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Went



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 12:53 pm    Post subject: Fish ID please Reply with quote
    

Can anyone tell me which fish these are please?

They were in the estuary of a small river, swimming with the tide up stream but retreated back into the sea - about 30 cms/1 foot long. Shoals of 8-10 at a time.
Thanks.

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sean
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I *think* that they're some sort of mullet.

 
Mary-Jane



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 1:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They look like grayling to me. Nice fish - meaty, but lots of bones. They have to be well filleted.

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Drewsephine



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mary-Jane wrote:
They look like grayling to me.


was thinking the same

 
Mary-Jane



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Drewsephine wrote:
Mary-Jane wrote:
They look like grayling to me.


was thinking the same


Nice fish to catch...especially on a small gold head fly.

 
Mary-Jane



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Here you go: https://www.letsflyfish.com/grayling.htm

 
woody guthrie



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The Grayling would be a fresh water river fish and not really seen in estuaries.

I would be more inclined to think they were grey mullet as they frequent estuaries and swim about in shoals. Quite difficult to catch as they don't take baits to readily. They can be caught on the fly and I do know a guy who catches them after pre baiting with bread flake and drifting a Bread fly over the shoal.





 
Bodger



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mullet.

 
Tavascarow



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Agree.
Grey mullet.

 
12Bore



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I've caught mullet on the fly, a good fight and a good meal. (but bass fight more and taste better!)

 
Mary-Jane



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yes well alright. It still looks like a grayling though...

 
12Bore



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Stealth mullet

 
Gervase



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The dorsal fin's far too small for a grayling. Mullet.

 
pricey



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 09, 10 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thin lip i think you will find, a nice piece of bread wrapped around the hook free line it and you will catch them all day. They are a lot easier to catch in the Med than here, I used to get buckets of them when i lived in Sardinia.

 
Bodger



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 10 1:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mary-Jane wrote:
Yes well alright. It still looks like a grayling though...
Not to another mullet.

 
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