Slipper of the Bay

Photo courtsy of Will Treneer

Cornish fisherman Will Treneer caught this slipper lobster off land's End today - enough to scare anyone paddling in a rock pool!

#FishyFriday finds fish full of the best fish in the west on the market #eatmorefish

Puzzled indeed, probably because the piscine professor is nnot too sure what he has in his hands...

though pretty confident that he is holding a Couch's Bream for the first time in his life...

as the rest of the Falmouth students get their chance to pose with other fishy friends for the camera...

and others get in on the act...

haddock don;t come in much better condition than these fully-scaled beauties...

plenty of #FushyFriday fish on the market...

and for the beam trawler William Samson a big trip of luscious lemons...

juicy red mullet...

spotty plaice...

and a good shot of turbot made up an excellent trip for her...

with a few big bass thrown in for good measure...

all keeping the bidding brisk this morning...

especially for some of the bigger white fish like these huge pollack...

a closer look at the Couch's bream...

just one of the fishy finds for the Falmouth visitors...

who came through the fog this morning...

in time to see many of the boats in from sea...

including the visiting scalloper...

Jacqueline Ann from Falmouth...

beginning to take shape...

the new iceworks is due to go into commission next month.

Shrouded in mystery

The charismatic Charisma is about to set sail...

after she gets a gentle push away from the fish market quay...

a Serene Dawn indeed...

luvvly lemons from the Imogen III...

how ray used to be prepared at sea - the body or 'frame' of the ray being cut out in one piece to leave both ray 'wings' joined and able to be hung - a common practice with this fish giving off its distinctive aminia aroma like all members of the shark family...

mid-neap tide and it's mostly net fish in the market this morning...

#DrecklyFish and Ela talk fish...

serene enough...

JMW  would have loved this morning no doubt...

as a gentle mist rolled around the Bay...

as the sun tried her best to break through.

Busy beam trawler market this morning plus plenty of prime net fish

The mighty megrim, like most fish at this time of year full of roe - the dark patch in the belly of the fish...

stacked high with fish on the netter's end of the market, shout auction in progress...

big fish = big roes...

tell-tale mesh marks on the heads of fish caught by gill net...

the distinctive bottom sensor on the chin of a ling...

a turbot tale...

catamarans provide acres of working deck and comfort - up to a point...

one of the rugby family star fleet...

huge Cornish Sardine net on the quay...

in pots freshly retrieved after the storms reveal there is little evidence of ghost fishing...

a convenient resting place for the much disliked Black Back Gull...

looking in a sorry state fast becoming the latest focal oint and subject for artists recording life and the passage of time in the port...

dining out on fresh crab al fresco gull style...

high water times around the bottom of the current neap tide...

sample menu from Newlyn's top seafood eating place, the Tolcarne Inn with chef Ben Tunnicliffe...

bargains galore in the Newlyn Art Gallery...

looks like Tom will be protected for a while yet.