dogfish

[WOFFLEBOY]

fished the walkway last week forgot 2 put these on me and my uncle got these 2 dogfish also heard of another 8 in the last few weeks only been last couple weeks any1 no why they might be there ????

 

[codseeker]

dogfish are becoming more popular in our waters recently ..seaham has always hoyed a few up in the summer ..roker pier ,shields ,now the walkway,nice to see them spread up our coasts in numbers but hopefully not too many has they can be pests

 

[wheres the fish?]

Still, rather have them on our coast than not. Its a good sign of that our waters are staring to recover from a serious decline in the availabilty of food. That maybe why bass are starting to become less of a rarity

 

[stevenswales]

There was one caught on the heugh in hartlepool on friday night

 

[lambtonworm]

Im not sure its anything to do with the availability of food probably more to do with climate change and the fact they have no real predators even the commercial fisherman have little use for them apart from pot bait,im sure if we fished more fish baits in the summer we would get even more of the things,bit of a novelty at first then a pain in the @rse when your targetting better species, I dont mind catching there bigger cousins though (huss)

 

[dabcatcher]

in the early 70s they were on our coast all summer.

we used to get loads of them during summer, as common as the whiting. from what i can remember they were a real neusance and small.

i saw loads caught one day on the old skeleton pier. [hartlepool]

 

[billyturbot]

fished the walkway last week forgot 2 put these on me and my uncle got these 2 dogfish also heard of another 8 in the last few weeks only been last couple weeks any1 no why they might be there ????

Scotty and dean I told you,s not to bring them dog fish home and put them in the tyne
cant believe that we travel 240 mile for a bit sport and we could have travelled 16 mile for the same fish ,there again not sure if scotty would have done that cracking break dancing at the walkway
really good how he spins on his back
howay dean wares the report ??????????????????????????

 

[Darnc]

What bait did they take & what type of rig were you using mate nice to see them from that spot

 

[Joe-m]

Nice to see you caught a couple of LSD, as Dabcatcher said they used to turn up also can remember catching big spurdog in my boat only 1 mile off Ryhope dene down to the Whitestones large packs attacking the whiting shoals, then they disappeared, as sea temperatures rise more species may appear as long as the cod stay.

 

[WOFFLEBOY]

What bait did they take & what type of rig were you using mate nice to see them from that spot

i got myn on mackeral on a pully and my uncle got his on crab on a 2 hook flapper also heard of a few more taken on worm

 

[Pete from shields]

Nice catches mate, heard a few stories about doggies being caught off there but wasn't so sure about them, obviously they were true.

 

[Scotty91]

Scotty and dean I told you,s not to bring them dog fish home and put them in the tyne
cant believe that we travel 240 mile for a bit sport and we could have travelled 16 mile for the same fish ,there again not sure if scotty would have done that cracking break dancing at the walkway
really good how he spins on his back
howay dean wares the report ??????????????????????????

lmao and on now mate

 

[Pescod]

dogfish are becoming more popular in our waters recently ..seaham has always hoyed a few up in the summer ..roker pier ,shields ,now the walkway,nice to see them spread up our coasts in numbers but hopefully not too many has they can be pests

Exactly right Trev they can be a right pain in the a*se if they turn up in numbers, they are like vermin, I'd rather they stuck to the west coast to be honest.

 

[billynobaits]

Exactly right Trev they can be a right pain in the a*se if they turn up in numbers, they are like vermin, I'd rather they stuck to the west coast to be honest.

Sure,they can be a bit of a pain when you're targetting other species,but vermin they most certainly are not.They are a beautiful fish,and the most welcome of species in competitions,as when nothing else is biting,they are always happy to oblige.I used to regularly fish the open comp's on the west coast of Scotland,and was sickened by the sight of huge numbers of dogfish,
brought back to the weigh ins (often in pub car parks etc,well away from the sea) and unceremoniously tipped from sacks,blood all over the place,onto the deck,where they would jump around making those little grunting noises many
of you will be familiar with.They would be kicked into a pile,and after weighingwould be left,often in sweltering heat for an hour or so,while "anglers",would have a few pints and wax lyrical about their exploits.No one gave a toss about these unfortunate creatures,which had,ironically won them an often considerable sum of money,as they were to be used as "pot bait".I kicked off one day,telling the organiser he was a disgrace for allowing this wholesale slaughter,and collected as many live dogs as possible,put them into the back of my van(you could have heard a pin drop)and took them down to the sea and released them.I never went back to the "doggy comp's",and sent a letter of complaint to an angling publication to register my disgust.Not long after they started introducing a two dog limit over there,not because of guilt, but because of the sudden decline of numbers being caught.Be wary of denigrating the humble dogfish,as they may one day be the saviour of your day out fishing..

