Dirty Hussy

[anthony byrne]

Thought the title might grab your attenion On the road very early this morning and I was on the water for about 6.30. The venue was to be the Moulditch bank about 2km out from Greystones. The plan was to troll my lucky pink feathers on the way out and pick up some fresh mackerel and hit the tope but it wasn't to be . It was a grand paddle out barely breaking a sweat. Got anchored up with no hassle and dropped the lines one rod was a 1 up 1 down trace with size 3/0 hooks and the other a pulley rig with a size 8/0 hook Yep no messing around today. The tide was fairly quirky out that way, I crossed over my anchor three different times I found it difficult to keep my bearings, one minute I was facing the land next I'm looking at the red buoy and then back again anyhow I had the GPS so wasn't too worried. First up was a doggie on the 8/0 hook dam dog fish and they kept coming. After about 40 mins the lighter rod took a good knock and the line was peeling from the reel, lifted up and reeled in my first ever bull huss

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Dropped down again and sure enough another heavy hit. Reeled him up to the side of the kayak and the fooker spit the hook again it was another huss, Id say the profanities could be heard from the beach The doggies were taking everything but both huss so far were on squid so I baited the 8/0 hook with a cocktail of a mack fillet squid and a peeler to add some flavour, dropped it over the side. Over the next few minutes the tide began to run and things got a little too uncomfortable so I took in the smaller rod up and began to haul anchor. Just as the anchor came up the bigger rod started to scream ah fook im snagged I thought how am I gona sort this but then it started fighting back wtf it felt like I hooked a boat after a few minutes a bull huss came to the surface but the bugger spit the hook not to be beaten I reached in and grabbed his tail little did I know what I was in for. The huss actually turned to bite me Jesus it was a difficult few minutes and guess what its all on camera

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Picked up 1 mack while trolling back in

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Just a short session today but Ill definitely venture out that way again for a another go.
Heres the link to the video, kids should cover their ears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1HFMoZl ... tube_gdata

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[joeflan35]

deadly stuff anto,

[sea serpant]

Brilliant.... great report fairplay to ya

[JOHN1]

great report anto and great clip to go with it, strange coincidence i was only saying to you they are feckers for turning on you, the mad dogs of the sea

[The Austrian]

happens to me every time when I try to be really careful not to hurt them during the release, it's either doggie rash or a bite mark for me - ungrateful animals for sure Grabbing them at the top of neck seems to help a bit but alas, fishing is a bloodsport nonetheless

[anthony byrne]

deadly stuff anto,

Cheers Joe, some morning I'm still buzzing

Brilliant.... great report fairplay to ya

Cheers sea serpant

great report anto and great clip to go with it, strange coincidence i was only saying to you they are feckers for turning on you, the mad dogs of the sea

You were bang on John as the second fella spat the hook too and this one only for I grabbed him, cheers

happens to me every time when I try to be really careful not to hurt them during the release, it's either doggie rash or a bite mark for me - ungrateful animals for sure Grabbing them at the top of neck seems to help a bit but alas, fishing is a bloodsport nonetheless

I always were latex gloves as the saltwater drives the hands crazy but this lad just ripped straight through the glove and I was left with doggie rash

[willie bendit]

For a species reputed to have poor eyesight..They always seem to eyeball you before they lunge at your arm
nice report and photos as usual anthony.

[eyesreilly]

I'll be very careful if I ever hook into one of those ,,,,,,,thanks for posting Anthony

[MAC]

Nice report Anto. At least he didn't puke on you They can be feckers for that as well. At least on my boat I can wash into the sump. You'd be looking at it all day in the Yak

[sparkey+1]

Great report Anthony some nice fish there so guess it preferred your arm than the bait just the way they eyeball you before they strike....

[sailnfish]

Great report and photos, Really enjoyed reading it !

[redzerologhlen]

Nice report Anto. At least he didn't puke on you They can be feckers for that as well. At least on my boat I can wash into the sump. You'd be looking at it all day in the Yak

First fish I caught using bait was an 8lb huss off the local beach, first thing it did was puke up a load of dead crab on me. It was just holding the bait in its mouth too. They must be very hard to set a hook in.

[Deleted User 3488]

Nice Huss,,,have seen them numerous times holding on to the bait and letting go at the surface..nice fishing.

[anthony byrne]

For a species reputed to have poor eyesight..They always seem to eyeball you before they lunge at your arm
nice report and photos as usual anthony.

Thanks Willie

I'll be very careful if I ever hook into one of those ,,,,,,,thanks for posting Anthony

Cheers MR reilly just like a huge dogfish on drugs

Nice report Anto. At least he didn't puke on you They can be feckers for that as well. At least on my boat I can wash into the sump. You'd be looking at it all day in the Yak

Ill bring a small puke bag in future

Great report Anthony some nice fish there so guess it preferred your arm than the bait just the way they eyeball you before they strike....

Some craic I nearly had a brown trouser moment

Great report and photos, Really enjoyed reading it !

Thanks

Nice report Anto. At least he didn't puke on you They can be feckers for that as well. At least on my boat I can wash into the sump. You'd be looking at it all day in the Yak

First fish I caught using bait was an 8lb huss off the local beach, first thing it did was puke up a load of dead crab on me. It was just holding the bait in its mouth too. They must be very hard to set a hook in.

Yep they seem difficult to set the hook, I have asked about and they seem to hold the bait until they reach the surafce and then let go

Nice Huss,,,have seen them numerous times holding on to the bait and letting go at the surface..nice fishing.

Fully agree, This lad took a huge bait as his mouth was a big as a closed fist