What species of fish is this ??

[safc]

Stick your tongue on it next time

[Wee Ver]

1 of my first sea fish I caught

[LiamNE]

Canny sized weaver like - biggest I have seen

[Abz]

Stick your tongue on it next time

Wey ai mate anar what a would stick on u

[dabcatcher]

Hahah gd job I used my cloth to unhook it caught it couple weeks back off tynemouth pier cheers for the info lads

the spine will still get you through the cloth, be carefull.

[Abz]

the spine will still get you through the cloth, be carefull.

Ii al no for nxt time mate

[seanyrooroo]

Lesser weaver, you don't get greater weavers on our coastline.

[Paddlesac]

It's definitely a weever, I remember us catching a few when I used to fish the beaches with my Dad and Brothers.

I've not seen any since about 1979/80 ish more or less when I stopped fishing.

How long was it?

I thought they were supposed to be no more than about 4 inches long, at least if it is a lesser weever anyway

Steve

heres a bit of info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_weever

[Abz]

It's definitely a weever, I remember us catching a few when I used to fish the beaches with my Dad and Brothers.

I've not seen any since about 1979/80 ish more or less when I stopped fishing.

How long was it?

I thought they were supposed to be no more than about 4 inches long, at least if it is a lesser weever anyway

Steve

heres a bit of info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_weever

It was 4 incg

[Abz]

It was 4 incg

Was 4 inches long maximum it wasnt big the pic must make it look bigger

[Paddlesac]

Ah it does look a bit bigger in the picture, must have been a small hook as well I guess?

You need to watch the gill spines as well as the black fin.

I'm sure I saw a sign on Coldingham beach warning of the danger of stepping on them, last summer.

Might have been another beach mind you.

[davidhayley1945]

you get quite a few on Tynemouth pier,lads mistake them for small whiting can be nasty if your allergic to them. davy.

[lambtonworm]

its a lesser weever mate,Ive attached a pic of a greater weaver i caught for reference

[InCodweTrust]

lesser weaver

Lesser weaver, you don't get greater weavers on our coastline.

I thought it was the lesser weaver with the yellow, and black, dorsal fin.
Can be very nasty, my father got stung many years ago, fishing off the east pier @ Scarborough his hand was twice the size by the time we got him to hospital. simple treatment though. There are several people stung in the south bay every year, little buggers bury themselves in the sand with just their head and dorsal fins,(spikes), showing. Sometimes very close to the beach where kids paddle !

mel....

[Abz]

Ah it does look a bit bigger in the picture, must have been a small hook as well I guess?

You need to watch the gill spines as well as the black fin.

I'm sure I saw a sign on Coldingham beach warning of the danger of stepping on them, last summer.

Might have been another beach mind you.

Ii it was on a 1/0 hook mate