Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

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Ronald
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Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

#1 Post by Ronald »

My first specimen Ballan Wrasse (have had them before, just not weighed on proper certifyied scales :lol: ) 4lb 12 oz , caught on a secret mark somewere not a million miles from home on crab, 3/0 hook mounted on a single hook paternoster. dont ask for exact location as refusal often offends :twisted:
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

#2 Post by Danshane »

Beautiful fish there. Congrats on the specimen.
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

#3 Post by bigsod »

Nice one Ronald 8) .Surprised you went out at all, it looks Pretty foggy on that mark :D
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#4 Post by Martin Mc Gowan »

nice wrasse mate just watch out for that big wave behind you :lol:
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#5 Post by liamemac »

bigsod wrote:Nice one Ronald 8) .Surprised you went out at all, it looks Pretty foggy on that mark :D
lol :lol:
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#6 Post by Davy Murdoch »

Nice one ya jammy FB!!! :wink: :lol: :lol:
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#7 Post by taz »

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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

#8 Post by JimC »

Lovely fish, nicely marked. Well Done!
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#9 Post by RobertMcClean »

Lovely fish Ronald, well done fishing through the heavy snow :lol: :lol:
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

#10 Post by red »

nice fish ronald, lovely colours on it. congrats.
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#11 Post by Larry 90 »

well done thats a cracker :D
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

#12 Post by corbyeire »

excellent fish
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#13 Post by Davy Murdoch »

RobertMcClean wrote: well done fishing through the heavy snow :lol: :lol:
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#14 Post by Ronald »

Thanks very much Guys, The weather was pretty bad but the fish made up for it :lol: Been the length and breadth of the country trying to get one of these for the last 8/9 years (tend to book holidays with the other half to likely spots close at hand :wink: )
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#15 Post by saving private brian »

top class ronald.ur rite keep ur marks to urself.good man well done..wat i cant understand is that theres wrasse like that all around the coastline of ireland but yet thay wana know where u got urs and go to it :mrgreen: .its all down to time and patience.
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#16 Post by fishermannum1 »

congrat's Ronald, for that is a thumper of a wrasse, bet that one put a good bend in the rod 8)
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#17 Post by round_ourway »

BRILLIANT FISH.. well done sir
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#18 Post by junior conger »

very nice fish
well done 8)
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#19 Post by birdseye »

Lovely wrasse Ronald
Well done on the Specimen 8)
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#20 Post by brianbru »

well done ronald, would you tell me??????? :wink:
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