njsconst Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 While filleting some dolphin fish today I found that they were full of these baby "eel" looking type fish. To me they looked like baby Hairtail.... they were silver and had a fair set of teeth on them for little fella's. Does anyone know what they are? I've never seen anything like them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1990 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I was reading an article on dollies about 4 months ago in a magazine, all the photos of the inards included those little eel things, i have no idea. cheers james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I was reading an article on dollies about 4 months ago in a magazine, all the photos of the inards included those little eel things, i have no idea. cheers james Some type of sand eel would be my guess. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) I believe they're called Oarfish... They're only babies when that size though, they can get a hell of a lot bigger... Edited March 21, 2007 by Tony Soprano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1990 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 HOLY $#!t that is one HUGE oar fish, how would you catc one? cheers james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Holy cow,those are HUGE. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IFishSick. Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Yep, pretty dam long fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPSGT Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) From the comment that they had teeth they might be a type Lamprey Its hard to tell from the photo though. I'm sure Flattieman will know what they are! Jason Edited March 21, 2007 by PPSGT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I had the same thing in my dollies from tuesday. Im still trying to find a plastic that will match them. So frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmar560 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I had the same thing in my dollies from tuesday. Im still trying to find a plastic that will match them. So frustrating. You can try the gulp turtle backs although they might be a bit short to match those "long things" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 ive got something Yeah - but if you hang it over the side of the boat you can be arrested for public indecency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Yeah - but if you hang it over the side of the boat you can be arrested for public indecency. but ur forgetting those things in the Dollies are long penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) Well, CFD seems to know that those fish look like, njsconst . I'm quite sure that these long, eel-like prey items are often juvenile scabbardfish/ribbonfish (Lepidopus caudatus). The adults of this species appear incredibly similar to hairtail (excepting, of course, the filamentous tail). Here's a pic from fishbase: The juveniles vary in morphology: The likeness to hairtail might explain why you thought that the fish were juvenile hairtail, njsconst. Oarfish don't have teeth - hence the name "king of herrings" that is often applied to these massive fish. Hope this helps, Flattieman. Edited March 21, 2007 by Flattieman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reely Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 i found them once in two 10kg DOllys i got, no one could identify them, i believe they may be oarfish or bandfish. Who knows. They looked like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njsconst Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 i found them once in two 10kg DOllys i got, no one could identify them, i believe they may be oarfish or bandfish. Who knows. They looked like this. Reely, Yep they are the same buggers that were in my ones today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caine Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Yeah - but if you hang it over the side of the boat you can be arrested for public indecency. you might catch one of the 2 better looking Oarfish on the right of he picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfish Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 whats the best bait for that? a wad of cash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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