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12-12-2020, 07:44 AM
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Mystery Species Identification
Friend of a friend out in Montreal allegedly caught this on the St. Lawrence few years ago. I should have posted sooner but forgot about it. No idea what the heck it is. Any armchair Biologists out there who can identify this really peculiar oddity of a fish? I would have been shocked to death to see this come up out of the hole hey when fishing for Jacks!
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12-12-2020, 08:47 AM
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Without a better picture I would say it’s a Flathead Catfish. If your friend kept it he must have known what it was. It could also be a type of cod that swam up the river.
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12-12-2020, 08:52 AM
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Some kind of catfish but can’t really tell with that pic
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12-12-2020, 06:47 PM
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looks like a cross between a channel catfish and a seal.
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12-12-2020, 06:54 PM
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My suggestion would be to send the pic to a real biologist lol.
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12-12-2020, 07:01 PM
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That’s not a real fish, it’s a pillow. I have one at home haha
Edit: actually it’s here at cabin. I just snapped this pic.
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12-12-2020, 07:06 PM
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Not sure if it is a pillow or not but the st Lawrence has big channel cats - so if not a pillow... I would say a descent size channel
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12-12-2020, 07:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple
That’s not a real fish, it’s a pillow. I have one at home haha
Edit: actually it’s here at cabin. I just snapped this pic.
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I think the culprit has been found
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12-12-2020, 07:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Albany
Not sure if it is a pillow or not but the st Lawrence has big channel cats - so if not a pillow... I would say a descent size channel
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defiantly not a channel cat. I have caught a lot of those.
but yup... looks like the pillow. There are even instructions online about making the whiskers longer.
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12-12-2020, 07:53 PM
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“Allegedly “ is right!
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12-12-2020, 09:47 PM
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Nice pillow haha I think u can buy those catfish pillows at cabelas
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12-12-2020, 10:22 PM
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Is it April already
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12-12-2020, 11:01 PM
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hahaha!!! definitely the pillow and that bed, under the duct tape does it look like a car?
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12-13-2020, 12:15 AM
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What species of pillow is that?
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12-13-2020, 08:55 AM
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Bowfin ...
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12-13-2020, 09:01 AM
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So the real question should be how does pillow fish taste compared to pike? Definitely less bones to fillet around I bet
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12-13-2020, 11:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smoky buck
So the real question should be how does pillow fish taste compared to pike?
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All depends what it’s been used for...
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12-13-2020, 01:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage Bacon
What species of pillow is that?
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12-13-2020, 01:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Positrac
All depends what it’s been used for...
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Oh man...just had to go there...
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12-13-2020, 03:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Positrac
All depends what it’s been used for...
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12-19-2020, 09:44 PM
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Gone Hunting
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I know this is a kinda old thread but I was doing some research today on another subject and run across a Catfish that looks a lot like the one the OP posted.
It's called a Spotted shovel- nosed catfish and it can weigh up to 200 pounds.
After looking at the OPs photo again I notice it does not appear to have a camo pattern like the pillow does.
I don't know if I believe the OPs fish is real but it does appear as though it might be. If so it could well be a Spotted shovel- nosed catfish.
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