catching big fish

[twinkle]

lads recently hooked a huge fish had it for about 5 minutes but it broke the wire trace does this happen often should i use a new trace each trip as i had used this one day before took in a haul of doggies and huss no prob. hate to see them escape with 10/o meat hook still in there mouth

[Tanglerat]

Porgie?

[twinkle]

dont know it tore off around the boat very fast was fishing at over 100ft and the gear i was useing should have been good enough to land most fish it pulled off a good bit of line 60lb mono but it was the wire that broke in half not the line

[MAC]

Seal.........

We've hooked a couple this year fishing for tope. Seems to be in more murky water. They seem to be able to avoid the bait with ease in clear water.

[twinkle]

could be although we dident see any seals and we were3 hrs out there what ever it was done a great job on cuttig the wiretrace

[dan]

more than likely a porgy i would say, blues dont normally get big enough to do that i dont think.

[twinkle]

there has to be something here like a large preditor the seals are all on the rocks are not approaching the boats and the macks have all disappeared from around the island would a porgie attack a seal?

[masterkeane]

good hope they all get eatin

[dtmcc]

there has to be something here like a large preditor the seals are all on the rocks are not approaching the boats and the macks have all disappeared from around the island would a porgie attack a seal?

As far as I can recall watching a TV thing a porgie do eat seals, Maybe it were a great white and they DO eat seals

Wish one would come into Carlingford lough, plenty to eat there


Dave