Reel Class Friday 7/19 Fluke & a very lost cusk

[blkbear]

All the Cusk I caught up north all have a continuous dorsal and a single barbell on lower chin, it has rows of sharp teeth.

That one looks like it has a space in the top fin and long and long streamers like a hake plus the tail is wrong.
I am not sure what it is.

[tjd24]

Looks like a White Hake.

[Bucktailboys.com]

Captain worked his tail off for that catch...good time with some serious fishermen. Ryan, nice to meet you in person...also nice to meet customers on the water =-)

Good luck next week in the tournament.

Keefe

[Reel Class]

Brian you're right.

Since I got home I looked up pictures of cusk and they don't have that single fin behind the head.

This thing basically had the head of a cod and the body of a ling; coloration was blackish.

I've seen white hake before and they basically look like a ling but they are purple - this was different. I looked up European hake on the web and saw some similarities too

[darrenflynn]

Def a hake

[Reel Class]

An old friend who has mad credibility says spawned out white hake - I looked it up myself and I'm 99.9% sure it's a white.

[blkbear]

Spawned out makes sense as it thin but log.
The mouth looked like a hake