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Eugene
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Please help with identification

Post by Eugene » Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:55 pm

Hi Guys and Gals! Please help with identification of this one in the right bottom corner. I kept only 1 because I guess it is a bottom fish, but I released others because I am not sure. Thank you in advance!
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G-Man
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Re: Please help with identification

Post by G-Man » Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:33 pm

Looks like a scuplin (staghorn), how long was it?
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Re: Please help with identification

Post by Eugene » Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:38 pm

G-Man wrote:Looks like a scuplin (staghorn), how long was it?
Thank you! Yes, looks like it is. By size it was around 10-12 inches.
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Re: Please help with identification

Post by cobrar543 » Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:04 pm

It is a Staghorn and a mighty big one at that LOL. When we were kids we called em bullheads because we got stabbed by those darn gill plate spikes of theirs LOL
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Re: Please help with identification

Post by Diverdoyle » Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:34 am

not really table worthy
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Re: Please help with identification

Post by Matt » Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:23 pm

Diverdoyle wrote:not really table worthy
Is this even true or are you saying that just because?

I have personally never taken one home to eat, but I imagine they would have a fine white flaky meat.

The Cabezon is the largest member of the family cottidae (sculpin), and those things are friggen delicious, and that's first hand. [thumbup]
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Re: Please help with identification

Post by Hunter757 » Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:26 pm

Matt, I would not eat one ever. We used to let them die on the bank of the river when we were kids. Never seen one that big!! Nice catch but nope would not ever eat one.
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Re: Please help with identification

Post by Dan360 » Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:51 pm

I probably would have had that officially weighed. Looks like it could have been a state record!
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Re: Please help with identification

Post by Diverdoyle » Mon Jun 22, 2015 3:08 pm

cabbies and stags have two totally different diets but buy all means man if you want to find a whole new way to show case your new culinary creation on a stag be my guest ... i was just saying its not table fare due to the fact that its head and guts once you get down to it same reason why people tend not to keep china rock fish on charters and keep the blacks and blues ..
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