People: Me & Stephen8wood
Duration: 8-10pm
Tide: rising
Weather: Dry, calm
Bait: Rag & Mack
Rigs: Various
Results: 1 fish (?? - see below), 1 Pouting, 1 Dab, 1 space alien
Report: We hadn't been out in a while and so thought we'd give the rocks a go to try and get a few mack. No joy. I caught a tiny pouting then Stephen caught the fish below. He had a spikey spine and we though he might have been a weever. But then we had doubts and thought he might be a rock goby. Anyone know what he is?
I then caught a double of a small dap and a glowing space alien. 'twas the wierdest looking yolk I've pulled out of the sea.
A nice couple of hours if rather unproductive.
Sorrento Point (6th May) & Fish ID please
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Sorrento Point (6th May) & Fish ID please
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Species 2010 (12) Whiting (40), Coalfish (4), Pollack (9), 3 bearded Rockling (1), Codling (4), Ballen Wrasse (1), Pouting (1), Dab (4), Alien (1), Red Gurnard (2), Tub Gurnard (1), Mackerel (35)
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Re: Sorrento Point (6th May) & Fish ID please
The top one looks like a dragonet alright, a species that still alludes me. I have no idea what the space alien is though, maybe a sea slug or something like that? Anyway nice fishing lads, well done.
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Re: Sorrento Point (6th May) & Fish ID please
Thanks guys. Never heard of a dragonet before. Are they common?
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Re: Sorrento Point (6th May) & Fish ID please
IS the alien a sun starfish saw them diving around that way 
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Re: Sorrento Point (6th May) & Fish ID please
Yeah I'm pretty sure it is, I had one there before big bugger tooconcancook wrote:IS the alien a sun starfish saw them diving around that way
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Re: Sorrento Point (6th May) & Fish ID please
nice one beebub. first one deffo a dragonet and i have'nt got a clue about the second one. the dragonet's are hard enough to come by and the females outnumber the males by a long shot. they are easy enough to tell apart with the males having neon blue eyes and the females having orange eyes 
. just be careful with the serated spikes on the edge of the gill case as they will slice you open like a stuck pig 
. i've had 2 bigger ones slice me open good and proper before. i reckon there must be some sort of anti coagulant on the slime that covers their body as the cuts they give you don't seem to stop bleeding for ages 
but if you simply wrap the wee fish in a towel they cant slice you
. just be careful with the serated spikes on the edge of the gill case as they will slice you open like a stuck pig . i've had 2 bigger ones slice me open good and proper before. i reckon there must be some sort of anti coagulant on the slime that covers their body as the cuts they give you don't seem to stop bleeding for ages but if you simply wrap the wee fish in a towel they cant slice you -
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Re: Sorrento Point (6th May) & Fish ID please
Sun Starfish alright, have had 2 there before, definitely a member of the alien family though
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Re: Sorrento Point (6th May) & Fish ID please
A new species for me then. I'm delighted.
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List 2011: less fish
2012: less fish again,
2013: even less fish.
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Re: Sorrento Point (6th May) & Fish ID please
were you fishing off the rocks at hawk cliff? any pollack around by chance?