Conger?

[Ian_D]

Copiied this from a post to uk.local.geordie this morning.
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as i went from the lighthouse to the beach at whitley bay this morning
at 6:30am I spotted a big dead fish on the stones just below the
barister. it looked like a giant eel. it was about 6-7\' long and i
would say it had a diameter of 6-7\".

Anybody seen it? what is ?

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One suggestion was a conger, which sounds a possibility, although I\'m not too sure about the length to diam ratio.
Anybody here have any info?
If it was a conger it was a good un.

[Charlton]

Ian, exactly where was it, i might be able to pop down at low tide and have a look, chances are it was a conger.

[Ian_D]

Alan, dunno exactly where it was. The bit I quoted was just about all the info that was given, except that the message header was \"Big fish at St. Mary\'s Lighthouse\" which might help a bit.

the original was posted to the newsgroup uk.local.geordie this morning.

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It doesn\'t seem to have made its way onto the Googler groups yet .

[Charlton]

sorry Ian, thought it was you that saw it, did not read the first bit.

[TC]

Congers on the shore aren\'t THAT uncommon.
Here\'s a young conger.......

[willywetegg]

HAhahahaha nice one mate. Check your PMs.

Jim.

[KeithB]

lmao @ TC

Could it have been a ling???? maybe it heard the The Boys is back in the water next week, so just decided to chuck the towel in now.

[Stores]

Have seen one or two conger at the Island but it would be the first barister I\'d have heard of lol