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tlapinski · 07-31-2005, 10:16 AM

I spent some time yesterday afternoon doing some snorkeling/spot research. I was diving with "Strider", along some SoCo RI shoreline that we have been meaning to put more time into. Aside fomr the many blackfish, cunner, and a few stripers, and a vast assortment of baitfish, I came across 2 schools of fish which I did not recognize. One school consisted of maybe 10 fish, and the other was at least 3 times bigger. They were both of the same species, but that were staying seperate of each other. My first guess was that they looked like pollack or some sort of stickleback without a spike. The fish were from about 3" to maybe 6" long, and sort of a brownish-gray color. We were only working water of about 10' deep at most. The bottom consisted of large boulders surrounded by areas of eel grass, sand, and rubble. Prime bass water! I consulted my copy of "Fishes of the Gulf of Maine", but I could not make a positive ID on them. Anyone have any ideas on this? Perhaps Fish-Eye as I know you dive the area I was working.

07-31-2005, 10:16 AM	#1
tlapinski All up in the Interweb! iTrader: (1) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In the dog house. Posts: 5,205	Unidentifiable fish while diving. I spent some time yesterday afternoon doing some snorkeling/spot research. I was diving with "Strider", along some SoCo RI shoreline that we have been meaning to put more time into. Aside fomr the many blackfish, cunner, and a few stripers, and a vast assortment of baitfish, I came across 2 schools of fish which I did not recognize. One school consisted of maybe 10 fish, and the other was at least 3 times bigger. They were both of the same species, but that were staying seperate of each other. My first guess was that they looked like pollack or some sort of stickleback without a spike. The fish were from about 3" to maybe 6" long, and sort of a brownish-gray color. We were only working water of about 10' deep at most. The bottom consisted of large boulders surrounded by areas of eel grass, sand, and rubble. Prime bass water! I consulted my copy of "Fishes of the Gulf of Maine", but I could not make a positive ID on them. Anyone have any ideas on this? Perhaps Fish-Eye as I know you dive the area I was working.
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