vent is below first dorsal fin rather than to rear as in Poor Cod

[lobsterwells]

ok i stand corrected

[lobsterwells]

shame a poor cod caught up here would of been a bonus fish.

[Stewart 1971]

First picture is a bit meh, second picture is fairly clear if you draw an imaginary line vertically upwards from the anal vent. It does have large eyes which are a characteristic of Poor Cod but the position of the anal vent in relation to the dorsal fin is the definitive id feature

[lobsterwells]

well it was the large eye that caught my eye which made me think it might of been poor cod . still a pouting is another point for the lad