I checked the fishing glossary but couldn't find the info so I thought I'd start this thread.
Online I've seen various slang names for some fish but have no idea what they might be - and also people in different areas might have different terms for different fish. I've read about 'dogs' (lesser spotted dogfish?) but what is a 'smut'??
It'd be a grand help to clueless people like me if folks could add their names or ones they've heard.
Over here in Lincolnshire a smoothound is commonly known as "a smut". I live at place called Sutton on Sea and that is frequently referred to as "Smutton on Sea"!!
THANK COD FOR FISHING!!
For hound think dog for dog think mutt therefore a smooth mutt or smut is a smoothound which like tope give birth to live young or pups as they are bound to be called.
Stinkies are pout cos of the smell.
Roker are thornback rays in Essex dunno why.
Rockling are slugs cos they're slimy
yting are (dont think I'll bother finishing that sentence)
Just thought, I remember years back, up here guys referred to peeler crab as Pinnel crab. I never hear people say that anymore though. I wonder if it was just a North East term or was it used across the country? Its interesting how slang words die out after a while.
Also, a lot of the slang terms are fairly obvious such as the various terms for bass, but I am intrigued about Skate. Why are they called Roker?
Thornback rays = "Roker" or "Raymondo"
Whiting = "Pin Whiting" (smaller ones) "Ting" or "Channels" (larger ones)
Rockling = "Ling" (not to be confused with proper Ling!) or "Slugs"
Bass = "Silver Bars"
A "Dogfish" or "Doggie" usually means a Lesser Spotted Dogfish (the smaller kind) whereas a "Rock", "Huss", "Bullhuss" etc. is a GSD (the larger kind).
"Pup" is usually used to refer to the young of any shark (dogfish, smoothounds, tope, etc).
I've noticed in Deal they refer to any kind of ray caught as "Skate" even though most of them are actually Thornback or Small-Eyed Rays.
In the Isle of Man Pollack is called Callig and we used to call Coalfish Sh**ties because they would be caught by aiming for the sewer outlet in the bay.
Its a good buy if you dont like bones...from memory theres just backbone,easy too eat.
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