What species ?

[Mad as a fish]

My mate Eddy and I went down to St Peters today to fish some old bait we had plenty bites small whiting and a few small codies total of 25 fish all put back no keepers, and Eddie caught this one on bluey, we did not know what species it was.
Teeth like a piranha

 

[CHOPPER]

Think its a Smelt, there's been a few reports on here recently about them being caught in the River!

 

[Mad as a fish]

Think its a Smelt, there's been a few reports on here recently about them being caught in the River!

Cheers mate.

 

[lambtonworm]

yes mate is a smelt,I read somewhere they are protected in the river Tyne and should be returned ....

 

[Scotty91]

Smellet a hade one two weeks ago

 

[jimmy]

caught 1 the other day from St Peters Trev mate, defo a smelt

 

[Mad as a fish]

Cheers lads, Yes it was put back alive and swimming.

 

[leeskinner007]

My mate Eddy and I went down to St Peters today to fish some old bait we had plenty bites small whiting and a few small codies total of 25 fish all put back no keepers, and Eddie caught this one on bluey, we did not know what species it was.
Teeth like a piranha

its a smelt mate

 

[FISHERMAN]

got sum nashers on that for the size of it lol