Flummoxed

[theoldfart2]

Now this one I have no idea about.

I have just taken 'Monty' (my dog) for his evening constitutional over to the Bay.


At this time of  permanent  darkness  I allays take a torch and Monty has his flashing collar ( What will they think of next?)

So ,Montys on the beach and starts scratching at something on the shoreline .

I go and have a look and its a Trigger Fish, quite big around pound and a bit, then another, and another, six in all.

All looking fresh, all dead, all on the beach.

Firstly I thought they were quite rare in these waters (rarer now) and I thought they liked warmer deep waters.

So... Why were six washed up on the beach in December?

Its been too rough for boats to go out netting etc, so a bit of a mystery.

Any ideas?

[dicky]

this happens in the lower bristol channel over winter as well.
i think as the waters a little warmer they have stayed on late, then as the temp drops they get caught out and don't survive.
Apparently it's not that uncommon.

[jojo]

Dec 28, 2013 21:34:00 GMT theoldfart2 said:

No this one I have no idea about.

I have just taken 'Monty' (my dog) for his evening constitutional over to the Bay.


At this time of  permanent  darkness  I allays take a torch and Monty has his flashing collar ( What will they think of next?)

So ,Montys on the beach and starts scratching at something on the shoreline .

I go and have a look and its a Trigger Fish, quite big around pound and a bit, then another, and another, six in all.

All looking fresh, all dead, all on the beach.

Firstly I thought they were quite rare in these waters (rarer now) and I thought they liked warmer deep waters.

So... Why were six washed up on the beach in December?

Its been too rough for boats to go out netting etc, so a bit of a mystery.

Any ideas?

You don`t need a boat to go netting do you ? 

[theoldfart2]

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Very true. Nets, Longlines, Pots and Wickers can be laid off the shore at low Spring Tides and with good results.

But ...only a bloody fool would have put any gear out recently.

Because the tides were wrong, the wind gusted to over 100 mph ( that is from Herman, head of Needles Coastguard) and the seas were too big.