jaws on the loose?

[codlips]

ive just read an article in the shields gazette, apperently theres a mako shark hunting between tynemouth and hartlepool with 40 dead porpioses being found on our coastline. with this and more frequent catches of exotic spieces i just wonder if its global warming bringing these fish further north. and as me mates just said we could be fishing for marlin in a few year. lol

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Hope you\'ve not been on the White Lightning mate

[TC]

Lol Steve.......
No White Lightening involved.......see the topic \"SHARK HUNTING\" in the Boat Fishing forum

[codlips]

shoulnt that be great white lightning steve................. a know bad joke or what. but do you reckon it could be this global warming i remember a few year back when that sunfish got took of shields pier and there a tropical deep water spieces me thinks.

[Ian_D]

There\'s been reports of sharks off the north east coast for a long while. I seem to remember one - I think a porbeagle- netted off Hartlepool a few years ago, and only a few hundred yards offshore.

there\'s a few mentions on http://www.glaucus.org.uk/sharks-1.htm#Sussex%20Porbeagle

[darren]

I dont think i will be going 4 a swim of tynemouth this year My speedos can stay in the draw LOL

[rod-the-cod]

so wat bait and line do i need then :P

[Red5]

Porbeagles are a resident species in UK waters and I suppose when you think of it Mako are a populous species in the Atlantic ocean so it\'s probably not uncommon for a shark of this type to get its bearings mixed up and find it\'s way to our shores. An Oarfish was caught a year or two ago off the East coast and I remember seeing a photo of a swordfish washed up on the shore of a Loch up in Scotland. Tuna used to be abundant in the North Sea but wether or not these visitors are here due to global warming is open to debate.

[Chippy]

I\'ve heard it said that such sharks, makos and great whites etc are not uncommon off the south west coast of Britain and Ireland, especially in the summer. \'They\', whoever they are, would like it to be kept quiet for fear of them being hunted out of the water. What makes me slightly suspicious about it all is that you very rarely hear about one getting caught in a trawlers nets. It\'s a big sea I suppose. Lets face it, there are plenty of seals around the UK for them to feed on. I\'m never sure whether these stories of \'exotic\' species are a result of global warming or if we are just becoming more aware of the species that visit our shores.

On the subject of tuna, a few years back I was fishing on Brid Pier in December, freezing it was, proper thermals and floatation suit weather when a bloke in shorts and a shell suit top came along asking anyone if they\'d caught any Tuna. I laughed my self daft at him until I saw piccys of big tuna being landed in the 19th century at Scarborough.

[Davyred]

Biggest rod caught fish in british waters is a 851lb tuna caught off whitby in 1933

This is good reading.....

http://www.worldseafishing.com/species/exotic/tuna.shtml

[Edited on 9/3/2005 by Davyred]

[willywetegg]

Cheer\'s Davy grood reading indeed mate.

Jim.

[mick65]

The shark is famous......the stories are even in the London papers. Must be to get the big game fishermen interested from down Sarf

[rich]

more sharks!!! http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/eveningchronicle/eveningchronicle/search.cfm?query=sharks&original_query=sharks&sear chscope=50081&num=10&searchwithingo=1&start=0&furt herquery=porbeagle

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Yep sorry about the white lightning jibe lol, it was in the paper at work today ,apparently there\'s to be an autopsy on one of the porpoises to determine which species is doing the naughty work ,according to the paper 45 porpoises ,some seals and some large fish have been washing up all over with chunks missing !!
I\'m out tonight so I best be carefull when wading trying not to sound like a porpoise..CLICK CLICK

[codlips]

aye, am undecided about this about this global warming its just something me mate mentioned but it does make you think. ive also heard a few lads talking about turbout being caught along the northumberland coastline aswell.