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#1 Post by fishface »

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Duration:couple of hours

Tide:?

Weather:grand

Bait:wrap

Rigs:2 hook flapper with size 6 hooks

Results:new species for me




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caught this beauty on Wicklow pier. not going to bother with what else as both ger and me were miny fishing and im sure you wont be bothered with the usual tales of all the different fish and sizes its called a top knot or rock sole and its a first for me
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#2 Post by breamers boy »

Well done on new species [emoji106][emoji3]


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#3 Post by eyesreilly »

fishface wrote:People:me

Duration:couple of hours

Tide:?

Weather:grand

Bait:wrap

Rigs:2 hook flapper with size 6 hooks

Results:new species for me




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caught this beauty on Wicklow pier. not going to bother with what else as both ger and me were miny fishing and im sure you wont be bothered with the usual tales of all the different fish and sizes its called a top knot or rock sole and its a first for me
Well done
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Re: wicklow

#4 Post by Rob Millard »

Very cool. Nice one fishface.
Species 2019: Common Skate, Pollack, Whiting, Coalfish, Cod, Cuckoo Wrasse, Bull Huss, Lsd, Porbeagle Shark, Mackerel, Grey Gurnard, Thornback Ray, Plaice, Turbot, Ballan Wrasse, Dab, Smoothound, herring, haddock, Blonde Ray, Tope, bass

Species 2018 : Porbeagle Shark, Spurdog, Lsd, Coalfish, Pollack, Ling, Mackerel, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Turbot, Dab, Thornback ray, Homelyn Ray, John Dory, Pouting, Ballan Wrasse, Smoothound, Tope, Bass, Bull Huss, Weaver, Painted Ray, Bluefin Tuna

Species 2017 : Cod, Coalfish, Whiting, Poor Cod, Pollack, Bull Huss, Ling, Pouting, Bass, Flounder, Painted Ray, Lsd, Tope, Ballan Wrasse, Mackerel, Herring, Launce, Haddock, Thornback Ray, Conger, Plaice, Turbot, Grey Gurnard, Red Gurnard, Cuckoo Ray, Tub Gurnard, Dab, Smoothound, black goby, Scad, Cuckoo Wrasse, Megrim

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#5 Post by Deleted User 3488 »

Very well done on the new species, I'd say ya were delighted.
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#6 Post by Eoghan »

I always wondered does that estuary there produce any bass? I fished those piers for years as a kid and caught lots but never a bass. I know it's a shallow river but usually any sort of fresh water trickle attracts them. Ever encounter or hear of them around the pies etc?
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#7 Post by fishface »

ah thanks everybody. have got bass off the pier but only when the mackerel are in. they hunt the fry with them. and thanks eyes for the enlargement it was about 25 cms in length
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Re: wicklow

#8 Post by bassboy »

Well done fish face :) you lucky little git :) hahah where you fishing down the sides ?
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#9 Post by Moody Marlin »

A big congrats fishface, that's two 'hens teeth fish' caught from Wicklow pier in as many days. Rob had a smelt the other day. :-)
Species 2015: Long Spined Sea Scorpion, LSD, Poor Cod, Whiting, Flounder, Corkwing Wrasse, Tompot Blenny, Thornie, Tope, Dab, Ballan Wrasse, Pollack, Pouting, Herring, Coalie, Rock Goby, Mackerel, Cuckoo Wrasse, Ling, Cod, Conger, Smoothie, Common Blenny, Goldshinny Wrasse, Grey Gurnard, Bass, Bull Huss, Tub Gurnard, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Launce, Homelyn Ray, Sandeel, Blue Shark

Species 2014: (40) Flounder PB 37cm, Shore Rockling, Short Spined Sea Scorpion, Three Bearded Rockling, Pouting, Pollack, Whiting, Five Bearded Rockling, Codling, LSD, Dab, Smooth Hound, Tope PB 55lb, Bull Huss PB 13LB, Thornback Ray, Common Blenny, Ballan Wrasse, Black Goby, Grey Gurnard, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Mackerel, Launce, Cuckoo Wrasse, Coalie, Tub Gurnard, Poor Cod, Tompot Blenny, Rock Goby, Small Mouth Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Goldshinny Wrasse, Red Gurnard, Ling, Scad, Turbot, Sandeel, Haddock, Blue Shark PB 92LB, Mullet, Weever & an Octopus

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#10 Post by knightser »

Moody Marlin wrote:A big congrats fishface, that's two 'hens teeth fish' caught from Wicklow pier in as many days. Rob had a smelt the other day. :-)
thats a f@@KED UP FLOUNDER :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :wink:
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#11 Post by Determined Dan »

Well done. Are they a common species?. I've never seen or heard of them been that often.
20107xthornback ray. {PB 14.5LB TB RAY} 1xpouting. 1xcodling.11xdogfish. 25xflounder.1xshore rock ling. 177xmac 4xturbot.1 bull huss.1sea trout. 1 MAYO BASS.2011. WHITING X9. COALIE X3. FLOUNDER X7. DOGGIE X8. THORNIEX3. CODLINGX1. SEA SCORPIONX1. 5 BEARDED ROCKLINGX4. SEATROUT X1. TURBOT X1. POLLACK X7. 3 BEARD ROCKLING .2012 SEATROUT X3. TURBOT X5. FLOUNDER X7. 3B,ROCKLINGX1.DOG .
. 2013.shore species ..... Flounder, dog conger pollack sea trout plaice. Gobyx3 wrasse cork wing wrasse Huss scorpion fish sp. coalie .
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Re: wicklow

#12 Post by paul skelly »

Lovely ya don't see many of them bad boys well done ;)
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Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
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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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Re: wicklow

#13 Post by fishface »

yes bassboy and wraps did the job
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#14 Post by JOHN1 »

nice one neil well done 8)
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