SPECIMEN WRASSE Co, Sligo rock mark 5th October 09

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SPECIMEN WRASSE Co, Sligo rock mark 5th October 09

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People:Myself & the Girlfriend

Duration:3.5 HRS

Tide:Filling

Weather:Overcast with light wind

Bait:Limpet & Spinner

Rigs:Single hook flapper

Results:8 Ballan Wrasse & 11 Coalies, 4 Pollack




Report:Monday 5 October

With the weather overcast with light winds the days’ conditions looked perfect for a Wrasse & Pollack session, so got all the gear ready & made our way to a rock mark where I caught my first ever fish a lovely Ballan 2lb weight back in 1988 with my father showing me the ropes. Arrived at the mark & everything looked good so set up, started spinning first to see if there were any mackerel about but only managed one Coalie so on with the Wrasse trace, baited with the old reliable Limpet down along the rock edge.

The bites started straight away hooked a small Ballan around the 1 lb mark, baited up again & bang, something big took the bait & swam towards the kelp like a torpedo but managed to pull it back up then it dived down again & took another five good runs before I managed to land it, my arm was starting to get ache at this stage!, big specimen Ballan Wrasse that tipped the scales at 5lb 6oz, quick photo & off She swam to fight another day. I was over the moon :D and took a wee brake & let the arm recover for a while before I baited up again.
It hadn’t hit the bottom when boom another big Ballan smaller than the first but a mighty hard fighter, got It landed for a quick weigh in & photo, just over 3 lb lovely fish. With the tide filling quickly we moved to another spot & got good few Ballan between us, the girlfriend caught a lovely 3lb Ballan 8) , it went quiet so moved to another mark for a spot of spinning.

Second cast was in to a nice Pollack 54cm long followed by a nice Coalie, then every second or third cast was a Coalie or Pollack & lost about 6 more fish, Caught my smallest Pollack yet a few inches long, hunger was setting in so one last cast & finished the session on a nice wee Pollack best session all year.
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#3 Post by Fentster »

Well done on the Wrasse, lovely fish. Nice pollack too. Great session. :D
2009 Shore/Boat Species [b](First year)![/b] - [size=85]Whiting, Pouting, Pollack, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Poor Cod, Sea Bass, Mackeral, Codling, Tub Gurnard, Dogfish[/size]

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Great session well done on the specimen fine fish 8)
Shore Species 2011 (31) Ballan Wrasse, Bass, Bullhuss, Coalfish, Cod, Conger, Corkwing Wrasse, Cuckoo Ray, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Goldsinny Wrasse, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Mackerel, Plaice, Pollack, Poor Cod, Pouting, Rock Goby, Shanny, Shore Rockling, Short Spined Sea Scorpion, Thornback Ray, Three Bearded Rockling, Tompot Blenny, Tope, Tub Gurnard, Turbot, Undulate Ray, Whiting

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Re: SPECIMEN WRASSE Co, Sligo rock mark 5th October 09

#5 Post by doggie3131 »

thats a cracking ballen! fancy sharing that mark? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard

species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.

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Re: SPECIMEN WRASSE Co, Sligo rock mark 5th October 09

#6 Post by Wozza »

Yet again FK you hit the money pit in Sligo, always seem to have good sessions mate well done

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Fentster wrote:Well done on the Wrasse, lovely fish. Nice pollack too. Great session. :D
Cheers Fenster
saltydog wrote:Great session well done on the specimen fine fish 8)
Cheers salty fine fish alright was a happy man to get it landed
doggie3131 wrote:thats a cracking ballen! fancy sharing that mark? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Cheers doggie I'l pm you the location
Wozza wrote:Yet again FK you hit the money pit in Sligo, always seem to have good sessions mate well done

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Cheers Warren fishing is getting very good will have to do a wee session soon on a rock mark I know :wink:
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#8 Post by zeke »

big well done mate 8) that's a mother of all wrasse :P great picture as well :wink:
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#9 Post by rustyhookthomas »

congrats on the wrasse, great session with limpets!
so many people ignore these as bait!
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zeke wrote:big well done mate 8) that's a mother of all wrasse :P great picture as well :wink:
Cheers zeke it's a beauty alright hopefully get a few more soon :wink:
rustyhookthomas wrote:congrats on the wrasse, great session with limpets!
so many people ignore these as bait!
Cheers rusty, every time I use them always get big Wrasse, there a deadly bait Iv'e had Pollack,Coalies & Scorpion fish on them.
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#11 Post by eyesreilly »

Well done Fk,just seeing this now,what a whopper of a wrasse :shock: :shock: ,,some lovely pollock too, i'd say you went home a very happy camper :wink:
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congrads on the specimen wrasse FK 8) shes a beaut. that was some session and some fish you both got man. well done :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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#13 Post by gfkelly1969 »

well done fk super wrasse,that was some session,23 fish in 3.5 hours :shock: lovely photos
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#14 Post by hugo »

Excellent fishing, lovely pix, congrats :D Agree about the limpets, they're my number one bait for wrasse, and mashed up, they make a great general ground bait for a swim feeder. And a lot easier to collect than worms or crab 8)
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#15 Post by fishermannum1 »

cracker wrasse mate well done 8) also nice pic's 8)
no one seems to use limpets as much now, a lot of people stick to the usual baits like worm, crab mac; and so on. but the limpets make a great bait, and best of all they are easy to get...
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eyesreilly wrote:Well done Fk,just seeing this now,what a whopper of a wrasse :shock: :shock: ,,some lovely pollock too, i'd say you went home a very happy camper :wink:
Cheers eyes,very happy camper :wink:
Al and Jordan wrote:congrads on the specimen wrasse FK 8) shes a beaut. that was some session and some fish you both got man. well done :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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gfkelly1969 wrote:well done fk super wrasse,that was some session,23 fish in 3.5 hours :shock: lovely photos
Cheers gf there's alot of big Wrasse around lately got another big one today
Hugo wrote:Excellent fishing, lovely pix, congrats :D Agree about the limpets, they're my number one bait for wrasse, and mashed up, they make a great general ground bait for a swim feeder. And a lot easier to collect than worms or crab 8)
Cheers Hugo there deadly for bait alright & they last a good while on the hook
fishermannum1 wrote:cracker wrasse mate well done 8) also nice pic's 8)
no one seems to use limpets as much now, a lot of people stick to the usual baits like worm, crab mac; and so on. but the limpets make a great bait, and best of all they are easy to get...
Cheers I dont see many people using them.They would be very surprized how good they are for most species
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lovely fish, exellent pics. 8)
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cortaz wrote:lovely fish, exellent pics. 8)
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