Dublin bay tope

[andyfish]

Hi All

Is anyone catching tope around Dublin / Wicklow . I have tried twice , in spots where i was catching lots last year, and blanked both times anyone else finding this or is it just me

[macka1]

Hi All

Is anyone catching tope around Dublin / Wicklow . I have tried twice , in spots where i was catching lots last year, and blanked both times anyone else finding this or is it just me

Check out the site,seems like at the moment off dalkey is being very productive for the bigger stuff and UFO aliens too are being hooked from boats there.....

[macka1]

Hi All

Is anyone catching tope around Dublin / Wicklow . I have tried twice , in spots where i was catching lots last year, and blanked both times anyone else finding this or is it just me

Check out the site,seems like at the moment off dalkey is being very productive for the bigger stuff and UFO aliens too are being hooked from boats there.....

sorry should rephrase UswimmingO,s.......shame you couldnt have got the shot,can really imagine the adrenalin rush

[andyfish]

I read that , never herd of Tope being caught around Dalkey island before, maybe i am fishing in the wrong place

[alby]

Hi Andy,

Agree with ye, some of the marks where we caught tope last year have been very unproductive this year, for what ever reason. Have seen & heard of a good few blanks on the marks where several tope were taken most sessions last year.

[andyfish]

Its strange maybe its the abundance of macks this year , and there not feeding on the dead baits

[Paul B]

Your not the only one Andy....Some of my more productive marks have produced Nought this year.

Not one single tope this year...I have noticed they are doing a lot of dredging over at corballis so that will really affect the
fishing around the surrounding areas...as for the other marks I am at a loss as to why they have not produced !!

[baller]

same here not one tope this year so far.

[andyfish]

its strange is it an east coast thing ,or are they scarce in the rest of the country

[concancook]

I had a whopper tope today on the frazer bank my first this year ,they are very scarce this year.it was 38lb and fought like a demon

[jw]

its strange is it an east coast thing ,or are they scarce in the rest of the country

this tope season was one of the best in recent memory in the shannon estuary, also a mix of
females and males, unlike the usual predominance of males. who knows why?

[twinkle]

dont forget lads the macks were also very late showing .so it could be early days yet.the water clarity is been affected by the dredging out at the bailey yesterday you could see the different patches of water we anchored up between the kish and the bailey about 2 miles out and blanked. not as much as a doggie and that was with 4 rods all with tasty diffent baits.
the mackeral were also on the missing list were up to last thurs day we were getting plenty