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kincaslagh, donegal

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People: myself and cousin

Duration:3-4 hours

Tide: low and incoming to high by the end

Weather: warm was night time of a scorching day a few gusty gales but sea was calm

Bait:almost everything(went a bit mad) mack, lug,rag,sandeel,squid,and spratt!!

Rigs:pennel on mine no idea on his

Results: 1 small Ling maybe 10inches




Report: was up in north west donegal at a place caled kincaslagh fishing off the pier there, the cousin grew up there and his parnts live near by and he swears by the mark but on this occassion 2 nieve ling saved blanks on the friday night and saturday, not an awefull lot of activity was really bad show unlike the last time i was there the rod tip never stopped but i managed to catch my first Ling even if its a young one and was slightly shocked to see it took the sprat off my hook i bought a pack for a laugh in the shop thinking why the hell not, is spratt normally a good bait fr sea fishing i know its a satwater fish bu its normall used in river fishing isnt it?? anyway we caught two small ling the biggest been about 10inches not a great photoof it but i couldnt get hold of it properly slippery gits! it did go back safely though hopefully it will be double the size next time :D
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Re: kincaslagh, donegal

#2 Post by bigsod »

Think Your ling is a 3 bearded rockling, still a good catch, ive never got one :cry:
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Can you eat those ??
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#4 Post by dave316 »

are you that hungry ?
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Bass 3rd wrote:Can you eat those ??
tryed 1 once worst tasting fish i have tryed
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#6 Post by chuckaroo »

definately a 3-bearded rockling mate
tight lines wrote:
Bass 3rd wrote:Can you eat those ??
tryed 1 once worst tasting fish i have tryed
couldnt disagree more!! they taste great! and ive a friend is adamant (not thee Adam Ant) they taste better than cod
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#7 Post by fishy1987 »

nice one on the rockling slimley little critters :D
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do rocklings get that big and have the tails like that? either way its still a first for me lol
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heres a photo of the smaller one a bit of a better pic
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#10 Post by evan699 »

It's a 3 beard rockling alright. The specimen weight for rockling is 1.75lbs. The irish record is 3lb 1oz. So they do grow alot bigger than the ones you caught. Nice catch all the same.
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#11 Post by Stephen8wood »

Sea mice again :roll:
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#12 Post by bigsod »

Hardiman wrote:do rocklings get that big and have the tails like that? either way its still a first for me lol
I have seen them caught on 6\0s and a mackeral filliet while conger fishing, 3 bearded rockling grow much bigger than the shore and 5 beard
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