Know your catch - tope

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	Sailing daily from Holyhead Marina, Isle of Anglesey, North Wales	Updated 18 Feb 2012
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Fish Identification - Tope

		Tope is the most abundant large shark native to the British Isles. They generally have a light grey top and white belly area; however some tope have been caught with a dark topside. Tope are live bearing with a normal litter size of between 6 and 30pups, usually around the 20 mark.
The Welsh Record of 79lb, above, was caught & released aboard My Way in Aug 2005.

Tope are found through out the UK, with certain areas having a greater concentration than others. The fish move inshore during the spring and summer months chasing the shoals of mackerel and herring etc. They are though known to migrate winter with some large fish still taken both offshore and close in. Fish eaters - tope eat many different fish from the obvious choices of mackerel and herring, to pouting, poor cod and a Holyhead favourite whiting.

		Related Articles Tope Bait - Mackerel Rig

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