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#1 Post by **tomgrey** » Mon May 02, 2011 9:16 pm · Mon May 02, 2011 9:16 pm

Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#1 Post by tomgrey » Mon May 02, 2011 9:16 pm

People: Me

Duration: 5pm - 9:30pm

Tide: High at 4.30pm..ish

Weather: Calm and sunny

Bait: Lug and razor

Rigs: Running ledger, double runner

Results: 12 flounder

Report: I wasn't going to post this report as all I had was tiny flounder all evening none more than 20 odd cm, so not worth getting the cameara out for. Some where hard to unhook so it was best not to be hanging around either. An hour or so into the session I looked out to sea to be greeted by the sight of this black shark fin sticking out of the water. He was crusing along very slowly and every now and again I could see the snout sticking out of the water, this could only be a basking shark judging be its size, speed and the lenght of time he was at the surface. He cruised pass then turned around just about 50m past me and cruised on by again. Even when I was packing up 2hrs or so later I could still see him cruising further out. It was a sight to see and I thought it made this interesting enough to post.....

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Species 2012:

Cod, Whiting, flounder, coalfish, bass, pollack, sea trout, poor cod, pouting, dogfish, sea scorpion, 3 bearded rockling, blonde ray, painted ray, turbot.

#2 Post by **tomgrey** » Mon May 02, 2011 9:19 pm · Mon May 02, 2011 9:19 pm

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#2 Post by tomgrey » Mon May 02, 2011 9:19 pm

Some more pics...

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Species 2012:

Cod, Whiting, flounder, coalfish, bass, pollack, sea trout, poor cod, pouting, dogfish, sea scorpion, 3 bearded rockling, blonde ray, painted ray, turbot.

Mon May 02, 2011 9:20 pm

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#3 Post by saving private brian » Mon May 02, 2011 9:20 pm

lovely pics tom

#4 Post by **PETERG** » Mon May 02, 2011 9:35 pm · Mon May 02, 2011 9:35 pm

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#4 Post by PETERG » Mon May 02, 2011 9:35 pm

great pictures tom,fantastic thing to see

#5 Post by **JOHN1** » Mon May 02, 2011 10:07 pm · Mon May 02, 2011 10:07 pm

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#5 Post by JOHN1 » Mon May 02, 2011 10:07 pm

Brilliant to see things like that from the shore

thanks for sharing the pictures Tom

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Species Target (1) Anything will be a Bonus.

BallyBrack SAC.
Efsa Ireland.

#6 Post by **razor2** » Mon May 02, 2011 10:11 pm · Mon May 02, 2011 10:11 pm

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#6 Post by razor2 » Mon May 02, 2011 10:11 pm

Great picture tony.Jaws that beach is closed

#7 Post by **kstaff** » Mon May 02, 2011 10:59 pm · Mon May 02, 2011 10:59 pm

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#7 Post by kstaff » Mon May 02, 2011 10:59 pm

Great report Tom but that thing in the first pic is a ferry

sorry couldn't resist.

Blue n White is the new Black!!!

#8 Post by **tight lines** » Tue May 03, 2011 1:27 am · Tue May 03, 2011 1:27 am

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#8 Post by tight lines » Tue May 03, 2011 1:27 am

great sight to see tom seen 1 myself in achill last summer when rock fishing for conger but it did not hang around long enough to get a photo and 10 flounder is a good session well done

#9 Post by **eyesreilly** » Tue May 03, 2011 7:07 am · Tue May 03, 2011 7:07 am

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#9 Post by eyesreilly » Tue May 03, 2011 7:07 am

Nice one Tom, saw one years ago at Galley Head near Clonakilty, marvellous sight to behold

Species '20 (14) 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Coalfish, Pouting, Corkwing Wrasse ,Ballan Wrasse, Poor Cod, Dab ,Smoothhound,Flounder, Thornback Ray

For the rich, there is therapy. For the rest of us, there is FISHING! --

#10 Post by **fishy1987** » Tue May 03, 2011 8:26 am · Tue May 03, 2011 8:26 am

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#10 Post by fishy1987 » Tue May 03, 2011 8:26 am

thats my plans of swimming this summer over lol

nice pics t
tightlines
ferg

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 )

#11 Post by **jerryfromkerry** » Tue May 03, 2011 1:59 pm · Tue May 03, 2011 1:59 pm

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#11 Post by jerryfromkerry » Tue May 03, 2011 1:59 pm

Lovely pics, well done.

