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Fish ID pleaseCan anyone tell me which fish these are please?They were in the estuary of a small river, swimming with the tide up stream but retreated back into the sea - about 30 cms/1 foot long. Shoals of 8-10 at a time. Thanks. 
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| sean |
I *think* that they're some sort of mullet. | ||||
| Mary-Jane |
They look like grayling to me. Nice fish - meaty, but lots of bones. They have to be well filleted. | ||||
| Drewsephine |
was thinking the same |
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| Mary-Jane |
Nice fish to catch...especially on a small gold head fly. |
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| Mary-Jane |
Here you go: http://www.letsflyfish.com/grayling.htm | ||||
| woody guthrie |
The Grayling would be a fresh water river fish and not really seen in estuaries.
I would be more inclined to think they were grey mullet as they frequent estuaries and swim about in shoals. Quite difficult to catch as they don't take baits to readily. They can be caught on the fly and I do know a guy who catches them after pre baiting with bread flake and drifting a Bread fly over the shoal. 
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| Bodger |
Mullet. | ||||
| Tavascarow |
Agree.
Grey mullet. |
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| 12Bore |
I've caught mullet on the fly, a good fight and a good meal.  (but bass fight more and taste better!)
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| Mary-Jane |
Yes well alright. It still looks like a grayling though... | ||||
| 12Bore |
Stealth mullet 
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| Gervase |
The dorsal fin's far too small for a grayling. Mullet. | ||||
| pricey |
Thin lip i think you will find, a nice piece of bread wrapped around the hook free line it and you will catch them all day. They are a lot easier to catch in the Med than here, I used to get buckets of them when i lived in Sardinia. | ||||
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| Lorrainelovesplants |
yep, grey mullet, in the Camel at Wadebridge bridge - about 2 ft long. | ||||
| zigs |
Def a mullet, did i tell you i caught a 5lb one on the chesil ? |
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| dpack |
look like mullet
they quite like eating sewage and have rip off lips if one is not gentle once they are hooked bit pasty to eat but ok in soup grayling have a very sail like top fin and dont play in estuary water ,cold ,clean and well oxygenated fresh water is their manor ,a noble fish tastier and fightier than browns landing a lip is wrong 
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