fishing off blackpool gynn wall

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:42 pm

i went last night for a spot of fishing was a little choppy for me but was a good night took my neighbour with me and he was surprised what i caught lol i caught a tope about 4lb on squid but nothing on lug or mackrel so probably go again at weekend big grin

ps that was my very first tope yipeeee nice fish i must say winking

now my neighbour wants to go again he says this is fishing i tend to agree with him
i will post pic of the tope soon as poss ........
ted big grin

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:28 pm

Was definitely a tope and not a smoothound confused

. Cheers for the report anyway and well done on beating the blank winking

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:34 pm

Tope are regular visitors to that location, well done
Cheers
keith big grin

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:23 am

yep defo a tope big grin

my very first one big grin

thanks keith and flattiefanatic big grin

defo didnt blank lol which is good even though just one fish caught but i have to say my neighbour is getting hooked on seafishing i had a word with him about it and he loved it so looks like i will be taking him again next time out big grin

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:54 am

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:58 am

as promised the pic
cheers ted big grin

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:10 am

Well done that man!! Thanks for the pic. nice fish.
Cheers
keith big grin

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:42 am

Indeed a tope, nice catch winking

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:50 am

thanks keith and flattiefanatic big grin

cheers ted big grin

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:23 pm

flattiefanatic wrote:

Indeed a tope, nice catch winking

How can you tell from a fuzzy picture of half a fish?

I'm not saying it isn't a tope, I don't know, but I'd like to be able to distingiush for myself should I ever be lucky enough to catch one.

Frank

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:21 pm

Purely that i have caught a few that size. Im no fish identification expert but i can tell that its not a smoothound. Once you have caught a few smoothounds/tope you get to tell the difference. Here's a thread to help http://www.sea-fishing.org/ftopict-26268.html. Plus tope have sharpe teeth and smoothounds dont winking

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:19 pm

Tope have been caught close inshore admittedly by boat at 53lb smaller ones from the shore are a regular occurrence.
Cheers
keith big grin

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:17 am

this indeed was a tope i have had a few doggies but i never had a tope before so i know the difference as i have been fishing all the best part of 30 or more years but this had the sharp teeth i had a good look and still keep my fingers intact
i have seen tope before being caught off gynn wall but never had the experience of catching one myself until that night

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:21 am

boxerman just use squid like i did i caught that about 2 hours before low water
cheers ted big grin

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:57 am

Thanks for the tip about using squid (whole, baby or strip?)
I wasn't for a moment doubting that you knew what you caught, I was asking how another person, who had only seen what you must admit is a poor photo of the fish and not the fish itself, could be so sure. Perhaps I should have phrased my question differently, like "please tell me what the features are which distinguish a tope from smoothhound, huss, dogfish great white etc" but I'm afraid I didn't sad

I asked the question simply to improve my own knowledge, not to try and belittle someone else. As I said, I have never (to my knowledge) caught a tope and should I be lucky enough to catch one I would like to be able to identify it as a tope and not one of the other shark species.

I asked the same question elsewhere and to be honest, I received a far more definitive reply - shape of nose, teeth etc. "I've caught loads and I know what they look like" is not a very helpful description is it? (this is not directed at sp3ctrum)

Rgds
Frank