What species?

[dale19]

years ago aboard the Sonia fishing the lanes of shields pier I hooked into a great fish took me over 35 mins to get it up the skipper said its a skate.
when it broke the surface is was a big old ships carpet full of sand and sea life.
I had to sit down my arms felt like lead I was total nackered
the same trip pulled up a set of 3 bulk head lights complete with cable must have been fishing over the local tip.

[flatheed]

Had a Haddock out of the Tyne up at Jarrow pedestrian tunnel about 6yrs ago. And a nice size Doggy off the Walkway a couple weeks ago.

The most bizarre thing about that fish was we were talking about Haddock about 2 minutes before you caught it!!!

[Iva Flattie On]

A bag of dog sh*t caught today at Hadston , measured and weighed it then put it back to grow bigger !! . At least i didn't blank i suppose ..lol

[Davey1970]

ad be happy with just a fish at the moment, never mind an weird one........!

[5150]

My mate had a Gilthead Bream off the hot water outfall at Cambois in the 1980's sometime. It is now in Hancock museum as the only other one caught locally was at Newbiggin in a net around 1900 if I remember correctly!

I saw a bream caught off that outfall around 1993/1994, couldn't tell you what type it was though other than it had us puzzled at first.
Caught a Dragonet in Blyth harbour as a kid, never saw one again (beautiful fish) until I was in my 20's and a few were getting caught off Blyth pier one summer.
Didn't catch it but I do remember a dead Sunfish in Seaton Sluice harbour one time too.

[fozally]

The most bizarre thing about that fish was we were talking about Haddock about 2 minutes before you caught it!!!

I was talking in Norway about double figure cod but didn't have the same luck....

[cod magnet]

mine would be two Spurdogs in one session on the Blast Beach in the early 80's also had the odd Octopus,Tadpole Fish,Shad and Corkwing Wrasse over recent years.

had a few of them of the blast myself, and a small type of small shark all so of hendon but what type

[cod magnet]

allso had a brill and haddock in the last 5 year again of hendon

[Stewart 1971]

had a few of them of the blast myself, and a small type of small shark all so of hendon but what type

I'd guess Smoothhound, they are moving further north with every passing year and there would probably be more caught if enough anglers got out and tried to catch one...


Summer Bream and Hound fishing is about the only thing I miss from living down south but now I'm home I'd never dream of going back

[dale19]

I once caught a red backed fanny pad

cracking made me LOL

[dale19]

Was it a keeper or did you put it back?

another cracker made me LOL

[dale19]

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

keep the coming lads just ****ed myself LOL