IA forum member catches ugliest fish in NZ

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  • Oct 10, 2011 at 8:22 pm #5712
    hamish carnachan
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    Hi all,
    Interesting season opener for some buddies and I in NZ, not least of which was our good mate Tim Angeli catching what is possibly the ugliest trout in NZ.
    No doubt Tim wil post a full report later but in the meantime see if you can beat this for one f&*%ed up looking fish – it had more overbite than a Simpsons’ character! Probably fitting that the man with the mullet caught it…. 😉

    Oct 10, 2011 at 8:32 pm #50201
    Jack Kos
    Member

    Wow… Almost makes Tim look pretty by comparison.

    Oct 10, 2011 at 8:35 pm #50202
    Avatar photoTim Angeli
    Member

    Hahahahaha.

    Oct 10, 2011 at 10:52 pm #50203
    hamish carnachan
    Member

    Btw Hamish, great photos in FortyOneDegrees!

    Cheers Jack… ditto!

    PS – Good comments about the OS angler licence on ‘you know where’. Be interesting to see if our US friends would feel so aggrieved by it…

    Oct 10, 2011 at 10:56 pm #50204
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
    Member

    Tim are you Really sporting a mullet? Good for you mate!

    My guess is that fish swam to close to Tim’s smelly feet… 😀

    Joel

    Oct 10, 2011 at 10:57 pm #50205
    Zach Matthews
    The Itinerant Angler

    You guys have a great sense of humor.

    Oct 10, 2011 at 11:12 pm #50206
    Jack Kos
    Member

    PS – Good comments about the OS angler licence on ‘you know where’. Be interesting to see if our US friends would feel so aggrieved by it…

    Someone had to say it. My guess is the US reaction would be entirely different given that a number of States already employ non-resident licenses. That and they don’t assume ownership of our wee slice of paradise to quite the same extent.  ;D Possibly a topic worthy of its own thread.

    Oct 10, 2011 at 11:48 pm #50207
    Avatar photoColin M.
    Member

    I was just going to ask what fish!? All i noticed was the mullet!

    Oct 11, 2011 at 12:45 am #50208
    Eric DeWitt
    Member

    Better question.. is how did he loose half his hair.. oops, I mean face, and continue to eat and maintain that size?

    Oct 11, 2011 at 12:58 am #50209
    hamish carnachan
    Member

    Better question.. is how did he loose half his hair.. oops, I mean face, and continue to eat and maintain that size?  Pretty adaptable these wild animals are.  

    Good question Eric. We were truly astounded it was in such great condition — aside from the seriously messed up face (and hair do… oh, we’re talking about the fish) it was an exceptional specimen.

    Here’s another shot of ‘Franken-fish’ seeing as it seems to be generating a bit of interest.

    Oct 11, 2011 at 1:22 am #50210
    Zach Matthews
    The Itinerant Angler

    My guess is he was basically a filter feeder.

    Oct 11, 2011 at 2:11 am #50211
    hamish carnachan
    Member

    I think that’s a congenital deformity, not some kind of injury, so he would have lived with it his whole life and presumably adapted.

    Zach

    No, I’m pretty sure that’s a relatively new hair do Tim’s sporting.  ;D

    Oct 11, 2011 at 2:18 am #50212
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
    Member

    I think that’s a congenital deformity, not some kind of injury, so he would have lived with it his whole life and presumably adapted.

    Zach

    No, I’m pretty sure that’s a relatively new hair do Tim’s sporting.  ;D

    Hamish that is funny stuff right there!

    Oct 11, 2011 at 2:21 am #50213
    hamish carnachan
    Member

    …I better lay off the mullet jokes now or he might not talk to me again!

    Oct 11, 2011 at 2:24 am #50214
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
    Member

    As a former mullet guy I can assure you that you should keep up the harassment! Some things should stay in the Eighties….

    Oct 11, 2011 at 5:30 am #50215
    Avatar photoTim Angeli
    Member

    I think that’s a congenital deformity, not some kind of injury, so he would have lived with it his whole life and presumably adapted.

    Zach

    No, I’m pretty sure that’s a relatively new hair do Tim’s sporting.   ;D

    Hahahahaha.  Touche.

    Oct 11, 2011 at 5:29 pm #50216
    Zach Matthews
    The Itinerant Angler

    Some things should stay in the Eighties….

    This whole thread is awesome.

    Oct 11, 2011 at 5:38 pm #50217
    David L. Darnell
    Member

    We got ugly fish in Tennessee, wife caught this smallmouth on a float last Thursday where Mulberry Creek (the creek that runs through Lynchburg by Jack Daniels Distillery) enters the Elk River.

    Oct 11, 2011 at 7:08 pm #50218
    hamish carnachan
    Member

    Yeah that’s ugly alright David. Looks like one of the those deep sea creatures….

    Oct 11, 2011 at 8:02 pm #50219
    Avatar photoColin M.
    Member

    Redefines “smallmouth” no?

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