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Diggin Jiggin
10-31-2005, 05:07 PM
I just cleaned a fish and found 3 of these and a 1/2 digested eel in it.
the baitfish were 7-8 " long ? Any idea what this is ?


The flash on the camera's broken, I hope this came out ok...
Diggin Jiggin
10-31-2005, 05:14 PM
the colors bad, fish was gold and white...
UserRemoved1
10-31-2005, 05:29 PM
Looks like a herring.
thefishingfreak
10-31-2005, 05:33 PM
not a polack.. got scales.
not a herring, scales to small.
latteral line like a haddock,,,???
ThrowingTimber
10-31-2005, 05:35 PM
cleaned it up a bit
Bernzy
10-31-2005, 05:37 PM
Young Squeteague????

I caught some Blues in RI last fall that were yakking up 4" Squet.

Bernzy
thefishingfreak
10-31-2005, 05:37 PM
nothing i've seen from up north?
Cod Hunter
10-31-2005, 05:38 PM
Silver Hake?
tattoobob
10-31-2005, 06:06 PM
Bait fish ID (http://www.landbigfish.com/saltwater/baitfish/SilverTrout.cfm)

A silver trout
CANAL RAT
10-31-2005, 06:25 PM
looks like a kingfish to me

http://www.striperonline.com/pictures/surf_fishing/Kingfish_6_12_02.jpg
Bernzy
10-31-2005, 06:33 PM
A young Squet.
striprman
10-31-2005, 06:51 PM
Whiting ?
MoroneSaxatilis
10-31-2005, 07:05 PM
The squiteague's got my vote.
:eyes:
libassboy
10-31-2005, 07:37 PM
Id say its some kinda offshore groundfish, big eyes etc. I know large like to cruise offshore, all kinda stuff for them to eat out there.
thefishingfreak
10-31-2005, 07:57 PM
The squiteague's got my vote.
:eyes:


ditto...that lateral line,,,, :humpty:
Diggin Jiggin
10-31-2005, 08:28 PM
When I first saw it I thought it looked like a small groundfish, the lateral line made me think cod but the color wasn't right.

Fish was on the south side of the cape.
MAC
10-31-2005, 08:32 PM
Young Squeteague????

I caught some Blues in RI last fall that were yakking up 4" Squet.

Bernzy


That was my first thought. Couldn't see any gold fins though, and the lack of spots other than a few near the tail.
Brother Brian
10-31-2005, 09:37 PM
My first guess was kingfish or croaker.
Mike P
10-31-2005, 10:40 PM
Juvie weak/squet.

Out here, they drive them right onto the beach. Seen a lot of them lying around on the rocks/sand aftert the bass drive them.
Gloucester2
11-01-2005, 01:17 PM
Looks like a white perch to me . . . I have a house on Perch Pond in Falmouth and I've seen schoolies mauling these things.
Clammer
11-01-2005, 01:44 PM
not A perch ..
Gloucester2
11-01-2005, 03:55 PM
Why ? :huh: Same deep body, yellow eye, prominent lateral line

:wave:
scoobe
11-01-2005, 07:22 PM
I've only seen them at the fish market... but I'd say croaker too.
striprman
11-01-2005, 07:35 PM
The closer I look, more I'd say squet (not whiting) because the scales are very prominant. Did you look at the mouth ? Did it have 2 "fangs" or 2 sharp teeth on the upper jaw ?
Bass Babe
11-03-2005, 12:38 PM
Yep, I'm going with the weakfish on this one, too.

Easy things to look for in fish ID are overall body shape, mouth and eye placement, and, if you want to get technical, number of spines on their fins (this comes in handy when using a fish ID program like the one at www.fishbase.org). Colors aren't so telling once things have been partially digested, because certain substances/body parts get digested more quickly and color can be changed by stomach acids.