Roker pier , new species and mystery fish

[toonboymc]

Went back down to Roker hoping for another wrasse
Got down at 3 till 8 used ragworm only
Met Fishingmark and new member Andyco ( nice lad )
Mark and Andy float fishing and I had the 2 wrasse Catcher rods lol it was nearly fish a chuck mostly small stuff but good sport you could watch the coalies attacking the bait it was that clear
I got a new species a shore rockling

Then I got about 5 scorpion fish

Then Andyco got stung off a wasp lol
Then I got a different type of bite , a pull down like a cod not like a coalie rattle it wasn't a big fish but put up a canny little scrap on the little rod
Don't no what it is , looked like a pouting but thinner ?????? Any ideas boys



Nice session with some good crack and lovely weather. Shame the wrasse didn't show but always tomorrow boys for another wrasse hunt

 

[Stewart 1971]

It's a very skinny Poor Cod mate. And that Rockling looks exactly the same as the one I caught the other week...

 

[david.northeast]

Looks like a pout

 

[g-force]

Poor Cod I reckon; the vent's in line with the rear of the first dorsal fin which is a giveaway. On a Pout it's in line with the front.

Gary

 

[lambtonworm]

its a poor cod mate,no doubt about it ..

 

[andyco]

Just got in, got nothing after you left. Still a good night though, good to meet you mate.

Just pulled the stinger out - right next to my bollocks! - its killing, gonna have to stop wearing shorts.

 

[Dogrunner]

Nice sesh toonboy,

Was there myself about 100 yards down from you (spotted the nesa hoodie). I had some good coalies and a lovely pollock on the float. Like you say, a great afternoon to be out.

 

[lumpsucker]

Aye, poor cod mate

 

[fishingmark]

Well done on the two new species mate, I never would have picked that as a poor cod with it being so skinny but the concensus seems to say that it is.
A canny afternoon out even if the fish were all tiddlers it was decent sport.
Unlucky on the sting Andy.

 

[bigfen]

You certainly are a lucky man getting out fishing so much,looks like a poor cod to me.By the way how's the Sea Anglers rod performing?

 

[zigzag]

i looks more like a whiting to me, its wrong shape four pouting

 

[toonboymc]

You certainly are a lucky man getting out fishing so much,looks like a poor cod to me.By the way how's the Sea Anglers rod performing?

Never used it yet mate but soon I will drag a couple of cod dies out lol

 

[toonboymc]

i looks more like a whiting to me, its wrong shape four pouting

Not a pouting mate been told its a poor cod so was over the moon

 

[codseeker]

dee mare fishing than me lol i never get time with all this grafting

 

[toonboymc]

dee mare fishing than me lol i never get time with all this grafting

Get some holidays put in lol and leave the graft for another week

 

[Stewart 1971]

i looks more like a whiting to me, its wrong shape four pouting

It's 100% poor cod, I must have caught hundreds of the damn things when I lived on the south coast. Defining feature is the location of the anal vent but they also tend to have a shallower body than a Pout (though that is certainly not a defining characteristic).

 

[Daz65]

Well done on the new species mate