Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: JBB on November 19, 2019, 08:45:54 PM
-
What kind of small fish would be attracting large numbers of gulls to the waters near the White Rock pier today ?
-
Been wondering the samething for month. pm me
-
Herring...they finished feeding off-shore and they are approaching the coastline in preparation for spawning.
And tourists of course...feeding them along the waterfront.
-
Not spawning herring, tiny slim silvery fish perhaps three inches long. Perhaps young herring but also perhaps sand lance. I would also like to hear from somebody that knows.
-
Not spawning herring, tiny slim silvery fish perhaps three inches long. Perhaps young herring but also perhaps sand lance. I would also like to hear from somebody that knows.
They're needle fish (sand lace) and they school by the thousands when migrating.
http://metchosinmarine.ca/gf/pacific-sand-lance-needle-fish-forage-fish-of-metchosins-shoreline/
-
They're needle fish (sand lace) and they school by the thousands when migrating.
http://metchosinmarine.ca/gf/pacific-sand-lance-needle-fish-forage-fish-of-metchosins-shoreline/
Cool. Are they tasty? They seem the right size to be fried and eaten whole, like the European sprat, which is abundant in the Mediterranean.
https://images.app.goo.gl/hmAcmWPod2jtjSXXA
-
I have also seen what I believe to be bay anchovy absolutely en masse in that area
-
I have also seen what I believe to be bay anchovy absolutely en masse in that area
It appears bay anchovy are only found in the Atlantic.
Perhaps you were seeing type of anchovy?
-
Surf smelts
My dads friend used to go down to the white rock beach to fish or net them from shore when I was a kid .
you don't see them all the time anymore....
-
Maybe northern anchovy...I have seen massive schools of them very close to shore.
-
In the summer I saw anchovies around the pier. I could see theirs mouths open wide filter feeding. There were large schools being attacked by the starry flounders (or similar sole type flounder) and dogfish eating the flounders and anchovies.
-
There was an Anchovy commercial fishery back in the day in Burrard Inlet.