Thoughts? Edit: A stunning dace
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Thoughts? Edit: A stunning dace
My understanding is the dace has a concave anal fin, convex on a chub, a hybrid or a stunning dace?
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Re: Thoughts?
Hybrid to my eyes….wrong fins, wrong shape, wrong colours….for a true dace
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Re: Thoughts?
Any ideas what else it could be? He is hiding the anal fin though.
It does look rather like the ones I have had at that size.
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It does look rather like the ones I have had at that size.
His name is Roger Nicholas Mellon - he is a Member of the CSAS and has been quite prominent lately with a variety of specimen fish.
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Re: Thoughts?
Agree with Rob, possibly Dace x Chub or Dace x Ide
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Re: Thoughts?
Lovely fish but it does look a little "dodgy".
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Re: Thoughts?
If that’s a Dace then I’m I filleted kipper.
Seriously though, one issue I’ve learned a huge amount about on TFF is hybrids. The result is, I now tend to take a critical look at anything even slightly unusual that I catch. Sadly, this is a subject on which most anglers remain completely ignorant. That’s understandable but what isn’t is the angling media and prominent anglers pretending ignorance. Just my opinion.
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Seriously though, one issue I’ve learned a huge amount about on TFF is hybrids. The result is, I now tend to take a critical look at anything even slightly unusual that I catch. Sadly, this is a subject on which most anglers remain completely ignorant. That’s understandable but what isn’t is the angling media and prominent anglers pretending ignorance. Just my opinion.
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Re: Thoughts?
A hybrid of what exactly? Roach x chub have far lower lateral line counts than this fish. I've yet to see a confirmed roach x dace, dace x chub or dace x ide, and this fish doesn't look like an ide.RBTraditional wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:00 pm Hybrid to my eyes….wrong fins, wrong shape, wrong colours….for a true dace
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It's a fantastic dace.
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Re: Thoughts? Edit: A stunning dace
There we have it, its a stunning dace
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Re: Thoughts? Edit: A stunning dace
Whatever it's a fine fish. Dace are seriously under-appreciated these days, I feel.
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Re: Thoughts? Edit: A stunning dace
Personally I reckon its a hybrid, why is he covering up the anal fin?