Your best catch of 2012

[ShaneH]

[last cast lad]

My most satisfying this year was finally landing a decent conger at a mark i'd fished for them on many a session as it always looked good for them but where they seemed shy as I'd often only had dropped runs. My first fish to lift out of here was at least worth the wait. 24lb 2oz.

[agardiner22]

this 5lb pollock from Clare, great fight on light tackle

[redzerologhlen]

This was one of my best friends caught this bad boy last year. Didnt weigh it at the time but in fairness dav spent about 40 minutes of what was obviously unreal fishing time nursing him back to health before he was released Any other monster shore pollock ??

Ya this lad a friend of mine caught on the fly, hes a big man and the pollock is nearly as long as his leg. There is a video of him catching it on youtube too.

[FisherKing]

Here is my two best catches for 2012 a 10 lb 1oz Pollock & a 5 lb 8oz Ballan two great scrapers on the spinning rod

[seanie35]

Heres my favourite probably never to be repeated

[biker]

This was one of my best friends caught this bad boy last year. Didnt weigh it at the time but in fairness dav spent about 40 minutes of what was obviously unreal fishing time nursing him back to health before he was released Any other monster shore pollock ??

Ya this lad a friend of mine caught on the fly, hes a big man and the pollock is nearly as long as his leg. There is a video of him catching it on youtube too.

On the fly fair play to him !! what weight do ya reckon he was ? Hes very long but hes a bit of a fatty aswel haha
Keep the pics coming lads, some of these are unreal

[paul skelly]

has to be my first tope one ill never forget

[redzerologhlen]

On the fly fair play to him !! what weight do ya reckon he was ? Hes very long but hes a bit of a fatty aswel haha
Keep the pics coming lads, some of these are unreal

I think he was 12lb's but I cant remember for sure. This is the video of when he caught it and many more pollock the same day, he caught a good few on the surface and I can vouch that the water there is at least 30ft deep and more in spots, I dont know how he manages to lure them up. The video gives you a good idea of how effective fly fishing for pollock can be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXXLNa ... 9g&index=8

[Eoghan]

Gotta be this chap. Not the biggest fish of the year, just the fight he put up and the colour's of him etc... no idea of weight, just quick snap and returned.

[Drew]

Has to be this guy, a PB Plaice from North Antrim Rocks!

[saulius1]

few bass i caught during the year8-)

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[johnjosh29]

caught this cod in co louth in april on a fine clear sunny day. not what youd expect maybe...but thats fishing
never got to weigh it.
(i had to cut much of the picture to fit in!)

[Tanglerat]

Nice. My most memorable fish of last year was a 47cm sea trout. No photo, sadly.

[cathalger]

Nice. My most memorable fish of last year was a 47cm sea trout. No photo, sadly.

Dont you carry a camera Tanglerat? Thatd be a fish worthy of a pic. 3lbish?

What did you get it on?

[Tanglerat]

Nice. My most memorable fish of last year was a 47cm sea trout. No photo, sadly.

Dont you carry a camera Tanglerat? Thatd be a fish worthy of a pic. 3lbish?

What did you get it on?

Got it in freshwater in the Lackagh on a Flashmer. It was just in off the tide, still liced. I don't usually have a camera with me, just the phonecamera, but I was more concerned at getting it released again. I got the measure of it against the butt of the rod and I reckon it was around the 3 lbs mark. I thought it was a wee grilse when it first hit. Lovely fish, nice to think of it doing well upriver.

[razor2]

Spent about 24Hrs on the mark to get these fish but well worth it resulting in 7 bass in all two PBs one for me and one for my son jack.Bass between 5lb and 10.2lb come to think of it i thinks its one of the best sessions size wise i have ever had.

[cathalger]

This 1lb 14oz sea trout was very pleasing because that evening I hadnt got my sea trout in the sea fly box with me, the light was going down and I hadnt time to lose so had to go out with a box of brown trout lake flies. The biggest fly in the box and the one most shaped like a small fish was a size 8 longshank walkers mayfly nymph. This fish was very satisfying because for a few years I had been putting a lot of thought and effort into which fly patterns to use for sea trout in salt water. So catching a better than average sea trout for this area in salt water on a fly which would never have been used if it wasnt the only thing I had to use was great.

A mayfly nymph might get a swim or 2 on purpose this coming summer. Doesnt look like an almost 2lber against that big airflo fly reel but it is quite a big reel.

[cathalger]

Nice. My most memorable fish of last year was a 47cm sea trout. No photo, sadly.

Dont you carry a camera Tanglerat? Thatd be a fish worthy of a pic. 3lbish?

What did you get it on?

Got it in freshwater in the Lackagh on a Flashmer. It was just in off the tide, still liced. I don't usually have a camera with me, just the phonecamera, but I was more concerned at getting it released again. I got the measure of it against the butt of the rod and I reckon it was around the 3 lbs mark. I thought it was a wee grilse when it first hit. Lovely fish, nice to think of it doing well upriver.

I know they arent always easy to photo but a fish like that I'd hate not to have a pic of, even if just in the net before release. Super fish at 47cm, they take a lot of beating in my book.

[originalsin]

Mine would be a 6lb bass and a 2.5lb Flounder on the same session,





On the down side of that session tho my 4x4 became a 0x0 had to get towed from Youghal to Dungarvan, spend the night in a hotel then get someone to come pick us up the following morning and bring us back to Dublin.....