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On Thu, 28 Nov 1996 GarlooEnt@ao*.co* wrote:

> Anthony,
> the fish you are describing sound more like Eel Pouts, they have very large
> mouths & big lips. they are extremely docile & you can actually just pick

I was wondering if these fish might have been wolf eels, which are seen 
quite regularily up here on the East Coast.  These look like morey eels, 
however thely are red in the spring (mating season) to blue-ish brown 
now.  These ugly creatures eat urchins and anything that seems to move, 
spitting out the spines


> them up  & play with them. they eat shell fish & clams. Some years they seam
> to appear in larger numbers than others. I think that the amount of divers
> has nothing to do with there presence, I would guess it has to do with food

>  Tim Taylor <taylor@ru*.ne*> wrote:
>  >You left out ... [2] the Great
>  >Lakes sea cucumber (Burbots),
>  
>  I'm not sure if what we call Lingcod are the same thing, or related, or
>  what (Rich, teach me to be a fish guy too?) but the ones I'm thinking of

<various assorted snips>

Just an idea

Thanks

Dave

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