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[pondlife]

can anybody I.D this thing for me please.

 

[fishingfanatastico]

Looks like a Eel-pout.

 

[fishing bairn]

am not very sure to be honest might be a small ling

 

[seanyrooroo]

Eelpout

 

[codseeker]

eelpout or a blenny

 

[scott m]

sure its a blenny

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

eelpout or a blenny

Same here...although more inclined towards a blenny

 

[pondlife]

eel

thanks lads, fishingfanatastico pointed me to a website that sort of makes me think its an eelpout. handsome isnt it.

 

[codseeker]

welldone mate cracking cobble stones

 

[pondlife]

measure stick

measure stick

what about the railings coddy.
i could do with a bent ruler to measure these things.

 

[Rayace]

when i was young thay called it a greenbone you get them under jettys and in the mud i hate them

 

[Castaway]

Eelpout

 

[fishing bairn]

Lol whoops think i was wrong makes a lot of sence just remembered ling hangaround next recks

 

[5150]

Viviporous Blenny (aka Eel-pout). Seem to be another one of those species that comes and goes, getting loads some years and very few others. I remember pulling them out of the Harbour at Blyth constantly in the mid 80's.

 

[northeast1]

100% Sure its a blenny, used to catch loads of them down the Walkway

 

[Tadpoleman]

Shore caught record only 13oz........................that looks a good one!!!

 

[kensr27sz]

if it had big teeth it could be a cat fish.

 

[5150]

if it had big teeth it could be a cat fish.

I think you're thinking of Wolf Fish mate, sometimes called Rat Fish as the teeth look like a rats. They're thicker bodied and grey coloured, not seen any from the shore here but seen them off the boats once in a while, far bigger than a Blenny.

 

[codseeker]

had one wolfy from the shore last summer up st abbs rock mark estimated around 4lb plus

 

[Castaway]

I think you're thinking of Wolf Fish mate, sometimes called Rat Fish as the teeth look like a rats. They're thicker bodied and grey coloured, not seen any from the shore here but seen them off the boats once in a while, far bigger than a Blenny.

The wolfish is in the same family as a blenny, the difference is it can get up to 8 feet long!