What species?

[OuTkast76]

Just wondering what is the most unusual/strangest species (for our coastline)of fish you have caught on the north east coast? Mine has to be a strap conger

 

[Tonygdodds]

I once caught a red backed fanny pad

 

[OuTkast76]

I once caught a red backed fanny pad

Was it a keeper or did you put it back?

 

[Tonygdodds]

I was gonna keep it but last miniute decision to let it go free

 

[spongebob]

I once thought I caught a puffa fish...........then I realised it was an inflated Johnny wi a knot in the end lol

 

[Wee Ver]

No wierd fish but I pulled a 250/300mm ring made out off lead in thought I'd hooked a monster

 

[flatheed]

Garfish off the Wherry many years ago on a bare hook on the retrieve.

 

[Juliogeordio]

I once has a roll of carpet fish... A good 3 foot squared... Was like pulling in a sailfish. Also pulled a bird once that spat back all over me... ;-) think it was a petrol... Smelt rank! Better than some ive pulled though haha

 

[d-a]

tyne

tyne

seaguls wellie condom in the tyne

 

[ambleangler]

A Great White Shark which then ate me !!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers,

AA.

 

[Bushwhacker]

My weirdest fish is a Torsk just over 3lb.Quite a rare fish to be caught in shallow inshore waters.
Taken from the wash end of the South pier in the 80,s.
Its now in a jar in Sunderland museum.

Torsk

 

[RossW]

Red Mullet off Tynemouth Pier.

 

[Wee Ver]

A sea scorpion apparently quite rare but not poisonous

 

[ambleangler]

Two horrible looking little fish off the Black Path many years ago, they turned out to be Bullheads ?

Cheers,

AA.

 

[phill_itofish]

Probably a Weaver for me, taken on a tursty old Zen

Watch out if you hook one of these they can sting you !!




Strangest looking would have to be the trusty old Long Spined Sea Scorpion





perfectly harmles as Wee Ver said, but a face only a mother could love lol

 

[squidworth]

Mine is a weaver fish

 

[fishingmark]

Not too exotic but a corkwing wrasse would be my rarest.

 

[Stewart 1971]

Red Mullet off Tynemouth Pier.

Now that is a reare and unexpected catch. I've had a few Red Mullet (not actually a member of the Mullet family, more properly known as a Goatfish) out of the Solent when I lived in Portsmouth but even on the south coast they are a very rare catch being a warm water species more commonly seen in the Med.

I had that Turbot on Sunday but mine would have to be this little Grey Gurnard I caught on Seaham North pier a couple of years ago:

 

[paulthespark]

a wooden fork lift pallet [thought i had a monster on ]

 

[bigroppa]

Not me but my mate had a mackerel on lugworm and squid. Strange thing was, it was on the 5th of December off cambois beach.