first trip 2011

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steyrman
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first trip 2011

#1 Post by steyrman »

off da hook &predator 11

Crew:me tony & tony tait dusty

Duration:8.30till 4.30

Tide:low right up

Weather:overcast cool

Bait:squid ,mac,razor

Rigs:everything

Results:ling .cod,whiting, haddock,poorcod,grey gurnard
well we planned a day wreck fishing ats hort notice wx conditions we looking good set of from home at 5.15 am arrived lower aghada for 7.30 new road great .tony tait arrived around 8.15 we had all our gear loaded ready to launch we steamed out of the harbour 28 knots but met a snotty sea slowed back to 16 knots and made our way to the first wreck tony had lined up.We set the drift picked up few small ling to 4 lb we moved again wreck 2 drift set tony hooked into a better fish of 8 lb i had 2 under 5 lb few more drifts we moved again. third wreck we changed tactics tony was into a better fish i was ready with the gaff good ling came on board we moved back over again tony had weighed the ling just under 11 lbs nice fish ipicked up a few smaller ones
we moved to the last wreck conditions had got better first drop i got a decent bang steady reeling produced a fine cod 10 lb 4 tony had another ling to 6 lb we picked up 20 fish on the wrecks we then moved inside were we had a good few decent whiting and haddock along with pouting and poorcod moved around abit picked up a small grey gurnard it was a nice start to the season plenty of fresh fillets for the freezer
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#2 Post by JOHN1 »

thats a great start to the year lads well done 8)
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#3 Post by Stephen8wood »

That's some start to the year.
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#4 Post by mickeyfish »

Well done lads. I hope the rest of the year will be as fruitfull

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#5 Post by Tony Fella »

Nice to start the year with a wrecking trip..My freezer has some nice fillets in it :mrgreen:



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Species 2011..(17)..Haddock..Ling..Cod..Whiting..Dab..Flounder..Coalie..Pollock..Pouting..Poorcod..cuckoo wrasse...Pouting...Launce..Plaice..Smooth Hound.. Turbot..Ballan Wrasse..
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Re: first trip 2011

#6 Post by The Austrian »

happy days lads, excellent :D not a bit jealous :mrgreen: :wink:
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#7 Post by twinkle »

excellent start to the season willey well done :mrgreen: thats a beaut of a cod :mrgreen:
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#8 Post by PaddyB »

Nice start to the year lads 8)
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Great Fishing Lads, well done.

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#10 Post by cathalger »

Stunning cod, great photo.
2013 Sea Species:- Bass, Flounder, 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Whiting, red gurnard, grey gurnard, Pollack, coley, mackerel, sea trout, cant remember cos I didn't update at the time.....
2012 Sea species:- Pollack, Coley, Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Sea Trout, Haddock, Plaice, Dab, Flounder, Red Gurnard, Grey Gurnard, Pouting, Whiting, Corkwing Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Brown Trout caught on beach.
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#11 Post by daminim »

That cod is particularly nice, fab colours! Well done and happy new year! Conor


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Re: first trip 2011

#12 Post by liam78 »

what big fish there nice one shame you could catch them from the shore :(
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#13 Post by grady »

good start and nice fishing lads well done
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#14 Post by Al and Jordan »

great start to the year lads 8) 8) some really fine fish there :P
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Re: first trip 2011

#15 Post by pajo »

Great start to the year gents. Nice fish - well done!

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