West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

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West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#1 Post by Ross »

People: Ross, Maeve, Emmet

Duration: 4 hrs

Tide: Falling

Weather: Light W, sunny, warm

Bait: Crab, Limpet

Rigs: Floatfish 6 ft. drop, bottom fish

Results:

50 to 60 Ballan Wrasse (estimated)! Lost count!
6 Triggerfish




Report: Tide was falling all the time. Several big Wrasse to Maeve early on float fished crab. Best 4 lbs.
More Wrasse on bottom fished crab to Ross and Emmet. A bite every drop until turn of tide. Good fish (?Triggers) lost as they dived under an overhanging submerged ledge. 4 Triggers to Ross best 2.5 lbs. Two on crab and two on Limpet. One Trigger each for Maeve and Emmet on crab. Most hectic days fishing we have had in a long time! All fish released alive.
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Twaite Shad (3 Spec) 1.37kg 1.30kg 1.12kg
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#2 Post by mga »

Some session :lol: . That a wrasse every 4 minutes :shock:
Lovely trigger. Would love to hook one of those beauties :wink:
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#3 Post by saltydog »

Mighty session great to see the triggers about some amount of wrasse too :D
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#4 Post by tomtum »

nice fishing .That match fishing at its best >leave something for us< congrads tonmmy
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#5 Post by shamoo0804 »

Well lads, in the time it has taken me to write this report (all be it short), you guys would have caught 14 fish.... Thats f**king awesome fishing lads...... stuff I can only dream about :oops:

Them triggers look fab, me gotta get a trip over your way soon to catch one of them :wink:
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#6 Post by marno »

Ross wrote:People: Ross, Maeve, Emmet

Duration: 4 hrs

Tide: Falling

Weather: Light W, sunny, warm

Bait: Crab, Limpet

Rigs: Floatfish 6 ft. drop, bottom fish

Results:

50 to 60 Ballan Wrasse (estimated)! Lost count!
6 Triggerfish




Report: Tide was falling all the time. Several big Wrasse to Maeve early on float fished crab. Best 4 lbs.
More Wrasse on bottom fished crab to Ross and Emmet. A bite every drop until turn of tide. Good fish (?Triggers) lost as they dived under an overhanging submerged ledge. 4 Triggers to Ross best 2.5 lbs. Two on crab and two on Limpet. One Trigger each for Maeve and Emmet on crab. Most hectic days fishing we have had in a long time! All fish released alive.


Lovely! I got to get back over to Clare before the trigs head away again!
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#7 Post by Big Bear »

how long do the triggers usually stay around for??
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#8 Post by Ross »

To be honest it's been a long time since we had a sesssion like this. In the early eighties we self imposed a 25 wrasse limit per angler per session after we discovered a real wrasse hotspot in Baltard Bay.
The Triggers were around last year up to the end of October.
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Pollock,
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Bass
Twaite Shad (3 Spec) 1.37kg 1.30kg 1.12kg
Mackerel
Thornback Ray
Ballan Wrasse (2 Specs.) 4.75 lbs. 4 lbs. 14 ozs.
Cuckoo Wrasse
Bull Huss
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#9 Post by RockHunter »

Well done - that was some session :P :P

Great looking triggerfish :D :D
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#10 Post by stevecrow74 »

mga wrote:Some session :lol: . That a wrasse every 4 minutes :shock:
Lovely trigger. Would love to hook one of those beauties :wink:


how does tomorrow suite?? weather permitting (it looks good too) head off early and make the dropping tide :?: worms are still in good condition :mrgreen:
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#11 Post by fishermannum1 »

8) great stuff lads, that was a powerfull session you's had there,
would love the chance to have a go at them tiggers, but have not heard
of any being got up around this end of the country :cry:
think i will have to do a bit of traveling for one of them :wink:
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#12 Post by wayne riley »

thats a savage session, great stuff lads. would love 2 get 1 of them triggers :D
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#13 Post by Richie07 »

What sort of fight do you get off Triggers?, are they similar to wrasse?
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#14 Post by Ross »

They fight hard for their size. My best was about 4.5 lbs. Average 2.5lbs. They sometimes tear off sideways and have a nasty habit of bending hooks and locking themselves into rock crevices!
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[b][color=#0000BF]SPECIES 2011 : 11

SPECIMENS: 5 [/b][/color]
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Pollock,
Coalfish,
LSD
Bass
Twaite Shad (3 Spec) 1.37kg 1.30kg 1.12kg
Mackerel
Thornback Ray
Ballan Wrasse (2 Specs.) 4.75 lbs. 4 lbs. 14 ozs.
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#15 Post by marno »

Big Bear wrote:how long do the triggers usually stay around for??


last year I was getting them into the middle of oct (I didn't get a chance to fish after that so it could have been longer), but they seemed more lethargic than in the middle of Sept. Don't know how early they show up but this year we got some in August.
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Re: West Clare Rock Mark 4th. Sept. 2008 - Wrasse and Triggers

#16 Post by Big Bear »

cool thanks hopefully get a shot at them before they leave again.....
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