Lost Monsters of the North Sea

[LeonRoskilly]

see:

North’s lost sea monsters - Sunday Sun

 

[andyr1]

some size fish that!!!!

 

[el_sid]

intresting article, just shows you what our fishing could be like if there was some proper managment in our seas!!

 

[stevieblue]

hard to believe that there used to be fish like that in the north sea.

 

[RedcarUk]

dam john west is slavering at that pic

 

[eddie t]

Bloody big fish canny read as well nice one.

 

[rich666]

big fish! I'd love to see someone try to land that from the beach!! LOL

It is however very scary to think in less than 200 yrs we have virtually wiped the north sea clean of so many species of fish and so many specimen fish just don't appear because they can't grow on.

 

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Never mind how he landed it,which rod was useing, i want one

 

[mark]

they were still there in the 1950's as well. Couple of the commerical skippers I know reckon there's still the odd one or 2 out there now chasing what few herring there are about

few pics I had lurking:

 

[Codfather]

Some crackin pics their Mark.

Best get myself a couple of herring type shads you recon lol.

I'd love to just see a one of them out there never mind catch it.

 

[Nickid]

Days like that lost forever

 

[white water]

nice pics and some size fish

 

[WolfyDave]

Some cracking pics there and a very interesting article.

 

[Topfly]

Nice pics Mark, I wish that young lad was looking in on NESA,
. during the early summer boat outings with Bert and crew there was one day when for hour after hour the Gannets, Guillimots,Terns, and anything that could get beneath the surface were pummelling a big area, until eventually the activity diminished to the odd gull picking bits off the surface. We never saw anything break the surface, so i dont think it was Dolphin, Porpoise, or Bass. In that area, we were catching loads of mackerel and coalies, so i think that is what they were feeding on, whatever they were. I think there are tuna feeding off the mackerel in the north sea.