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Index of Subjects Hi Randy Ken and all. I've seen Rudder fish in the harbour for as long as I can remember. I've tryed many times to catch them but have never been sucessful. I've only encountered the Juv. ones, and boy are they ever striking to look at with there black stripes. In the summers of 2006 & 2007 we had several each year call the floating docks in Squid Cove home for several weeks. Usualy first showing up in mid - late Aug. as the water warms up. The local Crab Fishermen claim that in mid Aug. off shore they'll encounter several or even schools at nearly all their trap floats. Trigger fish will be seen often with the Rudders at their bouys and arround other floating debries. I've seen them in and arround the harbour many many times and for the last 4 years running. SO If you come upon debre floating out clear of the beach in Aug. or Sept. Be very carefull. I knew a man who almost lost a finger when he placed his hand in the water to retreive a small peice of plywood. It took 10-12 stiches to cover the exposed bone of his index finger. We use to associate these and other rare fish with eddies spinning off the gulf stream bringing with them all sorts of wonderfull exotic fishes. As of the past few years this trend is becoming the norm. Just look how far north the Striper Bass are now being caught. Are our waters getting warmer? Just monitor the strenth of the tropical storms and hurricanes entering canadian waters and/or making land fall. Tom K. Canso ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken McKenna" <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Banded Rudder Fish > > Ken McKenna > Box 218 Stellarton NS > B0K 1S0 > 902 752-7644 > > Hi Randy and all > I took a quick look at my old (1966) "Fishes of the Atlantic Coast of > Canada"- Leim and Scott. The Banded Rudderfish is in the family of Jacks > and pompanos (Carangidae). That family is a wide-ranging family of oceanic > fishes, the jacks more numeropus in tropical and subtropical seas. Other > common names for this fish are amber-jack or shark pilot. The dark bands on > the sides are characteristic of the smaller specimens seen further to the > north. Apparently can reach a size of 3 feet and weight of 100 pounds. > The range is the Atlantic coast of North America from the Gut of Canso to > the Gulf of Mexico, and only considered a stray north of Cape Cod. The > Museum, Biological Station, St. Andrews, N.B. has a specimen (7.5 inches) > caught Oct. 1955 in the Gut of Canso. The book notes this species as seen > around buoys and floating wreckage. > cheers > Ken > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randy Lauff" <randy.lauff@gmail.com> > > > > I've never heard of these fish, Tom...I take it they are migratory? > > Can you give us some more info about them? Are they a yearly occurence > > out your way? > > > > On 27/09/2008, Terri Crane <terri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > >> While moving the floating docks this morning I discovered that they were > >> being used by 7 Banded Rudder Fish. They ranged in size from 6-10''. > >> > >> I've had an eye open for them through-out the summer but was unable to > >> see > >> any untill this morning. > >> > >> What will become of these wayward fish? Will they just suffer the same > >> fate > >> as the majority of the wayward birds? > > > > > > Randy > > _________________________________ > > RF Lauff > > Way in the boonies of > > Antigonish County, NS. >
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