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an age old question

mellickricky · 2009-09-01 14:19:16

I used to hear my granny talk about catching pinkeens...and its really annoyed me since as to what species she was actually referring too? is it minnow,or sticklebacks or young trout or salmon...any help would be great...its really tormenting me. cheers

01-09-2009 3:19pm

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mellickricky

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I used to hear my granny talk about catching pinkeens...and its really annoyed me since as to what species she was actually referring too?

is it minnow,or sticklebacks or young trout or salmon...any help would be great...its really tormenting me.

cheers

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#2 01-09-2009 4:44pm

It wasn't me!

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pinkeens were always stickleback in my neck of the woods.

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#3 01-09-2009 11:58pm

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It wasn't me! wrote: »

pinkeens were always stickleback in my neck of the woods.

Same as that, but then again i called any small fish i caught a pinkeen when i was a gosson:):)
It was only when i started to get into fishing i started to recognise the fish but i stil called sticklebacks pinkeens

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