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dalkey area dublin 29th may 09

#1 Post by rustyhookthomas »

People:me and collie

Duration:7pm-11pm

Tide:lw 9:40pm ish

Weather:warm with a sudden mist/fog that cleared

Bait:lug,mac and razor

Rigs:mix

Results:whiting :( dab, cod!!! dog and topknot!




Report:we had this session planned all week but where, we didn't know.
i even dug lug during the week, 70+ worms in less than 40min.
anyway headed out and got started around 7.
there were guys spinning to our right not catching and guys to our left bait fishing but not
very busy, tide dropping and no fish being caught, wasn't looking good.
collie kicked off with a few whiting and then dabs, dabs and then whiting for me.
then close in i hooked what looked like a weird lemon sole, but had a huge mouth!
it was a topknot! my first ever in over 35years fishing :):)! popped him back and several dabs
and whiting later i got a nice knock of a small cod great scrap, pic taken and back he went
first one this year :) we both finished up with a couple of dogs just around 11pm.
great evenings fishing, can't wait for my next trip
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species 2009, whiting :(, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,
topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.
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Re: dalkey area dublin 29th may 09

#2 Post by gfkelly1969 »

well done on the topknot,nice to see one
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Re: dalkey area dublin 29th may 09

#3 Post by rustyhookthomas »

gfkelly1969 wrote:well done on the topknot,nice to see one


thanks gf :) was i happy and confused with it, glad it went back safely,
i was trying for wrasse very close in and losing tackle doing so, 4lb line and
spinning rod. it took lug tipped mack size 2 hook.
hope it's not another 35 yrs til the next one :)
species 2009, whiting :(, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,
topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.
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Re: dalkey area dublin 29th may 09

#4 Post by shamoo0804 »

Great work on the topknot,

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/topknot.html

Cant remember seeing one reported on the site here since I joined early last year.

Definately a feather in the cap with that catch :wink:

Huge looking mouth on them, similar to turbot
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#5 Post by Ross »

Well done on topknot! Never saw one in my life and I've been fishing a long, long time!
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Twaite Shad (3 Spec) 1.37kg 1.30kg 1.12kg
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Ballan Wrasse (2 Specs.) 4.75 lbs. 4 lbs. 14 ozs.
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Re: dalkey area dublin 29th may 09

#6 Post by doggie3131 »

never even knew that such a fish existed :oops: well done on the fishing lads,good to see your still fishing!!
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#7 Post by nicefish »

Well done on the topknot 8) love that spot were you were fishing one of my favorite marks :wink:
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Re: dalkey area dublin 29th may 09

#8 Post by Dave »

Well done on the Topknot and from Dalkey no less, :shock: they're as rare as hens teeth. I think I've only heard of one or maybe two caught in the last couple of years, very rare fish indeed. Well you certainly did better than I did anyway, I was out in the same spot earlier in the evening but got nothing so I decided to try the back of Bullock Harbour only to greeted by half of Dublin's emergency services. :shock: I didn't know what was going on but apparently a young lad had fallen down a gulley between the rock whilst trying to jump across and by the sounds of things was in a bad way, :( they were a long time trying to get him out so I hope he is OK. :| Needless to say I didn't get to do any fishing there and in the end it was glad to get a few whiting in Bray Harbour to save the blank. In retrospect maybe I should have stayed put in Dalkey and tried for some rare as hens teeth rock dwelling flatfish. :wink: Well done again Thomas on your rare and unusual catch. :D
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Re: dalkey area dublin 29th may 09

#9 Post by eyesreilly »

Congrats on a rare catch :wink: , and 2 new species for the year to boot :lol: :lol: .Just goes to show that you never know what the sea will throw up at you.
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#10 Post by Ross »

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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.
Cuckoo Wrasse
Bull Huss
Pike

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Pike
Bass
Pollock
Mullet
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Re: dalkey area dublin 29th may 09

#11 Post by saltydog »

Well done on the Topknot 8)
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#12 Post by m.b3 »

ooh topknot! well done!
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#13 Post by JOHN1 »

congratulations on the topknot :wink:

well done its the first i have ever seen or heard of from around this way, fair play to you.
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#14 Post by mickeyfish »

well done on the topknot
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#15 Post by eric »

wawaweeway :shock: nice fishing, where you filming at the time, thomas :?:
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Re: dalkey area dublin 29th may 09

#16 Post by rustyhookthomas »

thanks for the replies people!
still buzzing from the whole evenings fishing, best in ages.
being cheeky i wudda liked a wrasse or pollock! but that's fishing!
topknot was a surprise to me bigtime too!!!
next Q? can i catch another one :D :) :D :) :)
and eric, no fishing movies this time,typical :(
one or two still to be edited from last year which need editing!!! :evil: :oops:
maybe a vid section on the forum might be an idea????? :?:
mayo on the cards again doggie3131, in a few weeks! keep ye posted.
species 2009, whiting :(, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,
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#17 Post by Al and Jordan »

nice one on the topknot :P :P :P i've only ever seen them in books. quite an achievement man :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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#18 Post by Cormdogg »

Good session, things seem to be looking up in Dalkey at last, I thought it was the small hooks still catch the big fish not vice versa! ;)
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