undulate ray, kerry 20/6/10

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undulate ray, kerry 20/6/10

#1 Post by stevecrow74 »

caught this little beauty while on a wee trip south
i lost one about 30 minutes before because i was using 10lbs snoods, so i upped it to 25lbs..
just as well because there was quite a lift up to get it out of the water..

apparently 1oz shy of the current suspended irish record.. (so i take it its a specimen fish :wink: )
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#2 Post by KERRY1 »

Congratulations Steve 8) fantastic fish indeed
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A beautiful fish!
(You could have looked a bit happier :D )
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Jim from Cork wrote:A beautiful fish!
(You could have looked a bit happier :D )

it was bleedin heavy, :shock: :shock: :wink:
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Beautiful fish. Big well done. I fished that spot a few times, only caught a few small pollack and the biggest spider crab i've ever seen. What side of the road were you casting off? To the right or left of that photo? Cheers
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evan699 wrote:Beautiful fish. Big well done. I fished that spot a few times, only caught a few small pollack and the biggest spider crab i've ever seen. What side of the road were you casting off? To the right or left of that photo? Cheers

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WOW congrats :D that is a specimen 8)
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#8 Post by JOHN1 »

nice fish steve,iv not caught one of them yet :cry:

the current suspended irish record is 18lbs and a specimen would have to be 14lbs.
your fish is male which tend to be the smaller fish, yours dont look to be that big did you weigh it on a propper scales :?:
are you sure you are not mixing your record homelyn and undulate weights up :?: because it looks more to 8lb than 18lb :?
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weighed with digital scales 3 times, because i didn't actually believe it was right the first time,
i didn't even know what the record was until the next day so it want as if i was making the number up to look good, and it was only yesterday evening i found out that the specimen weight is 14lbs, and why would i bother lie about any of this??? its wings are slightly curled in too so it does look a bit smaller, but it was a heavy fish as you can see by the look on my face..

i even checked my scales yesterday too with a few measured weights and it was bang on, so i'm not doubting my scales..
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#10 Post by chrisfeeney30 »

useless steve..will you ever catch something decent :roll: :lol: :lol:
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well done a fine ray congrats.
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#12 Post by Davy Murdoch »

Cracking fish steve 8) well done mate :D
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