Rightio Lads wierdest fish you\"ve caught from the shore???
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Brashy
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me mate last year caught the strangest fish i had ever seen so far. We were fishing at the walkway, and he got a kanny nock, he reeled in and it was like 
??? dont know wot it was like apart from it was long with the top half of it being a bright blue and the bottom being silver it had a top fin which was kanny big. Some bloke came over and told us it was a dragon something ???? . It was a lovely fish and i had never seen one before looked like a tropical fish to me. ?
??? dont know wot it was like apart from it was long with the top half of it being a bright blue and the bottom being silver it had a top fin which was kanny big. Some bloke came over and told us it was a dragon something ???? . It was a lovely fish and i had never seen one before looked like a tropical fish to me. ? 
5150
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You people catch FISH?! B*****ds, I never catch owt me....
Brashy, sounds like a Dragonet, the males are absolutely stunning if you see them in mating colours... I\'ve caught them off Blyth pier in the summer before, usually on a morning tide....
Found this pic on fishbase.org -
Found a hagfish on the beach one time, a sunfish washed up on s/sluice beach when i was a kid... actual capture wise though I\'ve not had anything unusual really... Twaite Shad from the pier a couple of years back, lumpsucker from Amble pier....
Brashy, sounds like a Dragonet, the males are absolutely stunning if you see them in mating colours... I\'ve caught them off Blyth pier in the summer before, usually on a morning tide....
Found this pic on fishbase.org -
Found a hagfish on the beach one time, a sunfish washed up on s/sluice beach when i was a kid... actual capture wise though I\'ve not had anything unusual really... Twaite Shad from the pier a couple of years back, lumpsucker from Amble pier....
crack-off!
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Fished a club match last night and a lad came back from Cresswell beach with a thornback that had been washed up!
lesforrest
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seen a 2 1/2 pound angler fish off shields pier a few years back,bert also witnessed it
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Ell
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I caught a 2\" ragworm off Roker Pier, honest, spinning for macky and it was stuck to the treble when i wound in
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TC
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An in-size Codling !!
I\'ve have some that have surprised me, like cuckoo wrasse and whiting when spinning. Codling when float fishing and a black bream from the shore near my caravan in SW Scotland.
On Starfish, we (me and Rich) were getting them just about every chuck when redgilling nr. Port Patrick.
Had quite a few gurnards when feathering for mackerel, both at Shields pier and over the west coast.
On Starfish, we (me and Rich) were getting them just about every chuck when redgilling nr. Port Patrick.
Had quite a few gurnards when feathering for mackerel, both at Shields pier and over the west coast.
crack-off!
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After my post yesterday about the thornback at creswell,hows about this one!just got back in from fishing a sea league match at newbiggin and one of the newbiggin lads caught a cuckoo ray on the private beach!!Another one also was also found in a rockpool!
Whats going on????
Whats going on????
I know , Its proper mad isnt it? 
Only the other week a lad I know had a Dogfish off the local pier now no one has ever seen a dogfish caught round here apart from that one.
Our old fella had a Turbot off seaton beach about 6 years ago but with the Bass and the Mullet there now i cant say im that suprised at that.
Just to think in 1992 a 4lb bass made the headlines of the Hartlepool Mail because it was a rare species to be seen in Hartlepool, theres plenty of them now.
Only the other week a lad I know had a Dogfish off the local pier now no one has ever seen a dogfish caught round here apart from that one.
Our old fella had a Turbot off seaton beach about 6 years ago but with the Bass and the Mullet there now i cant say im that suprised at that.
Just to think in 1992 a 4lb bass made the headlines of the Hartlepool Mail because it was a rare species to be seen in Hartlepool, theres plenty of them now.
I\'ll not be complaining! (Surprising, I Know!)
I had a doggy at Craster about 4yrs back and Ell\'s got one at Roker and either TC or Ian C mentioned seeing one on Shields Pier. Seem to remember hearing about a huss of Whitley pipe in the last couple of years too. But catching rays would be a bonus and they come up quite a wat so you wonder why they don\'t come much further. Can\'t be that much colder?
I had a doggy at Craster about 4yrs back and Ell\'s got one at Roker and either TC or Ian C mentioned seeing one on Shields Pier. Seem to remember hearing about a huss of Whitley pipe in the last couple of years too. But catching rays would be a bonus and they come up quite a wat so you wonder why they don\'t come much further. Can\'t be that much colder?
Brashy
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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.
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.
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TC
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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.
Can\'t remember the weight, but it was about 4\' in legth.
NICE FISH !
Never seen another one, though.
Chris_Hughes
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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.
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.
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