Redfish with a 13 on it's tail
 

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=1bcf3...1145&sc=photos

A good friend of mine caught this bull red this past weekend and this is what the black spot was on its tail. Does anyone know the reason or the cause of the spot? I will post more photos.

Sorry but I am having issues with posting the photos on my iPhone. I will try to get them up this evening.

http://www.louisianasportsman.com/lp...ssic&id=147126

Check out his red!

Thats pretty cool lookin!

thats pretty cool.. I want to see the 12 on the other side.

That is very cool - won't see that too often..

wait really ?!?

That says E1

S1 on the other side??

That's a "b" not quite touching

thats cool and a mule of a fish too

EI, maybe its from Eugene Island

very cool pics!! thanks for sharing. I've caughtem with spots all over them, but never a fish with numbers or letters

Just for me... dat looks photo shopped... but if not congrats on the cool fish, if so congrats on fooling a bunch of people

Yea they were bashing this on LA Sportsman pretty bad, bud so say it was confirmed by some biologists to be lagit....its pretty cool if its real....i would def put that thing on the wall

If its real, its pretty cool. Mount it, you'll never catch another like it.

The fish is at David's Taxidermy in Lafayette and I can assure you this is no fake!

I think so, too. :cool:

Hmmm

Looks shopped but live your dream sir......

I usually keep my mouth shut and not bash, but the pics are TOTALLY BS. The first pic has the 1 half a$$ parallel to the edge of the tail. The pic with the guy has the 1 totally in a different position. C'mon MAN...

Bad photoshopped

Looks like a guy I know from Abbeville

Just go to David's taxidermy in Laf and see. Actually ill try to go one day next week and ask to see it and ill let you guys know.

Either photo shopped or black sharpied. I have a friend that can make amazing art with a box of colored sharpies. Either way that is one I would have to see in person

On the sportsman it says he has a "12" on the other side but those pics have to wait.....not sure I'm buying into this one.

good fish

If you notice the blimish where the 13 is, is where it was blended in photo shop. However they did a horrible job blending it.
It being at the taxidermist doesn't mean anything. Taxidermist can make anything the way they want. I know one who made a 10 lb Gogle eye perch.

From a photographers view, its PhotoShop

give me a break
 

i would love to see any of you photo shop a pic of a red fish with a number dude the blemish around the number is called a halo its natural on all red fish go take a pic of a red fish then look at the dot and i assure you there will be a halo around it

"dude" I'm aware of the "halo" reds have, your talking to someone who is on the water 6 days out of the week,Dude. However, the shot of just the tail, looks a little too "fishy". The "halo" looks much odder than what I've seen before.
And "dude" I'm not the only one who said it was photoshopped. ;)

be a sportsman dont hate appreciate
 

it looks odd because you never seen a rare spot like this so dont say its fake dont hate the player hate the game is all i can tell you remember be a real sportsman let this fish have its glory trust me its real and one of a kind

I checked snopes......they are the un disputed Internet po-lice

Just think if you caught that fish...you too would be proud and happy to share with fellow sportsman! Be happy for this fellow and congrat him on such a rare catch. Congrats!!!

Not that i care but the picture looks about as real as boobs at the Gold Club. But hey if u like mount it. lol

Let the naysayers say nay, but here is a pic of the "12" on the other side.

http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/.../redfish12.jpg


And as for the taxidermist comment, how can you say they can make anything they want?!

http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/.../jackalope.jpg

I think its kinda funny the fella posting the original only has the 6 posts about said fish and the fella coming to his rescue has only the 2 posts where he did just that. Hmmm. Something smells 13 kinds of fishy.

Lmao!!!

Really?
 

[QUOTE=MikeinSlagle;317346]Let the naysayers say nay, but here is a pic of the "12" on the other side.

http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/.../redfish12.jpg


And as for the taxidermist comment, how can you say they can make anything they want?!

[IMG]http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h452/mikeinslagl
e/jackalope.jpg[/IMG]


Podnuh, you have a whole 21 posts. Not sure you should be calling anyone out. Think before you post next time. I know this fella. I'll vouch for him. I belove the post entirely. Why can't it be true? I've seen reds that were completely blacked out with spots. I have one being mounted with 34 spots. I've caught them with no spots. And yet, there is no biological data as to the patterns of redfish spots.

I've caught reds with over 100 spots on them. The way this post shaped up, made it seem photo shopped. If its real, congrats. But everyone is intitled to their opinion, especially on a public message board.

And we each stated ours...

Yes. Yes we have. I was stating something. It wasn't directed towards you bro easy.

I never said it was. I was just asking why this couldn't be true. All of these junior game wardens come out to play when some picture looks "fishy." It's only opinions. I was just asking a question and stating that it could be legit.

Could be but I'm still not a firm beLEEver but live your dream peeps congrats on a one of a kind fish and or fooling people with a fake, kudos!

I'm aware of how many posts I have and wasn't calling anyone out . Cabear mentioned he would like to see someone PhotoShop a number on a red, so I did, minus the blemish or halo. In the pic it does look to be PhotoShopped but I never said it was or wasn't. Seems odd to have a 13 on one side and a 12 on the other (two pics of the 13 but none of the 12). Of course numbers at all is odd. But I never denied it to be true. So think before you post. Sometimes people are just given the wrong information and they run with it.

its my fish
 

the reason i said try to make a pic like mine was not to make fun of my fish i was trying to make a point you cant make up a natural mark on a fish nor can you mess with mother nature she controls what marks are on the fish and the pics with the 12 on them will not be posted on any forums they will be more than likely in several magazines so i will post more pics at a later date also i posted a few more lasportsman forum

So wait the fish now have a 12 on the other side?!?!

it always has a 12 on one side
 

dude where have you been? the fish always has had a 12 and a 13 on it

If its got a legit 12 post pics. This just gets better and better.

I can believe the 13 but a 12 on the other side COME ON . Pics or gtfo