best wrasse this year
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best wrasse this year
People:me and a friend
Duration:who knows
Tide:rising
Weather:
Bait:rag
Rigs:1 hook flap
Results:
wrasses
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Duration:who knows
Tide:rising
Weather:
Bait:rag
Rigs:1 hook flap
Results:
wrasses
Report:
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Re: best wrasse this year
Fine Ballan! Well done! 

SPECIES 2011: (7) Dogfish, Mackerel, Cod, Pollock, European Eel, Common Blenny, Pin Whiting
SPECIES 2012: (7) Whiting, Coalie, Pollock, Mackerel, Ballan Wrasse (32cm x2, 34cm, PB 38cm) , Corkwing Wrasse, Three-Bearded Rockling
SPECIES 2013: (1) Ballan Wrasse (2)
SPECIES 2012: (7) Whiting, Coalie, Pollock, Mackerel, Ballan Wrasse (32cm x2, 34cm, PB 38cm) , Corkwing Wrasse, Three-Bearded Rockling
SPECIES 2013: (1) Ballan Wrasse (2)
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Re: best wrasse this year
Beautiful fish, nicely done : )
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2010: 9 mackerel, 2 pollack, 10 bass, 1 coalie, 1 codling
2010: 9 mackerel, 2 pollack, 10 bass, 1 coalie, 1 codling
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Re: best wrasse this year
Fine fish lad welldone 

Give a man a fire he will be warm for a night,
Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
Wish list: ray
Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
Wish list: ray
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Re: best wrasse this year
Any idea what weight or length it was?
SPECIES 2011: (7) Dogfish, Mackerel, Cod, Pollock, European Eel, Common Blenny, Pin Whiting
SPECIES 2012: (7) Whiting, Coalie, Pollock, Mackerel, Ballan Wrasse (32cm x2, 34cm, PB 38cm) , Corkwing Wrasse, Three-Bearded Rockling
SPECIES 2013: (1) Ballan Wrasse (2)
SPECIES 2012: (7) Whiting, Coalie, Pollock, Mackerel, Ballan Wrasse (32cm x2, 34cm, PB 38cm) , Corkwing Wrasse, Three-Bearded Rockling
SPECIES 2013: (1) Ballan Wrasse (2)
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Re: best wrasse this year
cheers guys, only a guess but i d say in and around 30cm and near 3lb, i didnt weigh him, he was hooked up deep, i had his mouth jammed with needle nose pliers for ages, to long, by the time i got the hook out i just took a quick pic and got him back, safe and sound, sorry bout the picture had to crop it so much to get it uploaded, the full pic would do better
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Re: best wrasse this year
Nice fish Doggy! You should try "re-sizing" down to a max of 839 pixels rather than cropping. Microsoft Office picture manager is one way of doing it.doggy wrote:cheers guys, only a guess but i d say in and around 30cm and near 3lb, i didnt weigh him, he was hooked up deep, i had his mouth jammed with needle nose pliers for ages, to long, by the time i got the hook out i just took a quick pic and got him back, safe and sound, sorry bout the picture had to crop it so much to get it uploaded, the full pic would do better
2013 species; 31
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
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Re: best wrasse this year
lovely fish 
here's a link on how to resize: http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... ft#p315766
i have a wee post in there that i reckon is best way..

here's a link on how to resize: http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... ft#p315766
i have a wee post in there that i reckon is best way..

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40lb+ stinger, shore skate, shore tope, 10lb+ cod
2025 targets:
40lb+ stinger, shore skate, shore tope, 10lb+ cod
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Re: best wrasse this year
cheers all, thanks john il check that out, has any one got bigger wrasse? would like to c a nice specimen
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Re: best wrasse this year
Well done wrasse are great sport I love when they nail the bait, fantastic fun on light gear. Its nice to see you were eager to get him back into the water, well done 

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2016 Bass, Flounder, Turbot, Dogfish, Pollock,Mackerel, Bull Huss, Coal Fish
2013 8
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Re: best wrasse this year
doggy wrote:cheers all, thanks john il check that out, has any one got bigger wrasse? would like to c a nice specimen
Have a look at Fisherking's post "Wrasse sessions" on page 3; a 5lb 8oz ballan, nice enough for you?
2013 species; 31
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
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Re: best wrasse this year
cheers john thats a real nice fish, but will it ever be big enough? hehe. im starting to regret not weighing my one, next time for sure!
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You'll find that they are territorial so if you go back to the same spot you have a good chance of catching it again! Then you can weight the big guy!doggy wrote:cheers john thats a real nice fish, but will it ever be big enough? hehe. im starting to regret not weighing my one, next time for sure!

