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[old novice - jeff]

today i went fish and was catching fish that we could not identify, its body shape fins etc was just like a perch but the color was all wrong, it was green with dark spots / blotches just like a pike.

 

can anybody shine any light on this as it got us foxed, has googled but found nothing like.

 

Jeff

[Janet]

Jeff,

 

I don't suppose you took any pictures?

 

Janet

[goosequill]

today i went fish and was catching fish that we could not identify, its body shape fins etc was just like a perch but the color was all wrong, it was green with dark spots / blotches just like a pike.

 

can anybody shine any light on this as it got us foxed, has googled but found nothing like.

 

Jeff

 

How big were these fish?? It sounds like a 'Ruffe' (or Pope or a whole host of other local names) - a rare fish nowadays. I used to catch a few on the canal as a boy but they have declined somewhat. If it is a Ruffe then you are a lucky boy! As long ago as the 1950's they were considered 'scarce', 'being found other than in certain lakes and sluggish rivers in the south and east of England and in the Midlands'.

[gozzer]

How big were these fish?? It sounds like a 'Ruffe' (or Pope or a whole host of other local names) - a rare fish nowadays. I used to catch a few on the canal as a boy but they have declined somewhat. If it is a Ruffe then you are a lucky boy! As long ago as the 1950's they were considered 'scarce', 'being found other than in certain lakes and sluggish rivers in the south and east of England and in the Midlands'.

 

Yup, sounds like a Ruffe.

I don't know about your waters goosequill, but they were prolific in the Yorkshire Ouse system, until the late 70s, early 80s, then their numbers dwindled for some reason.

They often won me money on hard match days.

 

John.

[old novice - jeff]

did try to take pics but they did not come out.

smallest was about 3 inch, largest was about 6 inch

if they are ruffe they were not rare here today i landed about 25 of them

[gozzer]

did try to take pics but they did not come out.

smallest was about 3 inch, largest was about 6 inch

if they are ruffe they were not rare here today i landed about 25 of them

 

Was this it?

 

http://www.fishingsecrets.co.uk/what_fish/...etail_ruffe.php

 

John.

[old novice - jeff]

Was this it?

 

http://www.fishingsecrets.co.uk/what_fish/...etail_ruffe.php

 

John.

 

yes thats the fellow.

 

thanks

[jerry weijers]

They are great live/dead bait for zander

 

gr jerry

[chesters1]

the ones i used to catch in the medway were a reddy brown colour

[chavender]

how many dorsal fins did they have ?

 

a lightish green colour with perch like head could indicate zander ! as ruffe are more a brownish colour