Fishing in Guernsey
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Fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 within the Bailiwick of Guernsey is common place. The Bailiwick
Bailiwick
A bailiwick is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and may also apply to a territory in which the sheriff's functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff under a royal or imperial writ. The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of...

  is made up of several islands in the Channel Islands
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...

, namely (Herm
Herm
Herm is the smallest of the Channel Islands that is open to the public and is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Cars are banned from the small island just like its Channel Island neighbour, Sark. Unlike Sark, bicycles are also banned...

, Sark
Sark
Sark is a small island in the Channel Islands in southwestern English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. It is a royal fief, geographically located in the Channel Islands in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament. It has a population...

, Alderney
Alderney
Alderney is the most northerly of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The area is , making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick...

 and Guernsey
Guernsey
Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...

).

Fishing in Guernsey offers a large range of species available to catch which will involve many different styles of fishing to adopt and learn to become successful.

Most common fish caught off the Bailiwick shores are:
  • Bass
    Bass (fish)
    Bass is a name shared by many different species of popular gamefish. The term encompasses both freshwater and marine species. All belong to the large order Perciformes, or perch-like fishes, and in fact the word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch."-Types of basses:*The temperate...

  • Bream
  • Garfish
    Garfish
    The garfish , or sea needle, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, etc. The fish lives close to the surface and has a migratory pattern similar to that of the mackerel, arriving a short time before...

     (longnose)
  • Mackerel
    Mackerel
    Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of fish, mostly, but not exclusively, from the family Scombridae. They may be found in all tropical and temperate seas. Most live offshore in the oceanic environment but a few, like the Spanish mackerel , enter bays and can be...

  • Pollack
    Pollack
    Pollack is a surname, and may refer to:* Alan W. Pollack, musicologist* Andrea Pollack , swimmer* Ben Pollack , drummer and bandleader* Brittany Pollack, New York City Ballet dancer* David M. Pollack, , American football linebacker...

  • Wrasse
    Wrasse
    The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 82 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes....



Many more fish are in abundance around the shores.

Guernsey records

Fish Guernsey Record Year Location British Record
Anglerfish
Anglerfish
Anglerfishes are members of the teleost order Lophiiformes . They are bony fishes named for their characteristic mode of predation, wherein a fleshy growth from the fish's head acts as a lure; this is considered analogous to angling.Some anglerfishes are pelagic , while others are benthic...

38-0-0 05-Jul-1974 St Peter Port Breakwater 1967 - 68-2-0
Bass
Bass (fish)
Bass is a name shared by many different species of popular gamefish. The term encompasses both freshwater and marine species. All belong to the large order Perciformes, or perch-like fishes, and in fact the word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch."-Types of basses:*The temperate...

18-6-5 23-Oct-1999 Pembroke 1988 - 19-0-0
Bream, Black 6-8-6 31-Oct-2001 Creux Harbour, Sark Same as Guernsey Record
Bream, Couchs Sea 2-15-1 04-Aug-2006 St Peter Port Breakwater Same as Guernsey Record
Bream, Gilthead 8-2-2 04-Sep-1983 St Sampsons Breakwater 1995 - 10-5-8
Bream, Red 4-7-0 19-Sep-1979 Alderney Lighthouse Same as Guernsey Record
Brill
Brill (fish)
The brill, Scophthalmus rhombus, is a species of flatfish in the turbot family of the order Pleuronectiformes. Brill can be found in the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, and Mediterranean, primarily in deeper offshore waters....

7-7-8 07-Nov-1980 Vazon Bay Same as Guernsey Record
Cod
Cod
Cod is the common name for genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name for various other fishes. Cod is a popular food with a mild flavor, low fat content and a dense, flaky white flesh. Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of...

29-0-0 28-Dec-1981 Lancresse Bay 1966 - 44-8-0
Conger
Conger
Conger is a genus of marine congrid eels. It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to 3 m in length, in the case of the European conger...

65-14-10 20-Sep-2000 Bec Du Nez 1992 - 68-8-0
Dab
Common dab
The common dab, Limanda limanda, is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish native to shallow seas around Northern Europe, in particular the North Sea, where it lives on sandy bottoms down to depths of about...

1-9-1 09-Aug-1981 Fort Doyle 1936 - 2-9-8
Dogfish
Small-spotted catshark
The small-spotted catshark or lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found on the continental shelves and uppermost slopes off Norway and the British Isles south to Senegal, including the Mediterranean between latitudes 63° N and 12° N. Its...

