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[YoursTruly]

Humble opinion

I have looked at pics and can see why the confusion, but after looking long and hard i think its a Whiting.
Look at the tail end colouring, look at the eyes also, then compare it with Jarrow viking pics.

I am pretty convince it is a whiting and i am sure deans would know a whiting from a pollack.

[tonynufc]

Caught loads of Pollack in my time and have to say it looks like a Pollack to me to. The South pier is built on rough ground which Pollack like and Whiting don't. A better picture would clinch it but I have to say Pollack for the moment.

Having said that I really hope it is a massive Whitey, well done either way it's an excellent catch.
Here's a pic of a good size Whiting from Steetley pier.



This is the fish caught from Seaham, South pier.....



Here's a similiar size Pollack



Is it a Pollack or is it a Whiting?

i still say its a pollock, look at the shape of the lateral line its similar on both the pollock pictures and also look at the shape of the gill covers its also similar on the pollock pictures..... just my opinion though.

[silent striker]

where are you coming from,its a whightie,how do you get confused with a polack and a whightie,can understand pollack and a collie sometimes,

[Davyred]

where are you coming from,its a whightie,how do you get confused with a polack and a whightie,can understand pollack and a collie sometimes,

Pollack and coalies are easy to distinguish. Pollack have dark lateral lines and protruding bottom jaws, coalies have white laterals, and no protruding jaw.

The more I look at it, the more I say Pollack. If you look at pics of all big whiting, they have a sort of hump on their heads just behind the eye - this one doesn't. And that bottom jaw definitely protrudes.

As for the colour, the tail colour of the fish in the bottom 2 pics are very similar.

Like I said previously, if you could see the fishes tail fin, you'd be able to tell straight away.

EDIT: Another easy way to tell is Whiting have a black spot at the base of their pectoral fin. The top pic has one, the bottom two don't.

Pollack for me.

[RossW]

Let's call it a Whitellock!!....... (eventhoughit'sapollack IMHO)

[Charlton]

would love to see a clearer picture to make sure, on first glances I thought what a lovely whiting, not so sure now, four things
1/ the pectoral fin in a whiting is slightly different with a slightl straight top edge, compared to the roundness of a pollacks.
2/ the change in direction in the lateral line is more pronounced in a pollock, the whitings is more smooth.
3/ there is no white edge along the anal fins
if you compare the fish these can be seen,
4/ the size of the fish, it is the size of a 3-8-0 pollock, i would have thought that a whiting having lighter meat the fish would have been a lot fatter and maybe a shade longer, but this could just be due to the angle the photo was taken, but would still like to see a better photo to make sure.

[harry barker]

!!!!!!!!

[craigfuller79]

looks like a pollack to me as well caught loads a cross the west coast sorry mate nice fish anyway

[YoursTruly]

The more i look at it i see whiting then pollack then whiting, so on and so forth, very confusing.
As Alan says, if only we could see clearer pic then it could clear things up.

Not sitting on the fence, but now i really could not say for sure.

[Deans]

heres more pics.

[Deans]

more...........

[Deans]

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i think this one looks more like a whitey, however i could be wrong as the tail goes into a V shape like a pollock where as a whitings is flat, would of sworn it was a white before reading all this but still unsure, good info though lads. the scales were reading between 3, 12 and 4, 3 as it was that windy and was not bothered too much on an exact weight. say 3, 14 eh??
hope someone could tell for a definate on species, mr charlton??

the fish was fillited and body chucked in sea, might have washed up on the chems if anyone sees out

[Deans]

after 20 minutes looking at the pics i think its a pollock

bottom lip, further out.
tail. v shaped
fins are not rounded on edges
line along side looks like a pollocks

so i will eat my words. erm hold on that looks like a whitey............................................ .................................................. ...................

looking forward to the easington open now

[codseeker]

looking at the eyeball of the whiting deans has showed is the same eyeball white outer as the whiting from other pic look at the pollock in the pic they dark and no outer rim im sticking to a whiting get the forensics in LOL

[Charlton]

after 20 minutes looking at the pics i think its a pollock

bottom lip, further out.
tail. v shaped
fins are not rounded on edges
line along side looks like a pollocks

so i will eat my words. erm hold on that looks like a whitey............................................ .................................................. ...................

looking forward to the easington open now

no need to eat your words mate, with a fish that colour easy to make a mistake, at first galnce I thought it was a whiting, and I have caught loads of whiting and pollock, some of the pollock where very pale.