pipe fish

[jamcod]

the daughter and her man went along cresswell beach with the dogs this morning and they said there were loads of pipe fish washed up on the beaches quite a few were still alive , i wonder if thats whats feeding the cod ?? jamcod

[john/r]

hi jimmy, got a canny whitey a few weeks ago this fish had a pipe fish in it never seen this before but the lads says there has been lots about.
john

[jamcod]

hello john ive never seen them , its the second time they have there was a load washed up on blyth beach couple of months ogo , jamcod

[Seafisher]

I fished blyth beach a week ago and at low water there was hundreds of them on the beach.

[jamcod]

i there new to me whats brought them up this coast . jamcod

[sless]

there is a few on south shields beach aswell

must be the pied piper bringing them up
hehehe

[poacher36]

nice one sless , lol,,,

[john/r]

hi jamcod like yourself been fishing for years myself and it a first for me with one in the whities mouth in fact at first i thought it was a piece of weed but apparently there has been lots about strange is,nt it
john

[Oblickta]

I pulled one out the tyne amongst a tangled up rig, I thought it was weed 'till it started moving

[Seafisher]

Read an article saying that there has been unexplained population explosion of snake pipefish is occurring in the seas around northern Britain, apparently they are related to the seahorse family and were quite rare.

[KeithB]

There was a massive one washed up on the beach at Collywell tonight.


Jimmy got a canny pic of it








I'll get my coat.....

[Seafisher]

Well that confirms my suspicions, It's the broad pipefish ( Toiletarium Piperium), Thats why every time I fish collywell I blank, Cod are very partial to these, hope it was kept for bait.

[willywetegg]

Lol mate, we might as well have kept it for bait, as the fish were not interested in anything we tried. Crab, Mussell, Razorfish, Rag, Lug.

Mind you there was a crank fishing next to us that caught some Coley's and I think a small Codling but nowt decent.

Jim.

[Seafisher]

To be honest i've fished it for years and caught nowt special, it's the last place I want to fish but keep going back, You can bet there's always a few doubla's come from there every year! Every time I go there I come away with about 3 pound of lead less than when I went!

[willywetegg]

I lost a couple of hooks all night but I seem to remember that Keith was jogging back up the ramp at the end of the night lol.

I have never caught a really good fish from there but have been there when a few have been caught.

Jim.