North Coast, 23/02/11
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Drew
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North Coast, 23/02/11
People: Dan, Bingham, Drew
Duration: 5pm - 9pm
Tide: Pushing
Weather: Lovely actually
Bait: Rag, Lug, White Rag, Mackeral, Bluey, Squid
Rigs: Flappers, Loops, Conger Rigs
Results:
Tadpole fish, 3 Bd Rkling, Shore Rkling, Coalfish, Flounder, Poor Cod
Report:
Not much to report really, back up the coast for another root around, Started picking the Coalies up in daylight but had to wait for dark for the rest.
Happy enough to get my first ever Tadpole fish! wasn't a bad one either....
Roll on tomorrow night for another trip!
Duration: 5pm - 9pm
Tide: Pushing
Weather: Lovely actually
Bait: Rag, Lug, White Rag, Mackeral, Bluey, Squid
Rigs: Flappers, Loops, Conger Rigs
Results:
Tadpole fish, 3 Bd Rkling, Shore Rkling, Coalfish, Flounder, Poor Cod
Report:
Not much to report really, back up the coast for another root around, Started picking the Coalies up in daylight but had to wait for dark for the rest.
Happy enough to get my first ever Tadpole fish! wasn't a bad one either....
Roll on tomorrow night for another trip!
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
christ drew thats an awful lookin fish in the pic.well done on gettin out thou
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
Well done on the tadpole fish Drew, I only heard of them for the 1st time last spring, never seen one, interesting wee fish.
2013 Sea Species:- Bass, Flounder, 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Whiting, red gurnard, grey gurnard, Pollack, coley, mackerel, sea trout, cant remember cos I didn't update at the time.....
2012 Sea species:- Pollack, Coley, Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Sea Trout, Haddock, Plaice, Dab, Flounder, Red Gurnard, Grey Gurnard, Pouting, Whiting, Corkwing Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Brown Trout caught on beach.
2011 Sea species:- codling, L.S. dogfish, coley, whiting, pollack(4lb 3oz), sea trout, shore conger eel (15lb), ballan wrasse, grey gurnard, plaice, dab (and lobster).
2012 Sea species:- Pollack, Coley, Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Sea Trout, Haddock, Plaice, Dab, Flounder, Red Gurnard, Grey Gurnard, Pouting, Whiting, Corkwing Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Brown Trout caught on beach.
2011 Sea species:- codling, L.S. dogfish, coley, whiting, pollack(4lb 3oz), sea trout, shore conger eel (15lb), ballan wrasse, grey gurnard, plaice, dab (and lobster).
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
cathalger wrote:Well done on the tadpole fish Drew, I only heard of them for the 1st time last spring, never seen one, interesting wee fish.
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
like a rockling thats been on steroids
great to get a new species for you list 
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
Nice one on the tadpole fish. Strange looking creature but a good catch all the same. Congrats on the new species.
Species 2014: whiting, coalie, pouting, codling, pollack, ballan wrasse, dab, poor cod, mackerel, grey gurnard, conger, ling, cuckoo wrasse, launce, common skate, bass, scad, garfish, blue shark
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
handsome looking fish he is!
Species 2011 (25) :Cod 80 , Whiting 50 , Coalfish 42 , Sea Scorpion 6(3shortspined/3longspined) , (3b)Rockling 2 , Dogfish 72 , Flounder 32 , Bass 2 , Poor Cod 16 , Dab 16 , Ballen Wrasse 2 , Turbot 1 , Tompot Blenny 3 , Smoothhound 1 , Tub Gurnard 1 , Mackeral 78 , Pollock 10 , Corkwing wrasse 2 , Black Goby 5 , Pouting 4 , Cuckoo Wrasse 1 , Ling 1 , Conger eel 6 , Silver eel 1 , ( Year End 31st October )
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
was a good night, was good to see the tadpolefish, i was happy to get my 3 Bearded Rockling and Flounder for the Year.

