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PECo
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 Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:35 am Post subject: Check out this prehistoric fish |
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I went fishing on the Yellowbird party boat http://www.yellowbirdfishing.com/ out of Hampton Beach, NH, with DirtyDawg10 (aka Derek) and his brothers yesterday. Derek's little brother Isaac landed this prehistoric monster:
It looked like the marine version of a snakehead or bowfin. Captain Rick identified it as a cusk. Per Captain Rick, "They're good eatin'!"
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slim2043
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:59 am Post subject: |
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That's a pretty neat catch. According to wikipedia they are a Threatened Species but I'm not sure what the regs are on them.
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I read that there's a commercial harvest on them. Captain Rick is very professional. He's a professional smartass to be sure  , but still very professional. I'm sure that he wouldn't have let Isaac keep it if it weren't legal. I have a feeling that the visit to the Yellowbird by the New Hampshire Marine Patrol at the the end of the trip was not an unusual occurrence:
We just told the Marine Patrol officers that Kira wasn't with us and they motored away. 
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DirtyDawg10
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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lol
It was a freaky looking fish and it felt like a tube sock filled with jello (don't ask how I know what that feels like). It was strange. He also caught a hake. He said it was a "blue hake" but after looking a bit I'm thinking it was probably a "white hake". Not sure though. |
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Yep !
That's a Cusk, also known as a Burbot or -> "LAWYER" Fish   
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DirtyDawg10
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Here's another picture of it...
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SeaDog1
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Hi DD!
Yep! That's a "Lawyer Fish" -> it's in the Cod family and delicious (Though you wouldn't think so ! )
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slim2043
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Generally speaking... Ugly fish taste good
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PECo
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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And ugly girls are good in. . . nevermind. . . .
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| PECo wrote: | | And ugly girls are good in. . . nevermind. . . . |
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the kitchen
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Band class?
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| ...one time at band camp... |
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BassRican
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If beer goggles work on ugly girls, I wonder what they would do for ugly fish? 
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