macsalmo
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Post by macsalmo on Oct 29, 2006 16:05:35 GMT
This was the other fish I caught on the Lune a couple of weeks ago. It was around 12-13lb with a very strange tail (or no tail as the case may be  ):  Any thoughts on what happened to its tail  ? Gary |
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Post by salmonking on Oct 29, 2006 17:36:24 GMT
NICE FISH GARY,I WITNESSED 2 FISH RUNNING A CAULD,YEST AND TDAY (SAME FISH)THEY MUST BE STRUGGLING TO MAKE IT OVER,ANYWAY THE TOP HALF OF THEIR TAILS MISSING,I WONDER IF THEIR DEFORMED,OR SEAL OR OTTER BITE PERHAPS?
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Post by salmoseeker on Oct 29, 2006 18:56:27 GMT
What a mess - but well done anyway
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Post by juniorspey on Oct 29, 2006 20:50:32 GMT
I had a sea licer, 'bout 9-10lb off the Ness last september with a slash down its flank and a tail like that!! Must've been the seal....!!!
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Post by macsalmo on Oct 30, 2006 16:25:31 GMT
Thanks chaps, nice to see you back Salmonking  Gary |
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Post by salmonking on Oct 30, 2006 18:16:49 GMT
cheers gary  |
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Post by waddy on Oct 16, 2007 11:06:21 GMT
Deffinatly seal damage. had a few like that off the Ribble in previous seasons.
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Post by juniorspey on Oct 16, 2007 11:15:21 GMT
id say a seal is to blame too!!!! iv had a couple like that off the ness
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Post by macsalmo on Oct 16, 2007 11:47:50 GMT
The seals would have struggled with the latest fish on the Ness Blair Gary |
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Post by Taddy on Oct 16, 2007 18:36:36 GMT
personally i think the marks are off fish escapeing from mono or multi mono gill nets,set bey poachers.
usually the dorsal fin is effected by the nylon netting,ie: sliced or scar-ed in some way,but its not unusual to see the tails of fish sliced like the one in the pic,ive had fish which have bore the same marks as the one in the foto,and they had been in a net at sometime in their life!!.
marks from seals and nets heal up eventually,but seals attack from the side or flank of the fish i think! now they is going to be those that argue! ok it makes no real difference which way the seal attacks,cos where ive wittnesssed fish deformaties and scar-ed fish is well up river from the tide.and where poaching used to be more than rife-so to me it looks like a net mark
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