3 nights, south wexford
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Re: 3 nights, south wexford
Nice few days fishing, great catch with the smelt
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Re: 3 nights, south wexford
smelt, its a good pike bait, I use it regularly for pike
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WISHLIST(2013):
BASS ,MULLET, TURBOT, CONGER, RAY, BULL HUSS, SMOOTH HOUND
SPIECIES LIST(2013):: SEA TROUT, (1st) BASS, SPECIMEN PLAICE (3lb), DAB, LSD, FLOUNDER, SHORE ROCKLING, COALLIE, POLLOCK, STARFISH, PAINTED RAY, BULL HUSS, THORNBACK RAY, 1st LURE CAUGHT BASS. 3 BEARDED ROCKLING.
LOVE FISHING/ HATE IT WHEN IM NOT!!!!
WISHLIST(2013):
BASS ,MULLET, TURBOT, CONGER, RAY, BULL HUSS, SMOOTH HOUND
SPIECIES LIST(2013):: SEA TROUT, (1st) BASS, SPECIMEN PLAICE (3lb), DAB, LSD, FLOUNDER, SHORE ROCKLING, COALLIE, POLLOCK, STARFISH, PAINTED RAY, BULL HUSS, THORNBACK RAY, 1st LURE CAUGHT BASS. 3 BEARDED ROCKLING.
LOVE FISHING/ HATE IT WHEN IM NOT!!!!
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Re: 3 nights, south wexford
Your pic of the smelt has helped me identify the fish I took from the gut of a codling I caught back in November, the fish was about 6" in length very skinny with a forked tail.
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Re: 3 nights, south wexford
A friend of mine caught one of these two weeks ago glad to be able to put a name to the little buggerDave78 wrote:Your pic of the smelt has helped me identify the fish I took from the gut of a codling I caught back in November, the fish was about 6" in length very skinny with a forked tail.

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Re: 3 nights, south wexford
What colour is their flesh if its white it was a smelt alright, I thought it was a herring at the time and I started to use them as bait on one of the hooks , I might bait up a hook with smelt next time to see what happens
, its usually prawns, shrimp and crab id find in their guts when cleaning them out, i wouldn't at all catching one to add to the species list

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Re: 3 nights, south wexford
Thats not the first smelt to come out of that estuary .... every time i fish there i get at least one of them .... nice few species and nice report well done