Sensationalist headline I know...
I was out kayaking Little Killary.. then I was drifting slowly along the beach at glassilaun , baits out, hands trailing in the water.. kept noticing somethin on my palm, like grit or debris... lifted hand up and had a couple of the skinners trying to have a go at me....
I know they are a problem here when bait fishing, I've had blanks, with each bait coming up covered in them, but thought they were crawlers, blanketing the bottom, not swimming about. horrid. anyone else ever have them try this?
they're a benthic amphipod I believe.
skinners tried eating me alive!
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spindlefist
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skinners tried eating me alive!
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,
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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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chuckaroo
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Re: skinners tried eating me alive!
never heard of them doing this before but could well believe it. they are relentless and determined, fearless wee guys
im pretty sure that they can swim to a certain extent i.e. they are somewhat mobile in the water. you must have put your had through a cloud of them. did they actually bite?!
heres some more info on them here: http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/foru ... t=skinners
im pretty sure that they can swim to a certain extent i.e. they are somewhat mobile in the water. you must have put your had through a cloud of them. did they actually bite?!
heres some more info on them here: http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/foru ... t=skinners
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Re: skinners tried eating me alive!
i remember them before starting on my hand after i was holding a bait for ages looking at them in action swarming about the place
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Martin46585
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Re: skinners tried eating me alive!
Double vision... 
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spindlefist
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Re: skinners tried eating me alive!
Yeah, could feel something bumbing off my palm...and when i looked down, there were a few buzzin about in the water, put an end to any thoughts of a swim. I've had lice come off a pike before and latch on too....
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..
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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Martin46585
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Re: skinners tried eating me alive!
Natures finest, beats the heck off an over price fish pedicure.....socks off next time....
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chuckaroo
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Re: skinners tried eating me alive!
socks off... feet off...Martin46585 wrote:Natures finest, beats the heck off an over price fish pedicure.....socks off next time....
thanks
and thats my 1000th post on this forum!
not a SAI Sea Dog! no more! 
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Charlie
2025 targets:
40lb+ stinger, shore skate, shore tope, 10lb+ cod
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40lb+ stinger, shore skate, shore tope, 10lb+ cod