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#1 Post by **Pat Spillane** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:21 pm

Dont you hate it when this happens

teacher · #2 Post by **teacher** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:06 pm

I hope you stuck that on a big hook and threw it back out!

#3 Post by **stevecrow74** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:15 pm

its worse when it happens during a competition..

#4 Post by **dbrock** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:38 pm

happens alot on einerielly
belive it or not 9 outa 10 times its cuttle fish

#5 Post by **Pat Spillane** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:42 pm

Interesting I never thought of that.

#6 Post by **eric** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:59 pm

cuttlefish sure look good under water though, and on a hook,mmmmmmmmm cod!

#7 Post by **chrisfeeney30** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 4:56 pm

that happened a lot to me this year, sometimes it was only half the head left!

#8 Post by **Sonaghan** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:13 pm

I was talking to a SCUBA diver down in Salthill the other day who reckoned he had seen piles of cuttlefish moving inshore at dusk down there.

#9 Post by **chrisfeeney30** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:27 pm

Sonaghan wrote:I was talking to a SCUBA diver down in Salthill the other day who reckoned he had seen piles of cuttlefish moving inshore at dusk down there.

really?! iv never seen one down there, is there anyway of catching them??

#10 Post by **Sonaghan** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:03 pm

I've never done it but I know you can trap them. The trap needs to be suspended in mid-water over night. The bait has to have a strong visual appeal, perhaps a large glow stick in a plastic bottle. I don't know if you can catch them on a rod and line, but if they're eating whiting, you'd think it should be possible. Maybe a change of hook type to a squid jig type would work?

teacher · #11 Post by **teacher** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:45 pm

chrisfeeney30 wrote:
Sonaghan wrote:I was talking to a SCUBA diver down in Salthill the other day who reckoned he had seen piles of cuttlefish moving inshore at dusk down there.

really?! iv never seen one down there, is there anyway of catching them??

Scuba divers are notoriously hard to catch. (sorry :oops:)

#12 Post by **rapalajoe** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:28 pm

They re fun to catch with lure.I mean u have to use a special lure...squid jig spinning for them....usually from the rocky area....any chance of getting them here in east coast???If not mistaken theres a season when they will congregate verry near to shore specially in rocky coast for spawning...not sure bout this here in ireland.Spinning for them is like spinning for mac...u can get plenty of them sometimes....

teacher · #13 Post by **teacher** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:33 pm

There we a lot of them washed up on East coast Wexford beaches a few years ago. Have only seen the odd one since.

Edit: should have said there were a lot of cuttlebones washed up ...