Your best catch of 2012

[lucky13]

these two were definatly my favourite catches of 2012..a fine fight from em too...both in and around the 6lbs mark,one a personal best happy days

[johnwest]

This little fellow was probably my favourite of the year despite 4 PB's in bigger species. The small mouth wrasse was a new species for me, one of 2 new species which came from a new mark for 2012 and which produced a pb ballan the following week. This must be one of the most handsome fish I've ever caught.

[Tanglerat]

Beautiful fish, looks like it lives on a tropical reef!

[SirSquiglum]

Its got 2 be the fish that has kept a smile on my face all year long, my double double smoothy

[Mahoney]

Fine ''specimen'' flouder cought for LRF rod with Power Isome sp

[corbyeire]

too little fishing
plenty of blanks and tiddlers
by far and away the only fish worth talking about that i caught this year
a smoothie round 3.5lb - says it all really
at least i got him - keep me interested for another while

[cathalger]

Got very little sea-fishing this year, but this guy was definitely my best catch, fly fishing a new estuary mark i spotted a lovely little rocky outcrop that looked like a perfect spot for a sea-trout to lie in ambush, got him on about the 3 rd cast, fought like an absolute demon - so much better than hauling them in on a beach caster. He weighed just over 3 lb, and was my first sea-trout of the year.

Davy whats your fly? Have you any pics of it? Thats a lovely fish on fly tackle, I'd say you had a good scrap with that one.

[jaywex]

My Favourite fish of 2012

My first ever Topknot and on a power isome, LRF style.......

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[corbyeire]

Quality catch and Lure!!!

[dave316]

My goal last year was to land a 3lb Sea Trout from somewhere as close to home as possible. I was over the moon to catch this one at 4lb on light tackle from Islandmagee with the wife and kids beside me.

[Sweetwrasse]

My Favourite fish of 2012

My first ever Topknot and on a power isome, LRF style....

That's class! Something really different. What time of year did you catch it?

[cathalger]

My goal last year was to land a 3lb Sea Trout from somewhere as close to home as possible. I was over the moon to catch this one at 4lb on light tackle from Islandmagee with the wife and kids beside me.

A whopper Dave. Yeah my goal every year is to catch a 3lb sea trout. Had a few at 2.5 but the 3lber eludes me.

That is a very well made sea trout, would you say its maybe an Inver fish? I hear it runs bigger than average fish.

What did it take?

[dave316]

Thanks Cathal, yes it's very likely to be an Inver fish as it was taken from Brown's Bay and I got it on a frozen Sandeel. It really gave a great account of itself with a full-on acrobatic display, leaping clean out of the water about 5 times during the fight in front of everyone on the beach. A couple of other guys fishing on up the beach brought their scales over and weighed it for me, 4lb exactly.

[saving private brian]

i suppose this was my best of last year,,,after i had them on the beach after about being there only 10-15 minutes,,, two rods going at once,,,double of a 3lb and 4lb on one two hook flapper,,,other had 2lb,,,also two flounders,,one 50cm and the other 47cm

[razor2]

i suppose this was my best of last year,,,after i had them on the beach after about being there only 10-15 minutes,,, two rods going at once,,,double of a 3lb and 4lb on one two hook flapper,,,other had 2lb,,,also two flounders,,one 50cm and the other 47cm

Big flounder you have there Brian fine fish

[cathalger]

i suppose this was my best of last year,,,after i had them on the beach after about being there only 10-15 minutes,,, two rods going at once,,,double of a 3lb and 4lb on one two hook flapper,,,other had 2lb,,,also two flounders,,one 50cm and the other 47cm

Ive never even seen flounder that size Brian, any one of them would be a pb by a long way. Lovely clean lookin sea trout below, fine fish.

[jaywex]

My Favourite fish of 2012

My first ever Topknot and on a power isome, LRF style....

That's class! Something really different. What time of year did you catch it?

Thanks very much came as a total surprise , I was fishing a rock pool and it just glided down and sucked in the lure
To answer your question I caught it in march

[jaywex]

This little fellow was probably my favourite of the year despite 4 PB's in bigger species. The small mouth wrasse was a new species for me, one of 2 new species which came from a new mark for 2012 and which produced a pb ballan the following week. This must be one of the most handsome fish I've ever caught.

Awesome Rock Cook wrasse ...never had one of those there one my list for 2013

[chuckaroo]

some crackers all round there lads. some stunning fish. keep 'em comin, big or small!

[Rob Millard]

Not the biggest Tope I caught that day, but definitely the most satisfying, and as such probably my best catch of 2012 and all because I caught it on a Savage Gear Bushwhacker spinning rod and 10lb braid.