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Thread: Anyone know what this fish is?

  1. 16-09-2023, 12:39 PM #1
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    Anyone know what this fish is?

    Brother caught it surfcasting at Cooks Beach. It's about 5ft long.
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    Anyone recognise it?
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  3. 16-09-2023, 12:40 PM #2
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    75/15/10 black powder matters
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    maybe one of the new Japanese ocean hoki ..does it glow in the dark???
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    Frost Fish ?
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    A young ling?
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    Looks like a snake eel. We used to get them off Waihi beach where they lived in vertical hole with head only sticking out. Characteristics include sharp head with nasty teeth and their habit of twisting round and round your line when hooked. Beastly mongrel things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Billbob View Post
    A young ling?
    nah...mouth all wrong and they sort of stay in proportion......I remember helping fillet a ling that long 35ish years ago..two of us held fillet while 3rd guy used knife to slice it off..... the toothfish from first few voyages were of similar size..didnt keep catching big ones for long,size dropped dramatically within two years....same story repeated over n over again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ingrid 51 View Post
    Looks like a snake eel. We used to get them off Waihi beach where they lived in vertical hole with head only sticking out. Characteristics include sharp head with nasty teeth and their habit of twisting round and round your line when hooked. Beastly mongrel things.
    Looking at Google I think you might have cracked it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulNZ View Post
    Brother caught it surfcasting at Cooks Beach. It's about 5ft long.
    Attachment 233326

    Anyone recognise it?
    snake eel congrats to those who got it right
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry the hunter View Post
    snake eel congrats to those who got it right
    No problem. I’ve encountered a few.Name: IMG_0734.jpeg Views: 332 Size: 1.14 MB
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ingrid 51 View Post
    No problem. I’ve encountered a few.Attachment 233342
    Sounds like there might be a story worth sharing there somewhere?

    Thanks to all who replied.
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  13. 17-09-2023, 09:50 PM #12
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    Yep snake eel...
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