Kerry is the Kingdom
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
Good pollock, but I'm more impressed with taking a gar on the surface with a kilty. I'd have loved to have seen that. Nearly as much as I'd have loved to have done it myself!
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
thats anice pollack there! was in kerry a few weeks ago and had pollack to 7 1/4, wrasse to four, and bull huss to 12 1/2, no big conger(weather stopped us fishing where we wanted) and no bass at all( bait fishing in 'perfect conditions'), i,m beginning to think bait fishing for bass is a myth down there!!
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
There was one or two fish caught to bait last weekbooner wrote:and no Bass at all( bait fishing in 'perfect conditions'), i,m beginning to think bait fishing for Bass is a myth down there!!

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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
booner wrote:thats anice pollack there! was in kerry a few weeks ago and had pollack to 7 1/4, wrasse to four, and bull huss to 12 1/2, no big conger(weather stopped us fishing where we wanted) and no Bass at all( bait fishing in 'perfect conditions'), i,m beginning to think bait fishing for Bass is a myth down there!!
Sounds like you were fishing a deep water mark..?
In April/May the fishing for bass with bait (lug in particular) couldnt be easier, just find water..!!

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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
well done lads some mega sessions
i dont know why anyone would say bass wont take bait in kerry ? had 4 belters in 4 hours last month had em on rag and razor 


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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
well, we fished the iveragh peninsula for the last two years at rossbeigh, and various beaches along waterville including smugglers and ballinskelligs, day and night, in perfect conditions from slack water up using peeler king rag razor and lug, baits coming back untouched every cast, there were seven lads apparently from belfast way fished there two weeks previous to us with exact same results!! the only thing i would say is that we fished very small tides(8th to 12th september this year), maybe that wouldnt help matters, we had 40 prime peelers and 100 king rag in perfect condition along with lug and razor so maybe it would be better in bigger tides cos we had south westerly and westerly winds which gave a great surf 

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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
or maybe its time to head back up to 'the dingle', the peninsula i love the most!
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
Savage pollock well done sir
The finest gift you can give a fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you caught isn't someone else's gift to you?"
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
Just looking at this again! That fish is huge!!! The pollock's eye looks at least twice as big as a human eye! 

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
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
have to echo what alby said john martin and eugene were a great help couldnt do enough for us
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
There was one or two fish caught to bait last week
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yeah 37 bars of silver

yeah 37 bars of silver

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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
Well done lads...! That some Pollock, bet it put up one hell of a scrap. Nice report too 

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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
Serious pollack! Great to see a beauty like that got from the shore on a lure, fair play 

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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
Nice report and nice fish!! I enjoy down there for the fishing.Keep up the good work lads!! 

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Bass (biggest so far 10.5 lbs) Thornback ray (12.5lbs) Painted ray (4.5lbs) Pollock (5lbs) Whiting,Dab,flounder,Mackerel (by the bucket load) Bearded rockling,Codling.
Bass (biggest so far 10.5 lbs) Thornback ray (12.5lbs) Painted ray (4.5lbs) Pollock (5lbs) Whiting,Dab,flounder,Mackerel (by the bucket load) Bearded rockling,Codling.
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom
I seen big german shepherd, big anatolian dog(Kangal), big booobs:) so on.... but never saw such a big pollack like that .well done guys and who says calsberg dosent work....