Kerry is the Kingdom

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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom

#21 Post by Tanglerat »

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

#22 Post by booner »

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

#23 Post by booner »

well, a myth except for live sandeel so ive heard
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom

#24 Post by alby »

booner 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!!
There was one or two fish caught to bait last week :wink:
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom

#25 Post by Eoghan »

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..?
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom

#26 Post by roger de dodger »

well done lads some mega sessions 8) 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 8)
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom

#27 Post by booner »

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 :roll:
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom

#28 Post by booner »

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

#29 Post by dexs7 »

Savage pollock well done sir
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom

#30 Post by magpie01 »

Just looking at this again! That fish is huge!!! The pollock's eye looks at least twice as big as a human eye! :shock:
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom

#31 Post by croppyboy »

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

#32 Post by croppyboy »

There was one or two fish caught to bait last week :wink:[/quote]


yeah 37 bars of silver :lol:
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom

#33 Post by tight lines »

thats one to remember alby well done did any of them marks work for you
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#34 Post by Trojan »

Great trip alby you certainly make them count!
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom

#35 Post by joebhoy »

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

#36 Post by sailnfish »

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

#37 Post by timod »

Thats some fish Alby :shock: Sounds like a great trip,well done lads 8)
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Re: Kerry is the Kingdom

#38 Post by dave po »

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

#39 Post by onur »

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....

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