View Full Version : Catch of the day :)
malfunkshun
06-03-2007, 5:29 PM
Hi, My name is Börn Viklund and I live in Sweden. Long time reader and first time poster here on this amazing forum.
Just wanted to share this picture with you. Don't know the english name for this fish, but in latin it's Labrus Mixtus. The photo don't do it justice. It's so beautiful.
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/2695/blastraletr1.th.jpg (http://img115.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blastraletr1.jpg)
malfunkshun
06-03-2007, 5:37 PM
Forgot to say that I caught it today on my micro UL rod and used a Littorina Littorea as bait on a small fly fishing hook with a 10g green and yellow Toby as sinker/lure.
AliceInChains
06-03-2007, 5:47 PM
is that even real?
ammerman19
06-03-2007, 5:53 PM
holy crap is that thing native to sweden. It's beautiful and it's got teeth. I want one:D
rob0521
06-03-2007, 5:56 PM
woah what is that thing?
AliceInChains
06-03-2007, 6:04 PM
i want to kiss it
ammerman19
06-03-2007, 6:12 PM
saltwater :eek: oh well still a very cool fish though
jonahonah
06-03-2007, 8:08 PM
looks summat like a corkwing wrasse to me... no wait just googled it its a cuckoo wrasse
nativelover
06-03-2007, 8:10 PM
u ship?
malfunkshun
06-04-2007, 8:18 AM
So it's called cuckoo wrasse, thanks jonahonah :)
Yes it's native to sweden, and it has som nasty teeth and powereful jaws, so kissing it would result in a pretty painful bite :)
They only grow to about 30cm (~11") but puts up a good fight even if it's small in size.
Also caught some ballan wrasse, but not as large as the cuckoo wrasse.
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2695/balanfm6.th.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=balanfm6.jpg)
BrtnBoy449
06-05-2007, 5:54 PM
that first one id beautiful!