weird fish

[bonzo]

I was out on blyth pier today spinning and playing with a float. this funny looking fish was caught on a piece of sand eel.
Does anyone know what it is?

 

[flatheed]

Lumpsucker mate come inshore this time of year for breeding.

 

[<(Andy2009)>]

That is a Lumpsucker mate. Common in our waters. A very hardy fish with rough skin and bulky body.

With a face only a mother could love, what they lack in facial they make up for with bonny colours.

Well done for catching it!

 

[bonzo]

Thanks mate. never seen anything like it. It made bbc news last year when someone caught 2. BBC - Lumpsucker fish caught in Blyth in the North Sea

 

[g.ordon]

Full marks to the guy taking them to the place so they can swim free in their natural environment

 

[EddieS]

Found one of these at Whitburn in the mid 70's and like yourself didn't know what it was, so off to Jack Melton who used to write in the Sunderland Echo and got it identified - and a mention in his weekly notes. I think It was about late June and there was a glut of these lumpsuckers being washed up on the beach at the time.

 

[Davey-m]

Uk Records Boat and shore for Lumpsucker

Uk Records Boat and shore for Lumpsucker

Uk Records Boat and shore

LUMPSUCKER (Cyclopterus lumpus)(Boat Caught) J McCoy, River Tyne estuary 10lbs 12oz 10 drams (4 kilos 493 grams) year 1986

LUMPSUCKER (Cyclopterus lumpus)(Shore Caught) A J Perry (Aged 15), Weymouth Pier, Dorset 20lbs 09oz 12 drams( 9 kilos 347 grams) year 1987

 

[Mad as a fish]

Seen Lumpsuckers when diving off the shore at St Marys when diving.

 

[fisherman58]

Well done on catching a Lumpsucker mate.