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Re: north beach wicklow

#21 Post by roger de dodger »

7/0 pennel 100 to 200 lb mono onto your shockleader with a good bead infront of the swivel :wink:
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Re: north beach wicklow

#22 Post by masterkeane »

savage fish brother fair play to ye :wink:
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Re: north beach wicklow

#23 Post by keanser »

roger de dodger wrote:7/0 pennel 100 to 200 lb mono onto your shockleader with a good bead infront of the swivel :wink:

Cheers for that Roger, anyone would think that I am a beginner or something :oops:
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Re: north beach wicklow

#24 Post by Al and Jordan »

man thats a smashing fish 8) 8) 8) 8) and to sucessfully land him on 15lb line is really something to cherish. well done man, and may it be your first of many :P :P
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Re: north beach wicklow

#25 Post by fishface »

lovely fish, makes the smuts seem tiny, will have to give it a go with eyes,
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Re: north beach wicklow

#26 Post by roger de dodger »

few pics of unhooking ,the lets stand back and say fluck me moment and the release :lol: funny when dennis asks a bunch of lads to go for a tope no one else wears their waders i wonder why :mrgreen:
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Re: north beach wicklow

#27 Post by birdseye »

Well done. :) Cracking tope. Must get out and try for one someday soon.
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Re: north beach wicklow

#28 Post by twinkle »

super fish well done lads id say the craic was brilliant; the fight off a tope in the boat is fantastic cant imagine what its like on the shore on 15lb thats really great angling
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Re: north beach wicklow

#29 Post by croppyboy »

well done lads cant wait to get one myself from shore
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Re: north beach wicklow

#30 Post by rustyhookthomas »

isn't that what fishing buddies are all about!
nothing like bringing a mate to meet his match and get a result.
great report there lads, keep it up.
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Re: north beach wicklow

#31 Post by seanie35 »

some fish well done, youll be buzzing for weeks after that :D
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Re: north beach wicklow

#32 Post by dfella25 »

Just an amazing fish to get from the shore well done. Dennis you seemed to have been spot on there. What's the weekends lotto result? A pm will do!
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Re: north beach wicklow

#33 Post by paddymac »

great catch as newbie it certainly whets my appetite,
maybe this was anserwed already,
what size hook, i usually use 1/0 off shore, is that too small for tope?

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Re: north beach wicklow

#34 Post by keith »

paddymac wrote:great catch as newbie it certainly whets my appetite,
maybe this was anserwed already,
what size hook, i usually use 1/0 off shore, is that too small for tope?

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Re: north beach wicklow

#35 Post by dbrock »

dfella25 wrote:Just an amazing fish to get from the shore well done. Dennis you seemed to have been spot on there. What's the weekends lotto result? A pm will do!

its just luck :P
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Re: north beach wicklow

#36 Post by Danny M. »

Excellent Catch.

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Re: north beach wicklow

#37 Post by Aurelien »

Amazing fish ... Well done ...
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Re: north beach wicklow

#38 Post by Dave »

Wow cracking fish there lads and to land it on that gear, well done. :D Never tried targeting tope myself but now I have sooo many questions when, where, what gear, what distance etc, :? would love to catch something that size from the shore. Well done again lads. :D
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Re: north beach wicklow

#39 Post by dbrock »

dave
any of the wick beaches should produce em, use a whole mack as far as you can put it, and if your unsure of your knots and stuff use 25lb mainline or even 30lb and a big reel,
150 to 200 lb mono to 8/0, 10/0 hooks

ive had most of mine at night so fish the night tides if you can, enjoy
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Re: north beach wicklow

#40 Post by FisherKing »

Class session lads 8) gona try the Tope myself soon. I'd say it was one hell of scrap :?: :mrgreen:
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