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#101 Post by **JimC** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:37 am

Lesser known fact, best bait for ling is a half blown up jonnie..... :)

I'll get my coat now :lol:

#102 Post by **BigPhil** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:39 am

swim bladder is very prone to poppin out on ling when taken from depth...

#103 Post by **Ronald** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:43 am

is that not their stomach ?i always thought the swim bladder expanding forced the stomach out .

#104 Post by **corbyeire** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:08 am

now this is going off topic

ill wisper it

but are they fecked once this happens to them - just out of interest and not wanting to start off a conservation rant :roll:

you can tell i havent done boat fishing much - hear about the pollack coming up off wrecks doing this alright - changing pressures etc.

by the way great pic of the scorpion - and crackin ling :)

#105 Post by **stevecrow74** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:20 am

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first one for February..

5 bearded rockling caught on a one up one down on squid tipped with mackerel at salthill...

i'll have them points now please :lol: :lol:

#106 Post by jd » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:19 am

corbyeire wrote:now this is going off topic

ill wisper it

but are they fecked once this happens to them -

by the way great pic of the scorpion - and crackin ling :)

Unfortunately so. I guess an even slower retrieve, and then a rest along the way may help. I have reduced the number of blown wrasse from the boat doing this.
jd

#107 Post by jd » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:27 am

5 bearded rockling gone

#108 Post by **Donagh** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:51 pm

Thorn back ray Caught at distance to mackerel pulley.

#109 Post by **Paramedic030** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:54 am

Lacken in Mayo on a lousy cold night...

#110 Post by **Paramedic030** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:11 am

... this ugly nasty bait taker? They are all over the place! I actually cought the two together, but I think we're full of coalies already?

I'd like to enter a new species:

Nasty brown crab

#111 Post by **petekd** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:32 am

Thats a Coalie you have there Paramedic, not a pollack. As for the crab....you can get cream for that :wink:

#112 Post by **Paramedic030** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:46 am

Who said it was a Pollack??

#113 Post by jd » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:48 am

Paramedic030 wrote:Who said it was a Pollack??

I think pete was looking at your sig- no coalie mentioned!
I

#114 Post by **petekd** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:31 am

Who said it was a Pollack??

In your shore report.....

#115 Post by **Paramedic030** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:24 pm

I see!

Yeah, right! Different night that's why ;)

Thanks and very observant! A+

#116 Post by **barry murphy** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:48 pm

do star fish count?

#117 Post by jd » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:12 am

barry murphy wrote:do star fish count?

no..:)

#118 Post by **barry murphy** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:12 pm

haha :lol: :lol: .worth a try

#119 Post by **Ronald** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:08 am

Heres a spurdog for the list ,its one of 6 I caught today fishing ballycastle the best one was 14lb (on my skate gear 10/0 pennel rig ,whole mackerel ,greedy bugger )

#120 Post by **Paramedic030** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:45 am

Nice one, Ronald! Well done!

Which Ballycastle have you been to? Seems like it was worth a trip!

P.

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