first tope this year

[concancook]

People:me the da and the son

Duration:8am 4pm

Tide:

Weather:good

Bait:mack

Rigs:all sorts

Results:macks dogs tope cod

Report:we tried a few more marks around the bay rather than go on out to the banks
we got alot of dogs and a couple of small cod around dalkey island.the slack water was at 330pm so we anchord on the outside of the frazer bank in about 16 meters .we were hoping for a ray but to our surprise we got a massive tope run ,a great scrap for around 20mins and we got it onto the boat .it was just short of 40 lb and a male fish .i think its my biggest tope to date so happy enough

[d.kane62]

well done mate , great fish nice size ,the smile tells it all.

[Davebouy]

Cracking fish. Well done mate.

[twinkle]

a super fish well done .id say junior was well impressed with his dad.

[Trojan]

Lovely fish your son will remember that in years to come super

[mitch]

fine tope well done your son will talk about that
fish for years

[yappo]

Well done great result and me travellng all the way down to the Mulditch for a shed load of dogs
Thanks for all the marks recently will let you know how I get on.

Yappo

[davequirke@hotmail.com]

thats a good one pal well done

[concancook]

Thanks lads,i fished the frazer bank because i was told by a lad he got 7 ray in one session last weekend,and the boat we anchord next to had a ray and a tope so its a bit of a hot spot

[FRANK1]

Fair play to you .Nice to see a decent fish in fairly handy travelling distance.Has to be better than heading for the Kish or Burfort for a few dogs.I dossed around Bulloch Island with the young lad for mack and Pollack on sunday as I was doing taxi after dropping wife and girls out to Dalkey Island for a picnic.

[Mayorga]

Good surprise to have well done

[JOHN1]

i have been told of a trawler type boat working that aera today i wonder why
looks like a repeat of the situation on the bennett bank a few weeks ago, with lads putting up locations in reports

[concancook]

I never tought of it at time of posting,i will never say the mark from now on the less they know the better Howth head to bray head should be made a national park and all comercial fishing banned,including lobster pot

[grady]

that is fine shark amazing catch well done

[mann]

Lovely looking fish man, well done,

I see your using what looks like the same type of rod rest/holder as I have so I thought I would give you a little warning,

I got mine off the internet and thought they looked good but I wasn’t that confidant with them so while the rod sat in them I hooked a bungee rope to the reel - just in case,

I had the rods facing outward and the holder was in much the same position as yours is in the picture, I seen a slight bend come in the rod and just as I got to it the top half of the holder snapped off but lucky for me the rope held it just over the side,

Just thought I would let you know in case it cost you a rod and reel and maybe a big fish too,

[andyfish]

well done great fish

[Davy Murdoch]

crackin fish well done

[concancook]

Thanks mann,to be honest i dont use it too much i think my dad was using it that day .we lost a rod before out on the kish ,it was in gear and a tope just whipped it out of the boat

[Larry 90]

Lovely Tope!! What a surprise

[Al and Jordan]

congrads on the PB man well done . a day to remember for years to come