People: Myself and Ken
Duration:6pm - midnight
Place: Wexford
Tide: rising, then falling
Weather: good
Bait: lug, mack, squid, mussell
Rigs: pulleys and 3 hook flappers.
Results:ken: flounder, shore rockling
Me: shore rockling, codling,coalfish...
The Report:
Ken had asked if I wanted to venture down to wexford, so after rustlin up some bait, headed off down, aiming for ballinoulart.... got there and the surf looked great!!! Looks can be deceivin though...
grass and debris just constantly kept wrappin around our lines, draggin em down the beach... we were bringin in more bait than we were puttin out with lumps of broken razor and mini mussels covering our rigs, at one stage I even reeled in to find a huge black lug wrapped around my swivel, not one of my worms....Ken managed to find a flounder attached to his rig, so no blank for him.... I rang saltydog for advice on the beaches but he said if one was weedy, most of em would be , so I decided for the lesser option, Cahore, as thought the headland would block alot of the debris washin about..
got there, ken quickly got a shore rockling, myself still blanking, then I started to get fish, well, baby fish, what I thought were whiting but now think were light coloured coalfish, shore rocking and a tiny, somewhat ugly codling...in the end had 4 coalfish, 2 rockling and a codling...
A long way to go for such a small yield, but it's always nice to get out....
tight lines folks...
hopefully my next report shall be sporting Cod like the Ennerielly beast up here , well done man..
daire
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2016: dogfish, pollack,
2015: whiting, coalfish, turbot, pollack, ballan wrasse, conger, thornback, short spined sea scorpion , common blenny ,
2014 : dogfish, garfish, launce, common blenny, cuckoo wrasse, flounder, pollack, thornback ray,
2013 species:(15) Whiting, Dogfish, Three Bearded Rockling, bull huss, poor cod,turbot, flounder,pollack, spotted ray, thornback ray, launce, corkwing wrasse, long spined sea scorpion, common blenny,mackerel,
2012 species: Thornback, bull huss, Dogfish, pollack, Mackerel, bass, flounder, turbot, conger,
Species 09:(23) Conger, Whiting, Bass, flounder, Dogfish, dab, corkwing wrasse, pollack, bull huss(8lb 10oz~PB) , thornback ray(8lb~PB), dragonet, ballan wrasse, Blenny, Mackeral,long spined sea scorpion,pouting, coalfish, launce, codling, poor cod, starry smoothhound, 5 bearded rockling, shore rockling..
2015: whiting, coalfish, turbot, pollack, ballan wrasse, conger, thornback, short spined sea scorpion , common blenny ,
2014 : dogfish, garfish, launce, common blenny, cuckoo wrasse, flounder, pollack, thornback ray,
2013 species:(15) Whiting, Dogfish, Three Bearded Rockling, bull huss, poor cod,turbot, flounder,pollack, spotted ray, thornback ray, launce, corkwing wrasse, long spined sea scorpion, common blenny,mackerel,
2012 species: Thornback, bull huss, Dogfish, pollack, Mackerel, bass, flounder, turbot, conger,
Species 09:(23) Conger, Whiting, Bass, flounder, Dogfish, dab, corkwing wrasse, pollack, bull huss(8lb 10oz~PB) , thornback ray(8lb~PB), dragonet, ballan wrasse, Blenny, Mackeral,long spined sea scorpion,pouting, coalfish, launce, codling, poor cod, starry smoothhound, 5 bearded rockling, shore rockling..
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Re: wexford marks 16-01-10
Hi Daire,
Nothing worse that weed
at least ya didn't blank thats the main thing!
Your right about the coalfish by the way going by your last pic, they can easily be confused at that size
Nothing worse that weed
at least ya didn't blank thats the main thing!Your right about the coalfish by the way going by your last pic, they can easily be confused at that size
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Re: wexford marks 16-01-10
Shame about the weed but at least you didn't blank.
I think that might be a 5 bearded rockling and not a shore rockling.
I think that might be a 5 bearded rockling and not a shore rockling.
