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Old 03-16-2016, 04:06 PM
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Found a very small dead fish on the shore of Delaware Bay yesterday. I would guess that is is a bunker but there is no black spot.
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Old 03-16-2016, 05:35 PM
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It's a juvenile bunker not the right shape for an alewif or herring
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Old 03-16-2016, 05:41 PM
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Bunker the spot is there it's just faded
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Old 03-16-2016, 06:22 PM
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I was thinking Shad
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peanut bunker
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Looks like a Menhaden.
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Old 03-17-2016, 12:10 AM
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Definitely a bunker. You can see that the spot is faded.
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Old 03-17-2016, 08:35 AM
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Bunker
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Shad
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Old 03-17-2016, 10:38 AM
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If you look at the mouth very closely it appears to be a bunker to me
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