Specimen Wrasse, Co, Sligo Rock Mark August 16th & 23rd 2011

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Specimen Wrasse, Co, Sligo Rock Mark August 16th & 23rd 2011

#1 Post by FisherKing »

People: Myself & the Brother

Duration: Three hours each day

Tide: Stranding

Weather: Sunny with a light south east wind

Bait: Limpet & Spinner

Rigs: Single hook Wrasse rig

Results: Day 1: five Ballan wrasse, Day 2: five Pollock & countless Mackerel




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16th

Haven’t been out fishing in weeks due to work so made the most of the two sessions I got in with the first one been a big Wrasse hunt :wink: arrived at the mark to find I couldn’t fish the best spots with the swells so had to settle for the sheltered gully, baited up with four medium sized Limpets dropped down under my feet it was slow at first until I hooked & landed my first of the day a nice fish of just over the pound mark followed by three more before it went slack so moved to another sheltered gully a couple of hundred yards down the rock dropped the bait to about a foot off the bottom & started to get some good hits but no hook ups :twisted: it went quiet for twenty minutes or so until I got a few good tugs on the line but missed the fish I was starting to think the big Wrasse were outsmarting me so was going to call it day until I got a great bite but missed so rod in hand I waited for the second attack & bang... I struck & connected with decent fish after a great scrap I landed a fine Wrasse of just over specimen size 8) happy days a few quick pics & back she went.. Baited up again & lost a bigger fish in the kelp!!!

23rd

Headed to my favourite rock mark for spot of spinning only to find a lobster pot with a Hugh length of rope taking up most of the area :evil: making it very hard to fish but luckily managed to get five Pollock nothing big with the best been two pound, seen a lovely Trout of about six pound jump a few times but wouldn’t take the spinner, after an hour I packed up to meet the brother at another mark a few miles up the coast.
Arrived at mark to see shoals of Mackerel feeding on sprat & Sand eels on the surface & it was a fish a cast any amount of all good size mackerel, great to see so decent shoals about compared to last year!!!
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A Mackerel Photo for those who have forgot what they look like :wink:
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#3 Post by tight lines »

2 great session mate looks like a great mark
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#4 Post by cathalger »

Nice fishing , brilliant fish pics, the pollack with the spinner is a lovely shot, fish in great nick.

Nice lookin spot that Fisherking.

Well done on the specimen, thats a couple now this year at least?
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#5 Post by zeke »

excellent session buddy,fish with you soon.
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#6 Post by stox 1 »

Good Fishing. I love that wild Atlantic coast!
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#7 Post by fishy1987 »

congrats on the specimen Wrasse,cracking pictures!
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Lovely pictures.
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Lovely pictures.
2011. codling, schoolie bass (4!), smoothie( 1 pup!), tb ray, whiting, coalie, pollack, flounder, dab, plaice (small),wrasse, grey gurnard,lsd, huss, goby, cuckoo wrasse,pout,3 bearded rockling and 5 bearded rockling. red & tub gurnard, spurs and conger afloat. black bream and painted ray in jersey.(on my honeymoon!)
2012. codling,coalie,whiting,flounder,3 bearded rockling,five bearded rockling, dab,wrasse,conger,lsd,pollack,s.s sea scorpion,t.b ray,tub gurnard, corkwing wrasse,plaice,huss,smoothhound,cuckoo wrasse
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#10 Post by zud25 »

Great session Brian :D Well done 8)
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#11 Post by eyesreilly »

Congrats on the specimen Brian, great report and excellent photos :wink:
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#12 Post by stevief54 »

Hi Fisherking, Nice fishing, well done. I was over in Ballina in June, Fished Easkey, got some nice Wrasse, no pollock or mackerel. Where in Sligo do you fish if you do not mind me asking.
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tight lines wrote:2 great session mate looks like a great mark
Cheers man, its one of the best marks in Sligo there alway some decent fish about
cathalger wrote:Nice fishing , brilliant fish pics, the pollack with the spinner is a lovely shot, fish in great nick.

Nice lookin spot that Fisherking.

Well done on the specimen, thats a couple now this year at least?
Cheers Cathal, ya thats number two so far but the wrasse fishing is just getting in full swing from now till the end of october. There should be some very big ones (6lb +) around from now on hopefully will hit a few this week!!
zeke wrote:excellent session buddy,fish with you soon.
Cheers zeke, you must miss the wrasse by now :wink:
bazzer74 wrote:Lovely pictures.
Cheers man
zud25 wrote:Great session Brian :D Well done 8)
Cheers zud roll on the next session 8)
eyesreilly wrote:Congrats on the specimen Brian, great report and excellent photos :wink:
Cheers Dave more to follow soon hopefully :wink:
stevief54 wrote:Hi Fisherking, Nice fishing, well done. I was over in Ballina in June, Fished Easkey, got some nice Wrasse, no pollock or mackerel. Where in Sligo do you fish if you do not mind me asking.
Cheers stevie, i'll pm you some marks when I get a chance.
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fishy1987 wrote:congrats on the specimen Wrasse,cracking pictures!
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Congratulations on the fine specimen Wrasse Brian 8) , excellent report and pictures as always!
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great fishing brian 8) lovely looking marks too man :P
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#17 Post by KERRY1 »

Another brilliant report and fishing Brian. Congratulations to you on getting your specimen Wrasse, a lump of a fish. Great pictures also. Very well done 8)
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The Austrian wrote:Congratulations on the fine specimen Wrasse Brian 8) , excellent report and pictures as always!
Cheers hopefully some bigger ones will show up in the next few weeks :wink:
Al and Jordan wrote:great fishing brian 8) lovely looking marks too man :P
Cheers Al, you'll have to gives a shout for a wrasse session :wink:
KERRY1 wrote:Another brilliant report and fishing Brian. Congratulations to you on getting your specimen Wrasse, a lump of a fish. Great pictures also. Very well done 8)
Cheers Paula, Im gona give the Mullet a shot soon seen some lovely size ones around the rocks yesterday & plenty of them 8)
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#19 Post by grady »

nice couple of sessions mate, well done, haven't fishing for awhile me self, i found new job far better that had before, so had no much time , but in couple of weeks time i should make some if the weather will be good then i may come to meet you down in sligo, could be good time for pollack i think
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#20 Post by chuckaroo »

great big very dark wrasse there, nice one
healthy looking pollack too
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