Sounds a bit fishy to me!
We were a close grouper, happy to be schooling along with the Friday tide. Cod Hake was leader of the pack. A dab hand at keeping everyone in the right plaice, never floundering in the shallows with no sole. Suddenly life turned bleak, he had difficulty herring, and the gang were saury when he decided to step out of the carp ark and gopher a longjaw mudsucker to clear the slimy sculpin.
It was then the fissures of the sea began to rumble and spout, in his absence…..
Elephantnose was settling into salmon chanted evening with his dear friend Dottyback, and angling to impress her by shoaling along to moonlight bay for Bombay Duck . There was no need to go overboard or clam up. It didn’t take a brain sturgeon to catch her, hook line and sinker, but it was important not to skate around a few important points before trying to reel her in. He just needed to be in-tuna with his net profits.
Kissing gourami had no need to be koi since Barreleye was not molly-codling her, he was more interested in what Dojo loach was saying to broadband dogfish about Molly Miller. She had gone to a seafood disco the week before, and pulled a muscle.
Fangtooth said to Snapper “Don’t be like a shellfish prawn, kipper lid on it for now, the world is your oyster, buy the glass flippers and Annette will bream from ear to ear.
Jellynose was a Lemon Soul preferring to perch with Steve than to cling or clown with bearded clam. She decided to mullet over with a nice cup of char and not scampi off in a melan-coley mood. Better to bring a new ray of light to the sometimes black sea of the under world.
This mermaid’s tail is just beginning….
Before it turns into a pomfret why not swim on over to read what the other active members of our group have to say: Delirious, Maria/Gaelikaa, Maria SilverFox Magpie 11, OCD writer, Padmum, Paul, Ramana, The Old Fossil, Will Knott.
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Our topic ‘…the fishes of the sea’ was suggest by Magpie 11. How many references to fishes or the sea did you find? I think my catch was at least 60.
Maria from Silver Fox said,
March 2, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Grannymar,
Wow! You swam to the very top of the ocean and rode the waves with this one. I found about 15 references in the first paragraph alone. Then I realized how few fish names I can actually recognize with certainty so quit before I would have to go to the dictionary. LOL
The Laughing Housewife said,
March 2, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Clever! I got nowhere near 60, but I’m a town girl, born and bred.
Red Top said,
March 2, 2012 at 2:39 pm
After reading that, I’m going on a drink. I hope my wine cellar has enough Red Top.
Grannymar said,
March 2, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Maria SF - I nearly drowned in them!
Tilly - Good for you.
Red Top - After all that sea water, I could do with some Red Top. I’ll pass my glass!
Rummuser said,
March 2, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Brilliant. Simply brilliant and words fail me.
Mayo said,
March 2, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Rummy in his post is looking for the mermaid, you forgot to tell about the merman you have in you fridge. Exactly, what does that look like?
Nancy said,
March 2, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Grannymar,
Hurrah for you..That was brilliant and I’m no carp but I wonder why you wrote it. Just for the halibut?
Grannymar said,
March 2, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Ramana - Thank you.
Mayo - What were you doing looking in my fridge? Do the new privacy laws introduced today, extend to viewing the contents of my fridge?
Nancy - ‘Just for the halibut?’ I love it!
Padmini Natarajan said,
March 2, 2012 at 4:01 pm
That was some marine tale with the ubiquitous tail wagging as well.
Enjoyed it though much of it was Irish and Gaelic to me!!
The Old Fossil said,
March 2, 2012 at 4:27 pm
This piece was stream of consciousness, wasn’t it? Mine is Crappie by comparison.
Delirious said,
March 2, 2012 at 4:55 pm
Ha Ha, very clever! I think you win the prize for best post today!
Ursula said,
March 2, 2012 at 7:50 pm
This post is one hell of a catch, Grannymar. Love it. If you were one of those big cat fish you may as well lick the cream off your whiskers now. And, yes I do know that you don’t like cats or cream so just throw my small fry back into the river.
U
Alice said,
March 2, 2012 at 8:37 pm
You’ve outdone yourself, Grannymar! How are you possibly going to follow this one?! And your commentators are so clever! I can see I’m out of my pond, I mean element, here!
Grannymar said,
March 2, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Padmini - I am just a simple tail spinner, sometimes it catches on and at others it falls flat.
Tee O - The stream was fighting a conveyor belt of currents.
Delirious - There are prizes?
Ursula - My ideas work better outside the box.
Alice - I never know from one week to the next, where to cast my rod for inspiration.
Mayo said,
March 2, 2012 at 9:28 pm
U you are one “whale” of a woman!
Grannymar said,
March 2, 2012 at 9:37 pm
Mayo - I hope I am not that big!
Maria from Silver Fox said,
March 2, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Oh poor Mayo. With that Whale statement, he opened his mouth and changed feet! LOL
The Old Fossil said,
March 2, 2012 at 10:01 pm
Yes, Maria. He’s “fin”ished.
blackwatertown said,
March 2, 2012 at 11:48 pm
That was definitely some fin special. You scaled the heights. Water triumph.
I was intending to pick out the bits I liked best, but then I realised I’d be cutting and pasting far too much.
Simply (fish) supper.
Marianna said,
March 3, 2012 at 1:37 am
OMG, Grannymar, you are in a class all your own!
Brilliant! Going back for a second helping!
Cathy in NZ said,
March 3, 2012 at 6:43 am
excellent tail - mermaid and all
Grannymar said,
March 3, 2012 at 9:19 am
Maria SF - Poor Mayo! I blame the Red Top!
Tee O - Mayo is a just a Redmouth whalefish himself.
BWT - That is what happens when you devario aholehole shoal of fish!
Marianna - Make sure it is well cooked!
Cathy - Thank you, Cathy!
gaelikaa said,
March 3, 2012 at 11:31 am
A fishy tale all right!
Grannymar said,
March 3, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Maria G - The subject was fish!
You know me by now, I love to pull the tail of our topics! 
wisewebwoman said,
March 3, 2012 at 3:55 pm
Ah sure you’re codding us all.
XO
WWW
Grannymar said,
March 3, 2012 at 5:02 pm
WWW - I am a true fishy character.