Fish ID?

[CorSec]

Hi

This is probably stupid and I have probably missed something completely
obvious, but I can`t identify this fish :(
I caught it at about 3.30pm 10/02/04 in Belfast Lough and a couple more, all
released unharmed.
1 1/2lb - 4lb range, this is the only picture I got and it turned out very
badly.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zathross/fish_identification.htm

I have only started sea fishing last year, so forgive me for being a
complete newbie :)

Thanks

[Handy Andy]

The adipoise fin (the little rounded one just in front of the tail fin)
should tell you it is a salmoniod.
I hope you ate it. Probably a sea trout, maybe a grilse. Bit out of
condition, thin ! Oh, It has its mouth open so is probably female. (no kype
LOL)

[Bob]

Looks like a sea trout although a bit thin.

Bob

"CorSec" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
>
> This is probably stupid and I have probably missed something completely
> obvious, but I can`t identify this fish :(
> I caught it at about 3.30pm 10/02/04 in Belfast Lough and a couple more,
all
> released unharmed.
> 1 1/2lb - 4lb range, this is the only picture I got and it turned out very
> badly.
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zathross/fish_identification.htm
>
> I have only started sea fishing last year, so forgive me for being a
> complete newbie :)
>
> Thanks

[CorSec]

Thank you all for helping me :)
After further investigation I am pretty sure that it is a grilse. Something
I wasn`t expecting at all.
That day I caught 3 of them, 1 1/2lbs, 2 lbs and about 4 lbs.
They were caught on a 2 hook flapper rig with size 1 kamasan hooks baited
with makerel and squid.
The location was just outside a small town called Holywood.

Thanks again

"trevor greene" > wrote in message
...
> At first I rather fancied it as an escaped salmon from a fish farm -but
look
> at the maxillary (jaw) bone - it extends beyond the vertical line from the
> rear edge of the eye - see Falkus for ID of seatrout v salmon)
>
> I suspect it is a kelt - just recently spawned because of the slim
profile.
> A number of rivers in the Belfast Lough area do get sea trout but mostly
> after the season ends in October.
>
> Interesting catch - what area were you fishing?
>
>
> Trevor
>
>
> "CorSec" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi
> >
> > This is probably stupid and I have probably missed something completely
> > obvious, but I can`t identify this fish :(
> > I caught it at about 3.30pm 10/02/04 in Belfast Lough and a couple more,
> all
> > released unharmed.
> > 1 1/2lb - 4lb range, this is the only picture I got and it turned out
very
> > badly.
> > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zathross/fish_identification.htm
> >
> > I have only started sea fishing last year, so forgive me for being a
> > complete newbie :)
> >
> > Thanks
>
>

[Derek.Moody]

In article >, CorSec
> wrote:
> Thank you all for helping me :)
> After further investigation I am pretty sure that it is a grilse. Something
> I wasn`t expecting at all.

No it's a trout all right. Rather our of condition though.

> That day I caught 3 of them, 1 1/2lbs, 2 lbs and about 4 lbs.

Of course one of the others might have been a grilse.

Cheerio,

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