
Your best catch of 2012
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
being meaning to tackle tope for a long time and when they roam down this way into shallower waters im always away
so all i can say congrats on a nice fish

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Re: Your best catch of 2012
Thanks, they're one of my favourite fish. We get tons of them on my patch in May & June. We get them in 30 - 50ft of water and they go like stink. Great craic.
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
For me it has to be my first bass (53 cm) caught in South Wexford in early September.
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
Love this trend.... 
2012 was properly the best year i have ever had due to the sea and the river...
May 2013 be just as good...

2012 was properly the best year i have ever had due to the sea and the river...
May 2013 be just as good...
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2013 : Bass, Flounder, rockling, rainbow, sea trout, sliver eel, flounder, plaice, brown trout, pike, conger, salmon, sea trout, mackerel, pollack, undulate"first".
2012 : Salmon, Sea Trout, Thornback, Ling, Pollack, Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Dog fish, Sole "From derrymore!", Pike, Roach, Dab, Turbot, Brown Trout.
2013 : Bass, Flounder, rockling, rainbow, sea trout, sliver eel, flounder, plaice, brown trout, pike, conger, salmon, sea trout, mackerel, pollack, undulate"first".
2012 : Salmon, Sea Trout, Thornback, Ling, Pollack, Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Dog fish, Sole "From derrymore!", Pike, Roach, Dab, Turbot, Brown Trout.
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
some brilliant fishing there dan!
crackers of fish there
great pics. great year
(dont think that that is a wee turbo tho..?
- is it a sole?
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crackers of fish there
great pics. great year
(dont think that that is a wee turbo tho..?


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Re: Your best catch of 2012
if its a sole - nearly as impressive!
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
@danbrosnan, nice fish. I'd hate to see a situation whereby people felt unwilling to take a nice fish now and again for fear of being villed, but that's for another thread
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
+1 doesn't look like a turbo or flounder or dab , think it is a solechuckaroo wrote:some brilliant fishing there dan!![]()
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crackers of fish there
great pics. great year
(dont think that that is a wee turbo tho..?- is it a sole?
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Species from the shore 2012:34,
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Species from the shore 2014:36
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Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
Wish list: ray
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Re: Your best catch of 2012

I thought at first glance it was just a blob of wet sand.....
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
To be honest we had the two fish on the same trace we just took the picture and put them back, I never gave it much taught but just automatically taught it was a small turbo...
And yes I do keep a few fish for the table, fish is my favourite meal... But I do think people are gone mental about catch and realise, in my opinion its just people reading too many magazines...
But I am all for conservationists because the poaching going on is pure criminal.
If an angler can't cook some of his own catch we might as well sell all our gear...
Anyway 2013 hasn't been a great year so far regarding fishing, so hopefully it gets better
And yes I do keep a few fish for the table, fish is my favourite meal... But I do think people are gone mental about catch and realise, in my opinion its just people reading too many magazines...
But I am all for conservationists because the poaching going on is pure criminal.
If an angler can't cook some of his own catch we might as well sell all our gear...
Anyway 2013 hasn't been a great year so far regarding fishing, so hopefully it gets better
I'd rather be fishing..
2013 : Bass, Flounder, rockling, rainbow, sea trout, sliver eel, flounder, plaice, brown trout, pike, conger, salmon, sea trout, mackerel, pollack, undulate"first".
2012 : Salmon, Sea Trout, Thornback, Ling, Pollack, Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Dog fish, Sole "From derrymore!", Pike, Roach, Dab, Turbot, Brown Trout.
2013 : Bass, Flounder, rockling, rainbow, sea trout, sliver eel, flounder, plaice, brown trout, pike, conger, salmon, sea trout, mackerel, pollack, undulate"first".
2012 : Salmon, Sea Trout, Thornback, Ling, Pollack, Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Dog fish, Sole "From derrymore!", Pike, Roach, Dab, Turbot, Brown Trout.
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
I got this Blue down in Dunmore east last September while out with Angus Ritchie on board the St. Micheal est. around 100 lbs
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
what a fish...ASamblin wrote:I got this Blue down in Dunmore east last September while out with Angus Ritchie on board the St. Micheal est. around 100 lbs
I'd rather be fishing..
2013 : Bass, Flounder, rockling, rainbow, sea trout, sliver eel, flounder, plaice, brown trout, pike, conger, salmon, sea trout, mackerel, pollack, undulate"first".
2012 : Salmon, Sea Trout, Thornback, Ling, Pollack, Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Dog fish, Sole "From derrymore!", Pike, Roach, Dab, Turbot, Brown Trout.
2013 : Bass, Flounder, rockling, rainbow, sea trout, sliver eel, flounder, plaice, brown trout, pike, conger, salmon, sea trout, mackerel, pollack, undulate"first".
2012 : Salmon, Sea Trout, Thornback, Ling, Pollack, Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Dog fish, Sole "From derrymore!", Pike, Roach, Dab, Turbot, Brown Trout.
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
Forgot this trout caught on a tackle house node while plugging for bass 

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Re: Your best catch of 2012
Sorry for late post but its been a while since i've been on the forum as photograpy has taken over since I went all out on a decent camera. However this Is my session of 2012 with a bass of 10lb 02oz the result and many other biggies. My definate highlight of 2012....
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Cod, Whiting, flounder, coalfish, bass, pollack, sea trout, poor cod, pouting, dogfish, sea scorpion, 3 bearded rockling, blonde ray, painted ray, turbot.
Cod, Whiting, flounder, coalfish, bass, pollack, sea trout, poor cod, pouting, dogfish, sea scorpion, 3 bearded rockling, blonde ray, painted ray, turbot.
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
only getting around to this now. we tried to get out as much as we could this year, but with everything going on at home we were seriously limited in our travels as opposed to previous years. but we still managed to get out and even made it over to norway for a week. here are some of our best catches




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Re: Your best catch of 2012
some more
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
last few
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
last 2, i'll get the norway pics up over the weekend 

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Re: Your best catch of 2012
here are some of the pics from norway in july 2012
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Re: Your best catch of 2012
last few
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