Cork Harbour - 24th April 2008

[RockHunter]

People: Me

Duration: 8.30 - 10.00 pm

Tide: HW at 8.40 pm

Weather: Dry, quite strong southwesterly breeze at times

Bait: Crab

Rigs: 2/0 and 1/0 two hook flappers

Results: 2 shore rocklings




Report: I had to go for a meal yesterday evenng and did get finished until after 8 pm. I would have liked to have headed out to one of the beaches but since I would miss the rising tide I decided to give a mark in Cork Harbour a go as it was close by.

I also had some fresh peelers - thank you very much Hugh :) :) they were much appreciated.

I got set up about 8.30 pm. There were little vibrations on the rod tip but nothing hooked - probably small fish nibbling on the bait. There was also quite a bit of seaweed about, particularly when the tide started to drop.

Both rocklings were caught after dark, one on the 2/0 rig, the other on the last cast with the 1/0 rig.

I have never caught rocklings before so I was quite pleased - may not be a bass but a new species for me.

So can anybody tell me from the photos if these are Shore Rocklings?
They didn't have much in the way of beards - the first one had a prominent beard below its lower jaw.

[Ronald]

they are shore rockling alright , the beards on the nose tend to 'stick" to the fish when they are wet ,but when you run your finger across the snout the 2 beards will stick out .