Cod season Winter 2013/14: 117 cod (best fish: 6.5 lbs)
Cod season Winter 2014/15: 193 cod (best fish: 4.25 lbs)
Bass Totals:
2007: 1
2008: 37
2009: 120
2010: 44
2011: 151
2012: 79
2013: 20
2014: 19
2015: 11
2016: 3
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Cod season Winter 2014/15: 193 cod (best fish: 4.25 lbs)
Bass Totals:
2007: 1
2008: 37
2009: 120
2010: 44
2011: 151
2012: 79
2013: 20
2014: 19
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Re: wexford marks 16-01-10
nice one daire,sure beats a blank! the weed this weekend was a b***H all right, but at least ye were getting bait 
all we were getting was plastic and rope!!
all we were getting was plastic and rope!!species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard
species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
species 2010,(27)
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species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
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Re: wexford marks 16-01-10
cheers lads, yeah,he had 5 beards but I thought so did shore rocklings, those little fellas should all come with name badges attached..
At one stage the surf I was standin in Rolled back to sea, to leave a huge chunk of hull, bout 4ft square at my feet, then the next wave took it away!! Also, alot of the weed was in fact grass, so I presume it was dunes and stream flotsam...
At one stage the surf I was standin in Rolled back to sea, to leave a huge chunk of hull, bout 4ft square at my feet, then the next wave took it away!! Also, alot of the weed was in fact grass, so I presume it was dunes and stream flotsam...
2016: dogfish, pollack,
2015: whiting, coalfish, turbot, pollack, ballan wrasse, conger, thornback, short spined sea scorpion , common blenny ,
2014 : dogfish, garfish, launce, common blenny, cuckoo wrasse, flounder, pollack, thornback ray,
2013 species:(15) Whiting, Dogfish, Three Bearded Rockling, bull huss, poor cod,turbot, flounder,pollack, spotted ray, thornback ray, launce, corkwing wrasse, long spined sea scorpion, common blenny,mackerel,
2012 species: Thornback, bull huss, Dogfish, pollack, Mackerel, bass, flounder, turbot, conger,
Species 09:(23) Conger, Whiting, Bass, flounder, Dogfish, dab, corkwing wrasse, pollack, bull huss(8lb 10oz~PB) , thornback ray(8lb~PB), dragonet, ballan wrasse, Blenny, Mackeral,long spined sea scorpion,pouting, coalfish, launce, codling, poor cod, starry smoothhound, 5 bearded rockling, shore rockling..
2015: whiting, coalfish, turbot, pollack, ballan wrasse, conger, thornback, short spined sea scorpion , common blenny ,
2014 : dogfish, garfish, launce, common blenny, cuckoo wrasse, flounder, pollack, thornback ray,
2013 species:(15) Whiting, Dogfish, Three Bearded Rockling, bull huss, poor cod,turbot, flounder,pollack, spotted ray, thornback ray, launce, corkwing wrasse, long spined sea scorpion, common blenny,mackerel,
2012 species: Thornback, bull huss, Dogfish, pollack, Mackerel, bass, flounder, turbot, conger,
Species 09:(23) Conger, Whiting, Bass, flounder, Dogfish, dab, corkwing wrasse, pollack, bull huss(8lb 10oz~PB) , thornback ray(8lb~PB), dragonet, ballan wrasse, Blenny, Mackeral,long spined sea scorpion,pouting, coalfish, launce, codling, poor cod, starry smoothhound, 5 bearded rockling, shore rockling..
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Re: wexford marks 16-01-10
As far as I know Shore Rocklings have three beards.
The chevron pattern along the flanks of the fish is typical of the 5 bearded.
Shore rocklings are usually dark brown/reddish brown and dont display that pattern.
Hope that helps.
The chevron pattern along the flanks of the fish is typical of the 5 bearded.
Shore rocklings are usually dark brown/reddish brown and dont display that pattern.
Hope that helps.
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Cod season Winter 2014/15: 193 cod (best fish: 4.25 lbs)
Bass Totals:
2007: 1
2008: 37
2009: 120
2010: 44
2011: 151
2012: 79
2013: 20
2014: 19
2015: 11
2016: 3
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Cod season Winter 2014/15: 193 cod (best fish: 4.25 lbs)
Bass Totals:
2007: 1
2008: 37
2009: 120
2010: 44
2011: 151
2012: 79
2013: 20
2014: 19
2015: 11
2016: 3
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Re: wexford marks 16-01-10
enerielly is a bit closer alright ,i wonder was it a bit cleaner,
you never mentioned the big rope i caught that fought hard for 5 minutes.
you never mentioned the big rope i caught that fought hard for 5 minutes.