Lure caught Fish 2014- Pollack, Coalie, Pouting, Poor Cod, Dab, Cod, Whiting, Flounder, Plaice, Bass, SeaTrout, Grey Gurnard, Scad, SandSmelt, Red Gurnard, Launce, Lesser Sandeel, Rock Goby, Black Goby, Shanny, Mackerel, Herring, Dragonet, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, GoldSinney Wrasse, Lesser Weaver, Butterfish, Perch, Pike
Fly Caught Fish 2014- Pollack, Coalie, Whiting, Mackerel, Sea Trout, Brown Trout, Perch, Roach
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Total Species 2014-39 Sea
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Fly Caught Fish 2014- Pollack, Coalie, Whiting, Mackerel, Sea Trout, Brown Trout, Perch, Roach
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
Well done on the tadpole fish
They're funny lookin 
]SPECIES 2012: 5 b. rockling (7) whiting (31) flounder (28) doggies (10) dab (53) coalies (5) plaice (3) sea trout (2) Ballan Wrasse (7) Corkwing Wrasse (17) Blenny (3) Goldsinny Wrasse (1) Pollock (4) Pouting (5) Tompot Blenny (1) Sea Scorpion (1) Tub Gurnard (4) Smooth hound (6) eel (5) Weever (2)
SPECIES 2013: Bass, Coalies, Whiting, Flounder, 5 B. Rockling, Dogfish, Dab, smoothound, plaice
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
good man drew some head on that fish i never saw one of them before. a nice find.
20107xthornback ray. {PB 14.5LB TB RAY} 1xpouting. 1xcodling.11xdogfish. 25xflounder.1xshore rock ling. 177xmac 4xturbot.1 bull huss.1sea trout. 1 MAYO BASS.2011. WHITING X9. COALIE X3. FLOUNDER X7. DOGGIE X8. THORNIEX3. CODLINGX1. SEA SCORPIONX1. 5 BEARDED ROCKLINGX4. SEATROUT X1. TURBOT X1. POLLACK X7. 3 BEARD ROCKLING .2012 SEATROUT X3. TURBOT X5. FLOUNDER X7. 3B,ROCKLINGX1.DOG .
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
Great catch Drew
nice species for the list
Cheers Brian
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
nice find drew,,,unusual looking fish,,,nice result
2010 species----flounder,dab,whiting,doggies,coalfish,pollock,siver eel,sea trout,bass,ballen wrasse, thornback ray,mackerel,pouting,red gurnard,grey gurnard,conger eel,launce,mullet,ling,cod,tub gurnard,octopus,bull huss,3 bearded rockling,poor cod
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
Drew wrote:cathalger wrote:Well done on the tadpole fish Drew, I only heard of them for the 1st time last spring, never seen one, interesting wee fish.Thanks Cathal, was fishing down a crevace and had the headtorch off as I believe it spooks fish, got a good solid bite and up he popped, thought it was a huge shorey at the start but when I got the light on I saw the shape of the fish and big white mouth... I'm made up, as I've been fishing for years and never had one.
fishing down a crevace!!!! sounds fun that.
good job on the tadpole fish too.
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
well done drew,that a quaire looking beast all right!
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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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.
species 2010,(27)
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
nice one on the tadpole fish drew
[i]Species '10[/i] [b]23 Species[/b]
[i]Species '11[/i] Coalfish, Pollock, Mackerel, Sea Trout, Flounder, Turbot, Dab, Thornback Ray, Smoothhound, Tope(pup), Tub Gurnard, LSD, Shanny, Ballen Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Goldsinny Wrasse
[color=#FF0000]Target Species :- Huss, BASS, Cucko Ray[/color]
[i]Species '11[/i] Coalfish, Pollock, Mackerel, Sea Trout, Flounder, Turbot, Dab, Thornback Ray, Smoothhound, Tope(pup), Tub Gurnard, LSD, Shanny, Ballen Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Goldsinny Wrasse
[color=#FF0000]Target Species :- Huss, BASS, Cucko Ray[/color]
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
lol tadpole fish? never heard nor seen one...is that the official name??? ugly mofo never the less so well done Drew 
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Re: North Coast, 23/02/11
great catch with the tadpole fish drew
those guys have been on my wish list for the past few years without success. so a big well done man 