I recently caught the same wrasse twice in the same week. Here's a link to the thread.
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... =3&t=40843
SPECIES 2011: (7) Dogfish, Mackerel, Cod, Pollock, European Eel, Common Blenny, Pin Whiting
SPECIES 2012: (7) Whiting, Coalie, Pollock, Mackerel, Ballan Wrasse (32cm x2, 34cm, PB 38cm) , Corkwing Wrasse, Three-Bearded Rockling
SPECIES 2013: (1) Ballan Wrasse (2)
SPECIES 2012: (7) Whiting, Coalie, Pollock, Mackerel, Ballan Wrasse (32cm x2, 34cm, PB 38cm) , Corkwing Wrasse, Three-Bearded Rockling
SPECIES 2013: (1) Ballan Wrasse (2)
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You'll find that they are territorial so if you go back to the same spot you have a good chance of catching it again! Then you can weight the big guy!doggy wrote:cheers john thats a real nice fish, but will it ever be big enough? hehe. im starting to regret not weighing my one, next time for sure!

I recently caught the same wrasse twice in the same week. Here's a link to the thread.
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... =3&t=40843
SPECIES 2011: (7) Dogfish, Mackerel, Cod, Pollock, European Eel, Common Blenny, Pin Whiting
SPECIES 2012: (7) Whiting, Coalie, Pollock, Mackerel, Ballan Wrasse (32cm x2, 34cm, PB 38cm) , Corkwing Wrasse, Three-Bearded Rockling
SPECIES 2013: (1) Ballan Wrasse (2)
SPECIES 2012: (7) Whiting, Coalie, Pollock, Mackerel, Ballan Wrasse (32cm x2, 34cm, PB 38cm) , Corkwing Wrasse, Three-Bearded Rockling
SPECIES 2013: (1) Ballan Wrasse (2)
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Re: best wrasse this year
to any one who fishes for wrasse and pollack get this, just back from kerry where i tried soft plastic lures for the first time for them, was aiming mainly for wrasse, the way you hook the lures to the hook masks the point so you can spin it thru almost any weed and you will not get snagged...., had a dozen casts on the advice of my friend beside me and caught a 4lb wrasse and 3lb pollack, no snags and now a defo convert, you gotta read up on this and try them... absolutely brilliant way of fishing!
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booner wrote:to any one who fishes for wrasse and pollack get this, just back from kerry where i tried soft plastic lures for the first time for them, was aiming mainly for wrasse, the way you hook the lures to the hook masks the point so you can spin it thru almost any weed and you will not get snagged...., had a dozen casts on the advice of my friend beside me and caught a 4lb wrasse and 3lb pollack, no snags and now a defo convert, you gotta read up on this and try them... absolutely brilliant way of fishing!
Cool, What type of soft lure was it - colour, make?
SPECIES 2011: (7) Dogfish, Mackerel, Cod, Pollock, European Eel, Common Blenny, Pin Whiting
SPECIES 2012: (7) Whiting, Coalie, Pollock, Mackerel, Ballan Wrasse (32cm x2, 34cm, PB 38cm) , Corkwing Wrasse, Three-Bearded Rockling
SPECIES 2013: (1) Ballan Wrasse (2)
SPECIES 2012: (7) Whiting, Coalie, Pollock, Mackerel, Ballan Wrasse (32cm x2, 34cm, PB 38cm) , Corkwing Wrasse, Three-Bearded Rockling
SPECIES 2013: (1) Ballan Wrasse (2)
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Re: best wrasse this year
er, wud need to get that info off my pal, he is more up to date re. that sort of thing, i saw him catch a few then raided his gear for my own entertainment! it was 'cone head' weight ontop of an unusual 'rigging' soft plastic hook, there is a knack to mounting the lure so that it is presented ideally, the lures were quite dull in colour and more worm than fishlike, and just 'trotted' about in deep weedy areas. good luck
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