A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011

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#1 Post by **lucky** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:46 am

People:myself

Duration:7pm to midnight

Tide:full about 7.15

Weather:not bad

Bait:lug,mack and squid

Rigs:two hook

Results:pleanty of fish

Report:
headed out to conamara for a few hours last night, first cast was straight into fish,flounders about 38cm, in close, put the other rod out far with a pulley rig for a ray but ha a nice brill took the bait happy days, dinner.... baited up again and sent it far out this time a ray around 5 pound sorry but no scales with me... mean while the other was doing a dance every cast with flounder on every cast. finished up with 2 ray , pleanty of flounder 1 doggie and a small turbot.......

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#2 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:54 am

nice fishing there alan. great result with the brill

. i always check any suspected turbot we catch to make sure they are turbot and not brill. so easy to make a false ID. an old fella on the north coast showed me a trick that easily tells the difference between the 2. just give it's back a rub and if you feel lumps (tubercles) then it's a turbot. no lumps, it's a brill. i think we robbed ourselves of an extra species the first few years we were catching turbot

. ahh well, we live and learn

well done again man

#3 Post by **lucky** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:06 am

thanks for that al i was not sure myself so i looked it up on the net, it said the difference between a brill is ,on the under side of the belly it is a whiteish red colour. so i thought it was a brill , but your right it had lumps on the top side,, thanks for letting me know.....

#4 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:26 am

no probs man. were you up on that high grassy mark we saw you at last year looking down into the start of the estuary or on the beach?. we have to get a session in at that spot in august when we come over again

Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:33 am

nice one alan,,,,bar the lumps of a turbot but if you turn the two ,,the turbot is far more white,er and the brill is less with kinda bluey marks up near the head and also the brill is not a round,,its between a flounder and turbot shape etc,,,lovely fish thou,,,seen a 4lber the other week,,,congrats

#6 Post by **tight lines** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:59 pm

nice 1 alan great fishing was that he same place you told me about when we were talking up the east coast

#7 Post by **chenz116** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:03 pm

brilliant looking fish

#8 Post by **fishy1987** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:48 pm

lovley fish i swore it was a trurbot!nice one
tightlines
ferg

#9 Post by **zud25** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:39 pm

Nice one -well done on tha Brill

Good photos thoo

#10 Post by **dave316** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:55 pm

Couple of stunning fish right there. Only ever had small ones and would be extremely happy to catch even one like that in a lifetime to be honest. Great shots too.

#11 Post by **stefwest** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:01 am

well done alan some nice fish there that place always seem to fish well for us will give it a go soon

#12 Post by **KERRY1** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:15 am

Great result Alan, well done

#13 Post by **stevecrow74** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:51 am

Errrm, the two pics are the same fish!!
Just that the top one has had the colours changed!
The markings and position of both the fish match up perfectly!?!?

#14 Post by **gearoid mc s.** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:59 am

stevecrow74 wrote:Errrm, the two pics are the same fish!!
Just that the top one has had the colours changed!
The markings and position of both the fish match up perfectly!?!?

correct, he did only claim to catch one brill in the report!

Nice fish

#15 Post by **lucky** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:47 am

ERRRM............. YES steve the photos are the same fish just different angles ,was not sure weather they where turbot or brill.....

stevecrow74 wrote:Errrm, the two pics are the same fish!!
Just that the top one has had the colours changed!
The markings and position of both the fish match up perfectly!?!?

#16 Post by **lucky** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:51 am

thanks for that gearoid, there always one that has to have a go............some people just cant say .... nice one well done.......

gearoid mc s. wrote:
stevecrow74 wrote:Errrm, the two pics are the same fish!!
Just that the top one has had the colours changed!
The markings and position of both the fish match up perfectly!?!?
correct, he did only claim to catch one brill in the report!

Nice fish

#17 Post by **stevecrow74** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:01 pm

I'm not the one posting pictures of turbot and changing one and calling it a brill!!

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