, Lesser Spotted
2-13-11 01-Oct-2004 St Peter Port Breakwater 1988 - 4-15-3
Eel
Eel
Eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and approximately 800 species. Most eels are predators...

, Common
3-15-4 11-Sep-1987 Albert Pier 1978 - 11-2-0
Flounder
Flounder
The flounder is an ocean-dwelling flatfish species that is found in coastal lagoons and estuaries of the Northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.-Taxonomy:There are a number of geographical and taxonomical species to which flounder belong.*Western Atlantic...

5-6-13 23-Dec-1998 St Peter Port Breakwater 1994 - 5-7-0
Garfish
Garfish
The garfish , or sea needle, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, etc. The fish lives close to the surface and has a migratory pattern similar to that of the mackerel, arriving a short time before...

2-11-11 01-Dec-2002 Crown Pier 1995 - 3-4-12
Gurnard, Red
Red gurnard
The red gurnard, Chelidonichthys spinosus, is a fish in the genus Chelidonichthys....

2-4-6 06-Aug-2000 L'Ancresse 1976 - 2-10-11
Gurnard, Tub
Tub Gurnard
The tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna is a species of bottom-dwelling coastal fish with a spiny armored head and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom...

5-9-1 26-Jun-2005 Chouet 1976 - 12-3-0
John Dory
John Dory
John Dory, also known as St Pierre or Peter's Fish, refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution. It is an edible benthic coastal marine fish with a laterally compressed olive-yellow body which has a large dark spot, and long spines on the dorsal fin...

3-3-4 18-Aug-1967 St Peter Port Same as Guernsey Record
Mackerel
Mackerel
Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of fish, mostly, but not exclusively, from the family Scombridae. They may be found in all tropical and temperate seas. Most live offshore in the oceanic environment but a few, like the Spanish mackerel , enter bays and can be...

2-13-0 03-Aug-1977 White Rock 1982 - 5-11-14
Mullet
Mullet (fish)
The mullets or grey mullets are a family and order of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times...

, Golden Grey
3-0-4 11-Oct-1991 Cats Bay, Alderney Same as Guernsey Record
Mullet, Red 3-15-0 01-Oct-1996 Longy, Alderney Same as Guernsey Record
Mullet, Thick Lipped 11-14-6 24-Mar-1985 Longy, Alderney 1979 - 14-2-12
Mullet, Thin Lipped 2-3-3 13-Oct-2002 QEII Marina 1991 - 7-0-0
Plaice
Plaice
Plaice is the common name of four species of flatfishes.Plaice or PLAICE may also refer to:* USS Plaice , a Balao-class submarine* PLAICE, an open source hardware FLASH programmer, memory emulator, and logic analyzer...

8-3-4 08-Dec-1985 Bordeaux 1989 - 8-6-14
Pollack
Pollack
Pollack is a surname, and may refer to:* Alan W. Pollack, musicologist* Andrea Pollack , swimmer* Ben Pollack , drummer and bandleader* Brittany Pollack, New York City Ballet dancer* David M. Pollack, , American football linebacker...

16-1-6 21-Dec-1998 Alderney Lighthouse 1986 - 18-4-0
Pouting
Pouting
Pouting may refer to:* Pouting , a contraction of the muscles in the lips* Pouting , a fish found along the European coast...

4-9-0 07-Jul-1991 Pembroke Same as Guernsey Record
Ray
Batoidea
Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays and skates, containing more than 500 described species in thirteen families...

, Blonde
32-8-0 07-Dec-1986 Mannez, Alderney Same as Guernsey Record
Ray
Batoidea
Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays and skates, containing more than 500 described species in thirteen families...

, Marbled Electric
12-5-14 27-Oct-1995 Alderney Breakwater 1990 - 13-15-11
Ray
Batoidea
Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays and skates, containing more than 500 described species in thirteen families...

, Small Eyed
14-7-10 04-Dec-1993 Corblets, Alderney 1991 - 15-0-8
Ray
Batoidea
Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays and skates, containing more than 500 described species in thirteen families...

, Spotted
4-11-8 04-Jul-1982 Herm Island 1980 - 8-5-0
Ray
Batoidea
Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays and skates, containing more than 500 described species in thirteen families...

, Undulate
19-0-12 05-Dec-1996 Alderney, South Coast 1983 - 21-4-0
Rockling, Shore
Shore rockling
The Shore rockling is a mottled brown small elongated fish. This eel-like fish has 3 barbels on its head, with 2nd Dorsal fin and Anal fin running the long most of its body...

