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wicklow harbour tadpole fish

#1 Post by gibbo »

People:myself my girlfriend and my son

Duration:2 hours

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risen Weather:sunny

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Rigs: 1 hook flapper

Results2 flounder and 2 small shore rockling and a 1lb tadpole fish :lol:



Report:got to wicklow harbour about 1 by 2 i only had 2 flounder and 2 small shore rockling so i start packing up and when i went to pick up my mini species rod it doubled over i couldnt believe it a 1lb tadpole fish as far as i know ther really rare from the shore so that really made my day
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#2 Post by bigsod »

Hats off man, great catch 8)
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Re: wicklow harbour

#3 Post by trout hunter »

well done man
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Re: wicklow harbour

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cheers lads and thers the photos as promised
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#5 Post by corbyeire »

nice one!
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#6 Post by immunecfg »

Smile man!!1


well done :)
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#7 Post by RockHunter »

That's a fine tadpole fish - well done :D :D
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#8 Post by davy mccormick »

Class looking fish well done
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#9 Post by JOHN1 »

well done gibbo 8)

i have been fishing 36 years and have only seen two of them in the flesh in that time.
my wife caught one about 20 years ago and i caught one 3 years ago :mrgreen:

welcome to the tadpole club :lol: :lol:
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#10 Post by dfella25 »

Nice one Gibbo!
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Re: wicklow harbour tadpole fish

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nice one lads i caught it up a the white fence about ten yards out incase yous were wondering
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Re: wicklow harbour tadpole fish

#12 Post by roger de dodger »

well done 8) that old harbour can throw up some weird fish ,only place i ever got a ling from the shore,is their a speceimen weight for tadpole fish?
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#13 Post by JOHN1 »

roger de dodger wrote:well done 8) that old harbour can throw up some weird fish ,only place i ever got a ling from the shore,is their a speceimen weight for tadpole fish?
not yet :shock:

gibbo did you retain the fish for specimen fish committee :?:
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#14 Post by Ronald »

Well done on the tadpole fish gibbo they're a class wee fish.
davy mccormick wrote:Class looking fish well done
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Re: wicklow harbour tadpole fish

#15 Post by gibbo »

no i put him back didnt fancy killing the little chap :(
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#16 Post by eyesreilly »

gibbo wrote:no i put him back didnt fancy killing the little chap :(
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#17 Post by red »

gibbo wrote:no i put him back didnt fancy killing the little chap :(
nice fish here gibbo and fair play for puttin it back.
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#18 Post by rodbender »

great catch, a big well done on the catch and release. :D :D
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#19 Post by gibbo »

nice one boys.listen do any of u know weres throwing up some codling
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#20 Post by Al and Jordan »

excellent catch gibbo 8) 8) you'll not see too many of them on peoples species lists by the end of the year, well done man 8) . that mark has some variety of fish available from it all year round.
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