Dogfish

[luke6661982]

I am a member of TSAS, and a number of members refer to Dogfish as ‘Vermin’!! When im out fishing, I am pleased with whatever I catch, but sometimes I do get fed up with the dreaded dogfish, everywhere you go, no matter what bait, there they are!!

I was just wondering, do you get fed up with dogfish and think they are vermin of the sea, or are you just happy catching!!

[tjnorton]

There is nothing wrong with dog fish. You will nearly always catch one when you go fishing. No matter what he species all fish should be treated the same. If it wasnt for the humble dog fish i would have caught nothing on a days fishing.

tj

[luke6661982]

I agree with you totally, the amount of times i would of caught nothing if it wasnt for the dogfish. i just wish they had a bit more fight in them.

[tjnorton]

I suspose you could say that dog fish are the fresh water equivalnt of roach.

tj

[pingu]

last night i took it as a challenge to get through the pouting to get one
took a while but suceeded, they are quite pretty fish really and if was a comp man know would target

[luke6661982]

I think that is the reason why people call them vermin. Fishing alot of comps, i know it is the easiest fish to catch with the smallest specimen rating. so i would rather target a dogfish. But other people target the bigger fish like bass, ray, and a 2lb dogfish would beat a 7lb bass. It sounds stupid but on this point i can see where they are coming from.

I also think dogfish are quite a pretty fish, but when one wraps round your wrist im normally cursing them.

[bassbandit]

It Would Be Nice To Catch A Doggie Nothing About At The Moment Except *****crabs. Is There Much About Teignmouth? Netted Any Sand Eels Yet? How Much Are They This Year???

[Norfolkboy]

I'd love to catch them, never caught 1 and we don't get plagued with them here, bit of a rarity and people usually target them, squid head is the best bait at the moment apparently.

Originally Posted by luke6661982

i just wish they had a bit more fight in them.

Use light gear Supposed to go like the clappers

[luke6661982]

ive even caught dogfish on the barbel rod, nothing more than a dead weight with the odd nod of the head.

with regards to the nettin of the eels, they are sorting the boats out so it will be anytime soon, and the price has gone up to £5(i think)

[kiwimarty]

A bit of ‘love & hate’ going on here. When there are different species of fish around, the last thing I wanna catch is a doggie but I can tell ya, get a dog toward the end of a fruitless session and they become the bees.

I wouldn’t class dogfish as vermin.