New Fish

[Leon Roskilly]

Hmmmm! There is a population of Striper Bass in the North Sea now. These are quite happy to move up into fresh water, and will even populate still waters if they get their chance. They grow big, fight hard and are a great target for lure anglers.

 

Tiger Muskies, a sterile hybrid between pike and muskie. I wouldn't mind finding one of them on the end of my lure rod either.

 

Tight Lines - leon

[Tim Kelly]

Stripers in the north sea?!! Tell me more....

[twitchandjerk]

Has to be Tiger !!!!

[phonebush]

Seems to me I recently read an article about Striped Bass in the "German North Sea". Is that the same?

Phone

[anglerusmaximus]

Gray-Catchpole:

Nile perch, or the Nasire(i think its called) i can just see me self punting off down the rappids in a little dustbin lid chasing the wild thing, great stuff.

LOL!!!!!!!!!

[DCB]

Giant Trevally - ugly as sin and fights like a pit bull - never gives up.

DCB

[DCB]

PS. Giant Trevally are bream shaped!!!!

DCB

[Leon Roskilly]

phonebush:

Seems to me I recently read an article about Striped Bass in the "German North Sea". Is that the same?

Phone

Yes, they are reckoned to either have come as fry in ship's ballast, or escaped from a fish farm.

 

If they manage to keep multiplying, it may only be a matter of time before they are on this side.

 

Whilst bemoaning the ecological damage that such an alien species may wrought upon the native fisheries, I can't help myself relishing the prospect of hooking a forty pounder or bigger

 

Tight Lines - leon

 

[ 15 May 2002, 10:28 PM: Message edited by: Leon Roskilly ]

[Ziptrev]

Having just spent 6 days with Newt, I would have agreed with the Big mouthed Bass guys, until we went after the Catfish!

I saw the fight our Weeks PB of 4lb 14 gave newt and I will never know the size of the B----d thay snagged me after running at me on the last lake day, but I bet it fought harder then the 14lb carp I saw Newt land today!

Give me either of these species in the UK and I'll even use his Spinners!

 

Cheers

Zip