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GALWAY TOPE

#1 Post by lucky »

People:myself and matie

Duration:
late
Tide:gone

Weather:
fine
Bait:mack

Rigs:wire pulleys

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With the weather been so good,, a plan was launced to try for the first shore tope of the year,,, although we got to the mark we had to wait for over an hour for the current to drop off,, not soon after that bang rod tip over,, line peeling from the reel,, fish on,, down to business,, tighten the clutch a little and set the hook,, that is when th e fish took off like a rocket,, line screaming from the reels,,, after about 5 min I got some line back on it,, and then it just heeled up in the water rod double over ,, i was not getting any more line back nor was he he running just sitting there,,, another run,,, and then got it to the shore line,, but he was not finished,, but I made a hugh mistake I loosen off the drag to much and he took off line stripping from the reel I ended up with a big birds nest,,,Sh 1 t i said im going to loose this now, but managed to hand wind the line back on the spool passed the bird nest,,, and then it came a shore..... nackered at this stage.... appox..weight 40 pound......
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SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,

boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,

shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...

boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....

wish list 2010..sea trout....
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#2 Post by gerty86 »

Nice one Alan! That is a lovely fish. I'm kicking myself for not tagging along!
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#3 Post by roryodonnell »

monster class!
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#4 Post by The Austrian »

massive congratulations Alan, what an achievement!
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#5 Post by saving private brian »

brilliant alan,,,good to see them starting to show up,,gonna try them soon
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#6 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Seroius fishing, very well done 8) I'd say a few hours went into that catch?!
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#7 Post by razor2 »

Some fish 8)
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#8 Post by seankilleen »

Great Catch!
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#9 Post by roger de dodger »

Belter!
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#10 Post by seanie35 »

Some fish alan big well done
Species....good film.....I'll get my coat
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#11 Post by stevief54 »

nice tope well done
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#12 Post by spindlefist »

well done , Alan, another fine fish
2016: dogfish, pollack,

2015: whiting, coalfish, turbot, pollack, ballan wrasse, conger, thornback, short spined sea scorpion , common blenny ,

2014 : dogfish, garfish, launce, common blenny, cuckoo wrasse, flounder, pollack, thornback ray,

2013 species:(15) Whiting, Dogfish, Three Bearded Rockling, bull huss, poor cod,turbot, flounder,pollack, spotted ray, thornback ray, launce, corkwing wrasse, long spined sea scorpion, common blenny,mackerel,

2012 species: Thornback, bull huss, Dogfish, pollack, Mackerel, bass, flounder, turbot, conger,




Species 09:(23) Conger, Whiting, Bass, flounder, Dogfish, dab, corkwing wrasse, pollack, bull huss(8lb 10oz~PB) , thornback ray(8lb~PB), dragonet, ballan wrasse, Blenny, Mackeral,long spined sea scorpion,pouting, coalfish, launce, codling, poor cod, starry smoothhound, 5 bearded rockling, shore rockling..
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#13 Post by paul skelly »

Big well done Alan ;) that's one u won't forget for a long time :)
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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,
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#14 Post by finding nemo »

cracking fish welldone
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#15 Post by joebhoy »

Well done Alan. What a catch!
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#16 Post by Deleted User 3488 »

Dinger of a fish lad,I'd say that certainly got the adrenaline rushing!
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#17 Post by weedave »

stunning fish..congratulations.

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#18 Post by JULIO RAGWORM »

Belter!!!! It makes it worth while this aul fishing lark.
Y'all know me. Know how I earn a livin'. I'll catch this bird for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad fish. Not like going down the pond chasin' bluegills and tommycods. This shark, swallow you whole. Little shakin', little tenderizin', an' down you go. And we gotta do it quick, that'll bring back your tourists, put all your businesses on a payin' basis. But it's not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks, chief. I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates, there's just too many captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.

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#19 Post by dave316 »

Well done, brilliant fishing!!
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#20 Post by declan65 »

Absolute class , well done. 8)
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