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Hogchoker or Flounder

Started by Guest_bumpylemon_* , May 09 2010 09:02 AM

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#1 Guest_bumpylemon_*

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 09:02 AM

I caught this last year at the cape. Now I'm not so sure this is a hogchoker. I just wanna be able to ID the fish before I take one today.
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#2 Guest_bumpylemon_*

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 09:04 AM

i think hogchokers have a rounded face. and the flounder are pointy. is that a correct assumption?

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#3 Guest_CATfishTONY_*

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 09:54 AM

i would say you have a flounder.
here is a link to a hogchocker
http://forum.nanfa.o...3990-hogchoker/

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#4 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 12:35 PM

NOT a hogchoker.

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#5 Guest_Jan_*

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 07:48 PM

For sure, this a a "winter flounder", (as opposed to a "summer flounder" = fluke). They are also called Black Backed flounder. They used to be so
plentiful, and a much sought after fish for the table. Now they are very depleted in number. It's not a hogchoker.

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#6 Guest_gerald_*

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 12:24 PM

Never trust a flounder; they have a dark side.

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#7 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 01:14 PM

Never trust a flounder; they have a dark side.

Gads...

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#8 Guest_Jan_*

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 08:06 PM

Never trust a flounder; they have a dark side.

dots a gud vun.

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#9 Guest_reebok_*

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Posted 11 May 2010 - 03:05 AM

dots a gud vun.

...And they never look you straight in the eye.
In England we refer to the Trinectes genus as 'soles'. I'm intruiged, how did they obtain the curious name 'hogchokers' in the US?

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#10 Guest_gzeiger_*

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Posted 11 May 2010 - 09:57 AM

They are called soles here as well. The name hogchoker comes from the time of early settlement when they were so abundant along the coast that they would be fed in large numbers to pigs which will pretty much eat anything. Their boniness led to the name hogchoker. At least so says Wikipedia.