Dublin smallest smoothhound i've ever seen ...

[Aurelien]

People:me and my brother Max

Duration:3 hours

Tide:rising

Weather:brilliant

Bait:peeler crabs

Rigs:pulley 2/0

Results:4 smoothies




Report:The weather and the tide looking good, decided to have another go after smoothounds (again!) ...
For a change went to the usual mark ...
Unfortunately after 3 weeks of brilliant fishing, I think they finally move and left only a couple and toddlers and a very small hungry baby behind them ...
Got three around 2-3 lbs and a very small one (less than a pound) ...
With the lack of action, tireness got the best from us and we decided to head home ...

[gerryl]

cool... little beauty...well done m8

[eric]

thats actually a tope aurlien nice one!

[Aurelien]

Hey Eric, you bring me some news here ... How do you see the difference between a tope and a hound when they are so small?
By the black on the tip of the fin?
Well my brother is going to be over the moon, because he was saying he will catch a tope before me ...
Thanks for the info ...

[eric]

basically they have teeth and smoothounds dont. but the general shape of a pup tope is much stockier than a smoothy pup and the tail fin is different with that distinctive cut in the middle of it. they eyes are larger too.

[Aurelien]

Cool, thanks, didn't think there was some there ... Next time I'll check for teeth ...
I have another question (lots of question about tope, after seeing all these reports about tope, it's my new "obsession" ...): Is it possible to catch bigger ones where you catch pups?

Cheers ...

[eric]

Cool, thanks, didn't think there was some there ... Next time I'll check for teeth ...
I have another question (lots of question about tope, after seeing all these reports about tope, it's my new "obsession" ...): Is it possible to catch bigger ones where you catch pups?

Cheers ...

theoretically yes of course. tope are ovoviviparous, meaning they give birth to live young after holding the fertilised eggs internally in the mother until they are ready to hatch so the mummies must be nearbye. as well as this most the shore marls for tope i know throw up pups, but it really is a case of putting the hours in.

[Aurelien]

Thanks Eric, your answer is brilliant ...
When it comes to fishing I love hard work, and as the place is a short drive from home it's very handy to put a lot of hours in after work ...
Let's find some tope trace ...
Keep you updated ...

[Al]

Thanks Eric, your answer is brilliant ...
When it comes to fishing I love hard work, and as the place is a short drive from home it's very handy to put a lot of hours in after work ...
Let's find some tope trace ...
Keep you updated ...

And I've heard of tope being caught in that spot..or one at least so you might not be wasting your time

[Al and Jordan]

congrads on the new species aurelien good luck on getting his mammy or daddy next time

[Aurelien]

thanks guys,
Tomorrow little visit to the tackle shop ... And let s go find out if dad or mum are still around

[Cormdogg]

Pick on someone your own size Aurelien!

[dbrock]

well done as eric says its a wee tope, congrats

[bubba gump shrimp]

well done on the baby tope mate make sure you have strong traces and heavy rubbing leader and be prepared to lose some tackle if you are going after the big ones

[d2FISH]

well its good to see small ones might
be big ones around i know u get them further out
,, hmmmmm i wonder

[matt69]

nice going.might have to go to tackle as well. see you there.

[Aurelien]

Cool Matt, the more we are, the more fun we have

[clownfish]

Well done Frenchie,And yes that is a tope and most definitely bigger ones out there,Ask the Coyser

[Aurelien]

Yeah, he told me this story, and plenty very interesting other ones