Rightio Lads wierdest fish you\"ve caught from the shore???

[Brashy]

i your rite 5150 thats the fish me mate caught.
I rember someone telling me that there was a dogg fish caught at smith\'s docks .not sure if it was just a rumor or a lie, but wouldnt it be nice to have them in the tyne.i\'v seen some weird fish of shields pier before like. i think the sea ie getting weirder by the day.

[TC]

Aye Ant, it was Ian who got the LSD from Shields Pier whilst fishing into the harbour at the 1st gate.
Can\'t remember the weight, but it was about 4\' in legth.
NICE FISH !
Never seen another one, though.

[Chris_Hughes]

Careful what you wish there Brashy, it may come true. There are parts of the country where Dogfish are considered to be vermin. However, I would rather catch a \"Dogfish\" than a \"No-fish\".

The ecology of the seas around Britain have most certainly changed over the last two centuries. The reasons are probably manyfold, including over fishing such that alternative species start to occupy the niche left by others. Is this what is happening with the decline in Cod stocks and the apparent increase in Dogfish? Climate change could also contribute to the species shift. However, we only have some 200 years of reliable weather data on which to base our theories of global warming / cooling, the next ice age etc.

I think the earth is like a smokers lungs, if you stop smoking you will stop the damage and eventually the body will repair that lung. However, there is a point of no return, continue smoking and you will continue the damage and eventually if something else doesn\'t kill you, then lung cancer will. So if we don\'t stop polluting the earth and taking away natural resources faster than they can be replenished, then the earth will die. If we stop and it is not to late, then nature will repair the earth, and our grand children may inherit a planet in a better condition than we have now.

Oh yes, I once caught one of those Dragonets of SS pier.

[Falcone]

there has been a few doggies caught this year from seaham i got one about 3lb,and ive just been told by one of the divers i know that seaham pier has a resident catfish{wolffish} approx weighing over 5lb i wouldnt mind catching that one......

[Stephen]

My mate had a wolffish on the boat last year from the north hard ground wouldnt like to be bitten of one they have a good set of teeth on them.

[BIGGRON]

av pulled in a little brown pit bull from smiths dock last year

[crack-off!]

And the winner is. . . Biggron.No contest!!!!

[fishydad]

Nice one BigRon

Apart from reeling in a foul hooked sand eel on seaham beach a canny few years ago me and the lads were fishing the Heugh at Hartlepool and I pulled in the strangest looking fish which I not seen since. It was about 10\'\' long with spines but the underside was bright blue and yellow with white spots the size of smarties.
Can\'t remember what type it was, maybe one of you lot may know?
Just found a site that is worth a look - web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium

[mark]

August this year, west coast of scotland. Still don\'t know what it was! About 4\' long, fin pattern a bit pollock-ish but very round in the body - breamish, but exactly the same colour as the goldfish in the bairns fish tank

[Marky]

Fishydad I think your on about what we call in Hartlepool as a polymog!

Its very much like a weever fish with Nasty spines that are venomous I have heard you get plenty off the Heugh have also seen a couple of them caught off the south gare.

I had a monster one of these about 2 and a half pound from the twin steps about 6-7 year ago, best bet is just to cut the hook and sort of kick it gently back into the sea, dont handle it at all.

[fishydad]

Marky,
Exactly what I did!!!!

[Red5]

3 doggies were caught thru the season about 2 years ago in the Alnwick Sea Anglers club. I remember as a bairn walking along Boulmer beach and often finding mermaids purses, so I don\'t think catching them now is anything unusual One of the lads has a pouting this season from the beach. I also remember one of the cobles landing a mullett in it\'s nets as a bairn.It was still alive as they\'d kept it in a bucket and they were gonna give it to an aquarium in the area!