From the off their rods were bending with various summer species including bull huss,
conger eels and three different species of ray and, of course, the usual barrage of dog fish.
CONGER eels have been blamed for diminishing Irish fish stocks...
Conger eels, which are common in coastal waters around Scotland, mature between the ages of five and seven and when they are ready to breed they stop eating and lose their teeth.
Some of the stylized animal motifs, however, including the
conger eel and starfish, have turned up in mosaics at other Roman sites in the region.
Lewis Holbrow was runner-up with a
conger eel for 2kg.
He explained how the
conger eel emerged from the depths and tried to drag him down to the ocean bed.
BIG CATCH Paul Westmorland and his
conger eel of 15lb
Marinated
conger eel, hare mince pies and neats (ox) tongue pie are not the kind of recipes you would expect in your average celebrity chef bestseller.
Albert Marshall, 44, of Tongland, was trying to land a
conger eel when he was hit by a wave at nearby Kirkcudbright.
Seaview Lads SAC also travelled across the bridge to Porlock where Ada Harries took the honours with 4lb 5oz, consisting of a codling and
conger eel.
The court heard they claimed they had caught non-quota fish, such as
conger eel and gurnard, when in fact they had illegal hauls of quota fish.
STRETCH the
conger eel was yesterday set free to begin a 2000-mile quest for love.
He weighted in 11 smooth hounds, a
conger eel and a codling for 33.17kg taking home PS100, donated by angling veteran Jeff Stephens.
But Eric Morton, taxidermist at the Hancock Museum, Newcastle claimed it was a
conger eel and a big one at that.
The tide of the microscopic plankton species called Karenia mikimotoi struck over a week ago and has wiped out stocks of turbot, plaice, young cod,
conger eel and brill.
