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#41 Post by **Ronald** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:26 am

davy had best conger at about 8lb very quite tonight compared to the last few weeks were most of the fish were in double figures.

#42 Post by **pete** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:29 am

Thats a lump of a rockling! Any sign of the 4 pounder Ronald :lol: ?

#43 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:30 am

ronald is the luckiest fecker ever and i`ve decided to fish by myself next year,that way i wont be shown up :cry:

#44 Post by **Ronald** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:54 am

Its a matter of time before one of us will get the 3lb plus rockling and it'll prob be davy cos i've used all my luck up this year :lol:
Goes to show though ,if you put the hours in you get the results ,you just dont know whats on your doorstep !

#45 Post by **Lee337** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:18 pm

Cracking fish Ronald, will definately have to get down soon.

Lee

Livid · #46 Post by **Livid** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:40 pm

Thats a stonking fish Ronald, annoyed now as i was going to head down and see if you were about but decided against it in the end incase nobody was. :cry:

#47 Post by **rab01** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:21 pm

great fish ron!! i've only caught rockling the size of my finger before. :D

#48 Post by **JimC** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:35 pm

It's the old story Ron, the harder you try the luckier you get! :D

Great specimen! Have you filled forms etc. this year?

#49 Post by **merv147** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:45 pm

that's an absolute cracker Ron the rockling that i catch are not even big enuf to make a fish finger :oops:

#50 Post by **Ronald** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:55 pm

Yeah jim ,forms filled in and photos away ,I was on the phone to cfb this morn to check the cut of date for applications and they said the other 4 have been verifyed ok ,I've had more specimens this year than all my other claimed ones put together, so thats me buggered for another 20 years :lol:

Livid · #51 Post by **Livid** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:05 pm

Ronald wrote:Yeah jim ,forms filled in and photos away ,I was on the phone to cfb this morn to check the cut of date for applications and they said the other 4 have been verifyed ok ,I've had more specimens this year than all my other claimed ones put together, so thats me buggered for another 20 years :lol:

Hope i get your luck well. :D

topbox1 · #52 Post by **topbox1** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:38 pm

well done ron, what a buete. i think julie,lee and me will have to give the peir a go soon,along with the rest of the country, :lol: . i guess bangor is going to become the hot spot of the year 8)

Livid · #53 Post by **Livid** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:44 pm

Nah, specialists only! otherwise it's like anywhere else! :P

#54 Post by **the-ghost** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:11 am

quality in that ronald, beats the usual fish fingers!

#55 Post by **Jonny** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:36 am

Well done Ronald.One cracking fish. 8) :shock: :lol:

glengormley-gavin · Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:54 pm

Change of username please - Ronald 'The Specimen Hunter' Surgenor.

Well done pal - that is a beast of a rockling!!!

JUDE

#57 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:49 pm

i agree Jude he should change his username,i`ve got one or two ideas but they are to rude to post here :lol:

cracking fish but it`ll not be long before a 3 or 4lb`er turns up like the one i lost last year :cry: .Bangor is def the big rockling hotspot

#58 Post by **BigPhil** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:31 pm

you should try tagging them, if they do hang around the same areas, it would be interesting to see how quick they grow... use a marker pin and a small bore 8mm bead and a drop of loctite! different coloured pins and beads in different fish....it might rust out tho, thats the only thing i guess...

#59 Post by **Adam S** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:31 am

or you could compare spot patterns, thats what i do with trout and pike to identify repeat captures. the patterns are pretty unique in these fish at least.

rockling, maybe?

a nice fish ron, good stuff. i have had speci sized ones of half mackerel and size 6/o hooks, greedy as hell

#60 Post by **Ronald** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:19 am

People[/b]:myself and davy

Duration:3.5hrs

Tide:lw up

Weather:calm

Bait:fresh mackerel

Rigs:single hook paternoster and conger rigs

Results:2 congers to 18lb 10oz ,shore rockling and poor cod .

Catch and Release:: Yes/No

Report:Headed back down the pier tonight for a few hours ,the first couple of hours were pretty quite for me with nothing but crabs attacking the baits ,davy managed the first conger on the mini rod then a few small shore rockling ,i was just commenting on the amont of crabs when the conger rod started to get a bit of interest ,after a good run i struck into a decent fish ,after a lot of pulling and hauling the fish broke the surface ,after a bit of a struggle we got the hold of the trace to lift it out for weighing 18lb 10oz ,the best one for a few weeks now .
There seems to be loads of small conger around at the moment ,even getting them attacking the rubby dubby .

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