A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
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A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
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.......
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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SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
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







well done again man


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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
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.....
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
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 

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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
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
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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
nice 1 alan great fishing was that he same place you told me about when we were talking up the east coast
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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
brilliant looking fish
Species 2010.(2) Doggie, Cod
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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011

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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
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.
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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
well done alan some nice fish there that place always seem to fish well for us will give it a go soon
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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
Great result Alan, well done 

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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
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!?!?
Just that the top one has had the colours changed!
The markings and position of both the fish match up perfectly!?!?
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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
correct, he did only claim to catch one brill in the report!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!?!?

Nice fish
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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
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!?!?
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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Re: A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
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:correct, he did only claim to catch one brill in the report!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!?!?![]()
Nice fish
SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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A BRILL OF A SESSION 4/07/2011
I'm not the one posting pictures of turbot and changing one and calling it a brill!!
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