Sligo wrasse

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zeke
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Sligo wrasse

#1 Post by zeke »

Beatiful weather produced beatiful fish, landed 4 wrasse and heaviest is 3.7 lbs. All fish caught on weedless lure set up. All wrasse was released to fight another day.
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Re: Sligo wrasse

#2 Post by chuckaroo »

nice wrasse zeke 8)
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#3 Post by zeke »

chuckaroo wrote:nice wrasse zeke 8)
Thanks mate!

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chuckaroo wrote:nice wrasse zeke 8)
Thanks mate!

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#5 Post by zeke »

chuckaroo wrote:nice wrasse zeke 8)
Thanks mate!

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Re: Sligo wrasse

#6 Post by johnwest »

Some lovely fish there Zeke, but I'm not sure about the shorts and wellies look!
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Re: Sligo wrasse

#7 Post by kieran »

welcome back John, there's a thread of well fishers ere for you :mrgreen:
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Re: Sligo wrasse

#8 Post by nicefish »

Some nice Wrasse there. What type of weed less lure were you using?
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#9 Post by chuckaroo »

yip. would also be interested in your 'weedless lure setup'. particularly the size and type of lure.. any pics of the lure?
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Re: Sligo wrasse

#10 Post by zeke »

johnwest wrote:Some lovely fish there Zeke, but I'm not sure about the shorts and wellies look!
Thanks John! Ignore the outfit please just concentrate on fishing hehehe. Hope your getting well soon.


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Re: Sligo wrasse

#11 Post by zeke »

chuckaroo wrote:yip. would also be interested in your 'weedless lure setup'. particularly the size and type of lure.. any pics of the lure?
A simple Texas rig
Lures are soft plastic
Sizes raging frm 80mm to 160mm
Hook size frm 1/0 to 6/0
Line: flourocarbon 9.8kg to 27.1kg

Hope this help!ImageImage

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Re: Sligo wrasse

#12 Post by zeke »

nicefish wrote:Some nice Wrasse there. What type of weed less lure were you using?
Here's some wrasse fishing action
https://youtu.be/7GlF3LH-7wI


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Re: Sligo wrasse

#13 Post by chuckaroo »

Cheers zeke, lovely video. I'm quite surprised at the size of the lures and hooks to be honest, as wrasse don't have big mouths. Goes to show though..
Those are some fine wrasse. Nice fishing sir 8)
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Re: Sligo wrasse

#14 Post by Tackleholic »

Great video and your picture is very helpful. I look forward to giving this a go! :-)
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