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Offline Quadruplecccc

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What is a Pout ?
« on: January 26, 2009, 07:56:32 PM »
Didn't want to chime in on someone's fishing report to ask this question . They caught a pout and I was curious , ( what is it ?  and can someone post  a picture?)   thanx 


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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2009, 08:01:01 PM »


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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2009, 08:17:38 PM »
Thanx Duffman!  Interesting looking critter isn't it?

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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2009, 08:20:51 PM »
Looks ugly. :P
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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2009, 08:26:29 PM »
aka the conger eel
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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2009, 08:42:44 PM »
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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2009, 08:43:50 PM »
aka the conger eel


Mistakenly called a conger by many. Two different species.  
 
http://www.eastcoastcharters.co.uk/conga_eel.html

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http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1017

Congers get MUCH bigger and are more eel like.

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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2009, 08:47:33 PM »
Ok, I'll be the wisea$$.

It's what Paris Hilton does when she doesn't get her way.


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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2009, 11:18:20 AM »
As mentioned, many erroneously call the Ocean Pout a conger eel.  Our silver eels are the true conger eels.

Pout doesn't taste all that bad either t^
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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2009, 11:20:27 AM »
Ok, I'll be the wisea$$.

It's what Paris Hilton does when she doesn't get her way.



so true
Fish out of Toms River NJ.
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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2009, 11:26:57 AM »
Ok, I'll be the wisea$$.

It's what Paris Hilton does when she doesn't get her way.



LOL Joe  rofla I think it has more to do with all the colligen injections rather than not getting her way though.. Which is fine until the stuff leaks out..then they go from carp-lips to clam strips!  chrz

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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2009, 12:52:15 PM »
 rofla rofla
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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2009, 03:21:21 PM »
Carp lips to clam lips  rofla

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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2009, 06:40:29 PM »
well then i stand corrected....but i would like to see what size bass i can get using the one in that picture as bait!
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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2009, 06:46:19 PM »
but i did find this link....which addresses conger eel as ocean pout
http://www.afprotein.com/pout.htm
maybe its the congo/conger pronunciation?
« Last Edit: January 28, 2009, 07:58:14 PM by Capt. Carl »
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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2009, 09:09:59 PM »
Ok, conger eel is one that I've heard of. I was on an offshore cod trip on the Jamaica a bunch of yrs ago when I caught this eel/ling looking thing. The mate called it a condra eel or conger eel, I'm not sure which one anymore since it''s been over 10 yrs now. Anyway this thing had a huge head, huge pec. fins with a long linglike body. It also had a serious mouth with 2 teeth top and bottom, Color of fish was green/brown. Did not look like the eel above. What was it?

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Re: What is a Pout ?
« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2009, 11:19:11 AM »
We typically catch two type of "eels" when winter fishing for Cod, Ling and Seabass offshore.

Silver Eels look like eel but only bigger- Dark on top and light on bottom.

Conger Eel or Ocean Pout are greenish in color and have a large head and big rubber looking lips.  I are not really conger eels but that is what we call them.  Ocean pout are good to eat and fight like heck, but ugly as can be.

 

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