Donaghadee Peir 21/12/07

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#1 Post by **MackDaddy** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:47 pm

Wee bro, myself and the missus:

5-11:

Over HW:

No rain:

Squid and Mackeral:

1up 1down, pulleys:

5 pollack, 2 Coalie, 1 pouting, 1 poor cod, 1st ever codling! :D :

Good night fishing but no real size in any of the fish. One of the coalies was about 30cm as was my first ever codling!!! All the fish had pretty bad black spot.
Cold night but worth it!

#2 Post by **corbyeire** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:00 pm

fair play on getting out - what do you mean about the pretty bad black spot?

Conor P · #3 Post by **Conor P** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:07 pm

corbyeire wrote:what do you mean about the pretty bad black spot?

Yea, what big black spot???

The only fish I have heard with black spots are Haddock or triggerfish(I think)

#4 Post by **Drew** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:10 pm

Think he means the fish are quite Dirty, But so are most things in the Dee! :lol:

#5 Post by **MackDaddy** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:26 pm

It's quite common actually. It's the presence of cysts just beneth the skin caused by trematode parasites.
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/gunnel.htm has an image of a butterfish with the disease.
Cryptocotyle lingua seems to be the prime suspect as it can encyst on lots and lots of different fish species. The actual worm is only trying to get into sea birds and mammals by firstly living in periwinkles then fish. I'm not an expert by any means but back in uni i'll try to find out for sure. :?

Conor P · #6 Post by **Conor P** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:10 pm

You mean those tiny black dots???

Is it dangerous?