10/8/08 first wrase

[wayne riley]

People: jus me

Duration: 2hrs

Tide: on way out

Weather:dd nice evening, sunny

Bait: rag
dd
Rigs: float

Results: 2 wrase




Report: wit such a lovely evening i decided 2 use up the last of the rag from sunday.
decided to try for another new species after catching my 1st plaice on sunday (1st flat ever )
got 2 the mark about 620 and set up. all was quiet 4 the 1st hr and then 2 wrase 1 after the other .
at 1st i thought it was a pollock as it put up a good fight for its size.
theres nothing better than setting out 2 target a fish you never caught before and it pays of,
all i can say is im delighted
maybe someone can tell me what type of wrase they are please.

cheers wayne

[dan]

nice one
had a few on portaferry peir and ballyhalbert peir in thepast few weeks.

[Ronald]

Nice going wayne ,They're ballan wrasse by the way .

[dan]

i love wrasse they fight well, look well, feed well.

[wayne riley]

thanx ronald,

dan, i think ive got a wrase bug now. jus didnt want 2 leave but had 2
but defo headin out again at wkend

[saltydog]

Well done on the new species Wayne

[wayne riley]

thanx saltydog, im deligthed. all i can say is without this site i wouldnt have a clue how 2 target most species out there.
really looking forward 2 a few more new species

[shamoo0804]

Welldone wayne, nice to see your getting out.....finally

The wrasse are a cracking fish, once you've caught a few around the 3lb mark you'll be hooked

[wayne riley]

thanx shamo, yea not getin out much lately jus an hr r 2 here and der.
see you had a good nite las nite.

mite be able 2 get out sunday, let me no were ur heading and i mite tag along.

[eyesreilly]

welldone wayne,,nice wrasse there, theyre great sport, and frustrating at times also. I got my first thanks to Shamoo.Keep it up

[dan]

i've had loads at 2-3Ibs, about a dozen at 4-5+ and one at 5Ibs+ and i am absalutely hoooooookeddd

[shamoo0804]

wayne, heading out with Eric & Al on sunday, heading down to ballymoney, nth wexford, your welcome to join us

[wayne riley]

thanx eyes

and sham its a date. wat time ye thinking bout

[marno]

Wrasse are great fish and not too hard to get once you get the hang of it (and you now have). Wait till you get them @ 3 lb + you will have a ball. The only thing is they dig in rather than make a run like Mullet or the couple of Bass I have caught this year. If they stripped line you would never fish for anything else. And they are great for using up your dead and half dead rag! a Conemara man once told me that they are the tastiest fish in the sea, but I remember my father taking me to the Aran Islands and bringing one back fro my Ma to cook......she got a recipe from BIM but the smell was rotten......we had to sell the house! I read a good recipe - place a wrasse in large pot of water containing a brick, boil for 12 hours and eat the brick!

[uvox]

Nice job!

[WrasseBasher]

IF YA WANNA HEAD TO DUN LAOIGHRE SOMEDAY SOON I COULD HOOK YA UP WITH THREE TYPES OF WRASSE , GOLDSINNEY CORKWING AND THE BALLANS YOU ALREADY HAVE

[wayne riley]

marno they do dig in, love 2 catch 1 r 2 at 3lb plus

wrasebasher, for sure, defo hav 2 hook up wit ye soon.
always looking 2 get new species under my belt and thanx 4 the offer

[RockHunter]

Well done on getting you first wrasse.

They can give you a great fight alright - especially when they are over 2 lb. But even the small ones can put up a struggle - you think you have something much bigger on the end of the line until you get it to the surface.

[wayne riley]

thanx rockhunter.
as you say, the 1st i caught was the bigger of the 2 and he/she felt alot bigger than what it was .
really look forward 2 catching 1 around the 3 or 4lb mark

[dan]

hook 1 at 3 0r 4Ibs and you know you've got a proper fish on. jus' watch they dont get you into snags.