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Can anyone identify this mystery fish?
HI
I caught a small multi coloured fish from the Mersey in Stockport and can not identify it. I'v scoured the net. Pestered the staff in the local tackle shops but can't get any clue to what it is . If anyone can identify it then i would be most gratefull. You can view the fish by clicking the following link : http://djc.servehttp.com/fishid Many Thanks in advance for your time Dave |
Can anyone identify this mystery fish?
wrote in message oups.com... HI I caught a small multi coloured fish from the Mersey in Stockport and can not identify it. I'v scoured the net. Pestered the staff in the local tackle shops but can't get any clue to what it is . If anyone can identify it then i would be most gratefull. You can view the fish by clicking the following link : http://djc.servehttp.com/fishid Many Thanks in advance for your time Dave Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a male in spawning colours! "Males are brilliantly coloured in the spawning season, when the background colouring is heightened, the belly becomes scarlet and the throat black" p198 , Alwynne Wheeler, The Fishes of The British Isles & Northern Europe, 1969 Strange no one can identify it because it is a very common fish. |
Can anyone identify this mystery fish?
Many Thanks for taking the time to I.D it for me Dave |
Can anyone identify this mystery fish?
In message .com,
writes HI I caught a small multi coloured fish from the Mersey in Stockport and can not identify it. I'v scoured the net. Pestered the staff in the local tackle shops but can't get any clue to what it is . If anyone can identify it then i would be most gratefull. You can view the fish by clicking the following link : http://djc.servehttp.com/fishid Many Thanks in advance for your time Dave This is a minnow. Something doesn't add up here though. You are very unlikely to catch a minnow with a big hook like that and it also looks very similar to a rig that I and locals used to use in Germany to catch trout. A lip hooked live minnow with a maggot on the hook too could be absolutely lethal below a float. I got my old minnow net out on the Girvan one day and tried the same technique. I had 3 sea trout within an hour in broad daylight. -- Devs "Punchdown Pete the old Kroner" |
Can anyone identify this mystery fish?
In article , Devs
wrote: This is a minnow. Something doesn't add up here though. You are very unlikely to catch a minnow with a big hook like that and it also looks If I -want- to catch a minnow - eg for bait, then I usually put a tiny bait on the tip of a #10 as that saves changing the hook. They'll take maggot conventionally on a #16 with ease and can often manage a #14. Cheerio, -- Fishing: http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/ Writing: http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/ uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page: http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/ |
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