#12 Post by **RockHunter** » Tue May 03, 2011 3:03 pm · Tue May 03, 2011 3:03 pm

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#12 Post by RockHunter » Tue May 03, 2011 3:03 pm

Interesting to see a basking shark there.
I have seen several of them in West Cork in the summer but never one off the beach I think you were fishing.

Cod season Winter 2013/14: 117 cod (best fish: 6.5 lbs)
Cod season Winter 2014/15: 193 cod (best fish: 4.25 lbs)

Bass Totals:
2007: 1
2008: 37
2009: 120
2010: 44
2011: 151
2012: 79
2013: 20
2014: 19
2015: 11
2016: 3

http://rockhunter-southcoastbass.blogspot.com

#13 Post by jd » Tue May 03, 2011 6:15 pm · Tue May 03, 2011 6:15 pm

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#13 Post by jd » Tue May 03, 2011 6:15 pm

On that note, reports of a possible thresher in keem bay
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthre ... 2056256666

http://www.saisac.org/

Tue May 03, 2011 8:04 pm

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#14 Post by Hagar the Horrible » Tue May 03, 2011 8:04 pm

fair play for posting the pics Tom. Great to see.

#15 Post by **tomgrey** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:30 am · Wed May 04, 2011 12:30 am

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#15 Post by tomgrey » Wed May 04, 2011 12:30 am

saving private brian wrote:lovely pics tom

PETERG wrote:great pictures tom,fantastic thing to see

JOHN1 wrote:Brilliant to see things like that from the shore thanks for sharing the pictures Tom

jerryfromkerry wrote:Lovely pics, well done.

Hagar the Horrible wrote:fair play for posting the pics Tom. Great to see.

Cheers lads..

razor2 wrote:Great picture tony.Jaws that beach is closed

kstaff wrote:Great report Tom but that thing in the first pic is a ferry sorry couldn't resist.

tight lines wrote:great sight to see tom seen 1 myself in achill last summer when rock fishing for conger but it did not hang around long enough to get a photo and 10 flounder is a good session well done

eyesreilly wrote:Nice one Tom, saw one years ago at Galley Head near Clonakilty, marvellous sight to behold

Good sight to see alright, Id say it would be cool to be up close beside one

fishy1987 wrote:thats my plans of swimming this summer over lol nice pics t
tightlines
ferg

I dont think its the filter feeding basking shark you have to worry about fishy its the other fishy/man eating varities

like these fellas...

jd wrote:On that note, reports of a possible thresher in keem bay
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthre ... 2056256666

Cheers for that jd!

RockHunter wrote:Interesting to see a basking shark there.
I have seen several of them in West Cork in the summer but never one off the beach I think you were fishing.

I'd say he was feeding because he was around for 2hr's or so on the surface, good to see them local anyway

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Species 2012:

Cod, Whiting, flounder, coalfish, bass, pollack, sea trout, poor cod, pouting, dogfish, sea scorpion, 3 bearded rockling, blonde ray, painted ray, turbot.

#16 Post by **tomgrey** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:31 am · Wed May 04, 2011 12:31 am

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#16 Post by tomgrey » Wed May 04, 2011 12:31 am

as well as the basking shark there were two seals hanging around, I think they scared off some of the bigger and less well camouflaged fellas

Species 2012:

Cod, Whiting, flounder, coalfish, bass, pollack, sea trout, poor cod, pouting, dogfish, sea scorpion, 3 bearded rockling, blonde ray, painted ray, turbot.

#17 Post by **Bryan1** » Mon May 09, 2011 11:59 pm · Mon May 09, 2011 11:59 pm

Re: Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

#17 Post by Bryan1 » Mon May 09, 2011 11:59 pm

kstaff wrote:Great report Tom but that thing in the first pic is a ferry sorry couldn't resist.

had to laugh at that one. nice to see & photo tom.