1-0-4 17-Jun-2006 Bordeaux Harbour 1992 - 1-9-12
Rockling, Three Beared
Three-bearded rockling
The Three-bearded rockling is found in European waters from the central Norwegian coast and the Faroe Islands, through the North Sea and around the British Isles to the region around the Western Mediterranean. They can grow to a maximum length of 60 cm...

2-10-10 01-Dec-1987 Alderney Breakwater 2001 - 3-12-14
Salmon
Salmon
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...

, Coho
1-8-1 21-Jun-1977 Petit Port Same as Guernsey Record
Sea Trout 4-11-2 17-Apr-1999 Salerie 1992 - 28-5-4
Shad
Shad
The shads or river herrings comprise the genus Alosa, fish related to herring in the family Clupeidae. They are distinct from others in that family by having a deeper body and spawning in rivers. The several species frequent different areas on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea....

, Twaite
1-10-8 06-Dec-1994 Belgrave Bay 1978 - 2-12-0
Smooth Hound 6-5-2 29-Jan-2005 St Peter Port Breakwater 2000 - 20-3-0
Smooth Hound, Starry 14-9-2 02-Feb-2006 Alderney Breakwater 1972 - 23-2-0
Sole
Sole (fish)
Sole is a group of flatfish belonging to several families. Generally speaking, they are members of the family Soleidae, but, outside Europe, the name sole is also applied to various other similar flatfish, especially other members of the sole suborder Soleoidei as well as members of the flounder...

, Common
6-8-10 13-Sep-1991 Alderney South Coast Same as Guernsey Record
Tadpole Fish 0-15-8 01-Jun-1995 St Peter Port Breakwater 1990 - 1-5-12
Triggerfish
Triggerfish
Triggerfishes are about 40 species of often brightly colored fishes of the family Balistidae. Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, with the greatest species richness in the Indo-Pacific...

3-10-12 22-Aug-2004 Hog's Back, Sark 1995 - 5-14-8
Whiting
Whiting
Whiting is the name of several species of fish:*Merlangius merlangus, the original species to receive the name; a common food fish of the cod family found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean around Europe and the Mediterranean regions...

2-3-12 25-Jan-1992 St Peter Port Breakwater 1984 - 4-0-7
Wrasse
Wrasse
The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 82 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes....

, Ballan
8-10-13 27-Mar-1993 St Peter Port Breakwater 1998 - 9-1-0
Wrasse
Wrasse
The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 82 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes....

, Cuckoo
1-12-9 17-Oct-1999 Rosaire, Herm Same as Guernsey Record

Locations

Caught Record Fish Locations

Guernsey
St Peter Port Breakwater - (Location of 8 Bailiwick Records (Angler Fish, Couchs Sea Bream, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Flounder, Smooth Hound, Tadpole Fish, Whiting and Ballan Wrasse)). As the records show, the St Peter Port
St Peter Port
Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2001 was 16,488. In Guernésiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port. The "port" distinguishes this parish from...

 breakwater is good fishing for many species. Located just passed Castle Cornet
Castle Cornet
Castle Cornet is a large island castle in Guernsey, and former tidal island, also known as Cornet Rock or Castle Rock, which has been part of one of the breakwaters of St Peter Port's harbour, the main one in the island, since 1859.- Geography :...

 in the town of St Peter Port. The breakwater is a light house on the end of a pier. It offers easy access and safe fishing although it can be a very busy site due to this facts.

Pembroke - L'Ancresse - Chouet (All 3 locations are in very close proximity to each other and boast 5 Bailiwick Records (Bass, Cod, Red Gurnard, Tub Gurnard and Pouting)) Located on the North West coast of Guernsey, The lancresse area offers sandy beaches with eay access for rock fishing or beach.

White Rock - QEII Marina - Albert Pier - Crown Pier - Salerie (The White Rock no longer exists due to Land reclamation
Land reclamation
Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, is the process to create new land from sea or riverbeds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamation ground or landfill.- Habitation :...

, which created the QEII Marina - These sites held 4 Records (Eel Common, Sea Trout, Garfish, Mackrel and Thin Lipped Mullet)) All 4 locations are situated in St Peter Port town. They are the piers and that separate the 3 marina's, Albert, Crown and QEII, all 4 of which are also car park areas.
Alderney
Alderney Breakwater Location of 3 Baliwick Records (Starry Smooth Hound, Three Beared Rockling, Marbled Electric Ray)

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