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KB90
07-26-2012, 09:00 AM
Anyone know what this is?

We caught it 2 weeks ago in Kitimat while jigging for halibut at 125 feet.

Translucent fins, and strange holes by it's gills.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/576022_10151024365602088_1648464101_n.jpg

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Trophyslayer
07-26-2012, 09:02 AM
Ratfish I think
835
07-26-2012, 09:03 AM
Yep Rat fish....
They gross me out. Watch the spine on the back it has a mild venom in it...Seriously
russm86
07-26-2012, 09:03 AM
Yep, called a Ratfish.
HuntNmemories
07-26-2012, 09:06 AM
I have caught these prehistoric fish myself... they are called Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei). Their eyes glow in the dark like dogfish. Here is a link to Wiki http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=ratfish&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CFoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpotted _ratfish&ei=Z2oRUODQHaGciQLS84H4Bw&usg=AFQjCNHua5goaHANbJLZcTnynO2T_WlAAw&cad=rja
lip_ripper00
07-26-2012, 09:15 AM
It's a sockeye that just migrated from the South China Sea.........!
Davey Crockett
07-26-2012, 09:24 AM
That is a prominent hoop on that thing.
REMINGTON JIM
07-26-2012, 09:52 AM
Yep Rat fish....
They gross me out. Watch the spine on the back it has a mild venom in it...Seriously

Maybe GOOD eating though ! :smile: - just because its ugly don't make it bad ! :shock: LOL RJ
Gr8 white hunter
07-26-2012, 09:56 AM
ratfish feed the dogfish with it.
warnniklz
07-26-2012, 09:57 AM
Maybe GOOD eating though ! :smile: - just because its ugly don't make it bad ! :shock: LOL RJ

I know nothing of this rat fish... but I agree with RJ. Ling cod aren't exactly pretty looking.


That is a prominent hoop on that thing.

Are you talking about the puckered up poop chute?
835
07-26-2012, 10:09 AM
Ok you guys who want to try it fly at'er!
i have eaten some ugly fish but not that ugly!
MB_Boy
07-26-2012, 10:13 AM
Ok you guys who want to try it fly at'er!
i have eaten some ugly fish but not that ugly!

You have such a closed mind!! :shock: No gold bond and now "no" to seared ratfish?? :razz: :razz:
835
07-26-2012, 10:47 AM
Well up untill you compaired gold bond to ratfish i was going to try GB......
When i worked on the Draggers we hit a tow of those thigs that was absolutly spectacular..... Just grose...
Jagermeister
07-26-2012, 11:11 AM
That is a prominent hoop on that thing.
LOL I think you have a serious anal fetish.
d6dan
07-26-2012, 12:09 PM
It's a sockeye that just migrated from the South China Sea.........! and past the fish farms....
835
07-26-2012, 12:22 PM
You have such a closed mind!! :shock: No gold bond and now "no" to seared ratfish?? :razz: :razz:


Actually to think of it,,, maybe we should get some to Big Boar....... He'll eat anything
Sleep Robber
07-26-2012, 12:58 PM
Well up untill you compaired gold bond to ratfish i was going to try GB......
When i worked on the Draggers we hit a tow of those thigs that was absolutly spectacular..... Just grose...

Believe it or not they used to drag for them and use the oil out of the fish for guns before, during and after WWII. Some of the biggest tow's of these babies came just inside Broughton Island between Hardy and Alert Bay, way back in the day of course, same with the Lemon Sole. W've had monstrous tow's of them when Dragging outside on the West Coast, had many spines deep into the mitts over the years, ayya yaa !!!
835
07-26-2012, 01:38 PM
Believe it or not they used to drag for them and use the oil out of the fish for guns before, during and after WWII. !!!

I believe it! I renderd some myself a long time ago.... but it stunk. I could have done something wrong but it stunk.
Ozone
07-26-2012, 02:05 PM
and past the fish farms....

Thats some fine alex morton science there.
BiG Boar
07-26-2012, 02:19 PM
Actually to think of it,,, maybe we should get some to Big Boar....... He'll eat anything


Already ate one. They give you some crankin' gas though. I won't eat em again.
835
07-26-2012, 02:36 PM
Already ate one. They give you some crankin' gas though. I won't eat em again.


lol..... Really???? Now the coyote makes sense!
Kraft
08-21-2012, 10:32 AM
Take the liver if you ever get one . It's is the best gun oil around . No bull .
gerrygoat
08-21-2012, 07:21 PM
Caught a couple of those before ironically around Kitimat as well my cousin ate it and survived. I was trying to descibe how ugly they are to my wife and thanks to you I was able to show her a picture :) It's kinda like a cross between a mouse and a snake.
firstshot
08-21-2012, 07:23 PM
Looks like an airplane fish to me ! :)
REMINGTON JIM
08-21-2012, 07:39 PM
Looks like an airplane fish to me ! :)

I'm SURE thats the tech name for that species alright ! :smile: LOL RJ
Islandeer
08-21-2012, 08:16 PM
rat fish fer sure.
longstonec
08-21-2012, 09:15 PM
Anyone know what this is?

We caught it 2 weeks ago in Kitimat while jigging for halibut at 125 feet.

Translucent fins, and strange holes by it's gills.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/576022_10151024365602088_1648464101_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/309342_10151032470927088_1549212372_n.jpg

That neat little creature makes fantastic gun oil when you render it's liver. Ratfish oil.