 

[fish fingers]

Brilliant post mate

 

[billyturbot]

Sure,they can be a bit of a pain when you're targetting other species,but vermin they most certainly are not.They are a beautiful fish,and the most welcome of species in competitions,as when nothing else is biting,they are always happy to oblige.I used to regularly fish the open comp's on the west coast of Scotland,and was sickened by the sight of huge numbers of dogfish,
brought back to the weigh ins (often in pub car parks etc,well away from the sea) and unceremoniously tipped from sacks,blood all over the place,onto the deck,where they would jump around making those little grunting noises many
of you will be familiar with.They would be kicked into a pile,and after weighingwould be left,often in sweltering heat for an hour or so,while "anglers",would have a few pints and wax lyrical about their exploits.No one gave a toss about these unfortunate creatures,which had,ironically won them an often considerable sum of money,as they were to be used as "pot bait".I kicked off one day,telling the organiser he was a disgrace for allowing this wholesale slaughter,and collected as many live dogs as possible,put them into the back of my van(you could have heard a pin drop)and took them down to the sea and released them.I never went back to the "doggy comp's",and sent a letter of complaint to an angling publication to register my disgust.Not long after they started introducing a two dog limit over there,not because of guilt, but because of the sudden decline of numbers being caught.Be wary of denigrating the humble dogfish,as they may one day be the saviour of your day out fishing..

I could never understand why the comps were not a points system,I was just a young lad when I 1st seen this going on still think about it now,last sunday dead dogfish on the rocks (kirkcudbright) why I just dont understand some anglers

 

[fisherman58]

Well done to the lads on the doggy's that were caught.

Nice write up Billynobait.

 

[Blanked again]

Sure,they can be a bit of a pain when you're targetting other species,but vermin they most certainly are not.They are a beautiful fish,and the most welcome of species in competitions,as when nothing else is biting,they are always happy to oblige.I used to regularly fish the open comp's on the west coast of Scotland,and was sickened by the sight of huge numbers of dogfish,
brought back to the weigh ins (often in pub car parks etc,well away from the sea) and unceremoniously tipped from sacks,blood all over the place,onto the deck,where they would jump around making those little grunting noises many
of you will be familiar with.They would be kicked into a pile,and after weighingwould be left,often in sweltering heat for an hour or so,while "anglers",would have a few pints and wax lyrical about their exploits.No one gave a toss about these unfortunate creatures,which had,ironically won them an often considerable sum of money,as they were to be used as "pot bait".I kicked off one day,telling the organiser he was a disgrace for allowing this wholesale slaughter,and collected as many live dogs as possible,put them into the back of my van(you could have heard a pin drop)and took them down to the sea and released them.I never went back to the "doggy comp's",and sent a letter of complaint to an angling publication to register my disgust.Not long after they started introducing a two dog limit over there,not because of guilt, but because of the sudden decline of numbers being caught.Be wary of denigrating the humble dogfish,as they may one day be the saviour of your day out fishing..

Well said mate. I would of done the same.

Davy

 

[Joe-m]

Slaughter

Slaughter

Sure,they can be a bit of a pain when you're targetting other species,but vermin they most certainly are not.They are a beautiful fish,and the most welcome of species in competitions,as when nothing else is biting,they are always happy to oblige.I used to regularly fish the open comp's on the west coast of Scotland,and was sickened by the sight of huge numbers of dogfish,
brought back to the weigh ins (often in pub car parks etc,well away from the sea) and unceremoniously tipped from sacks,blood all over the place,onto the deck,where they would jump around making those little grunting noises many
of you will be familiar with.They would be kicked into a pile,and after weighingwould be left,often in sweltering heat for an hour or so,while "anglers",would have a few pints and wax lyrical about their exploits.No one gave a toss about these unfortunate creatures,which had,ironically won them an often considerable sum of money,as they were to be used as "pot bait".I kicked off one day,telling the organiser he was a disgrace for allowing this wholesale slaughter,and collected as many live dogs as possible,put them into the back of my van(you could have heard a pin drop)and took them down to the sea and released them.I never went back to the "doggy comp's",and sent a letter of complaint to an angling publication to register my disgust.Not long after they started introducing a two dog limit over there,not because of guilt, but because of the sudden decline of numbers being caught.Be wary of denigrating the humble dogfish,as they may one day be the saviour of your day out fishing..

spot on totally agree

 

[Darnc]

Yeah good report m8t the more species in our waters the better the sport after all that's why we do it