north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

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north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

#1 Post by gfkelly1969 »

People:myself

Duration:16:00 to 19:30

Tide:low 16:36 1.9m

Weather:dry cold and windy

Bait:sandeel,mackerel,squid,razor

Rigs:2 hook flapper

Results:1 flounder,1 coalfish,1 dogfish




Report:headed to a beach first to try and get a flat fish after a hour landed a flounder
flounder.JPG
first flounder of the year :D
then i moved to a nearby deep water mark to try for a ray,fishing was quite there as well but managed to get a dog
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and coalfish
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another new species for the year :D
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1 dogfish,2 whiting,3 flounder,4 two spot goby,5 mackerel,6 pollack,7 common blenny,8 European eel,9 butterfish,10 Deep-snouted pipefish,11 rock goby,12 poor cod,13 corkwing wrasse,14 coalfish,15 turbot,16 tompot blenny,17 dab,18 dragonet,19 shorerockling,20 thornback ray,21 three bearded rockling,22 sandeel,23 grey gurnard,24 sea scorpion,25 scad,26 plaice,27 ballen wrasse,28 bullhuss,29 conger eel,30 blue shark,31 blonde ray,32 cod,33 pouting,34 topknot,35 Fifteen-spine Stickleback,36 mullet,37 Sand Goby,38 Montagu's Blenny,39 Three-spined Stickleback,40 goldshinny wrasse,41 painted goby,42 five bearded rockling,43 Sand-Smelt,44 Small-headed Clingfish ,45 sole

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Re: north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

#2 Post by fishy1987 »

thats a handsome looking flounder :)
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Re: north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

#3 Post by chuckaroo »

is that a pollack?

edit: actually, on closer examination you are probably right. oops
- hard to see the colour of the lateral line in the photo
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Re: north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

#4 Post by saving private brian »

the flounder looks alrite gerry.its da smae all over every where is fishing crap :mrgreen:
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Re: north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

#5 Post by tight lines »

well done ger your clocken up the species nicely this year keep it up
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Re: north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

#6 Post by zud25 »

Nice few fish there 8) Well done :D
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Re: north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

#7 Post by FisherKing »

well done on the new species gerry 8)
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Re: north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

#8 Post by polaris »

nice going gerry,,,,,another one for the list,,,
2010 species----flounder,dab,whiting,doggies,coalfish,pollock,siver eel,sea trout,bass,ballen wrasse, thornback ray,mackerel,pouting,red gurnard,grey gurnard,conger eel,launce,mullet,ling,cod,tub gurnard,octopus,bull huss,3 bearded rockling,poor cod
2011 species----turbot,seatrout,flounder,whiting,coalfish,L s doggies,3 beard r
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Re: north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

#9 Post by Al and Jordan »

good going gerry 8) love the card for the species hunt with the huss dog indicator :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

#10 Post by Sweetwrasse »

Well done Gerry. Looks like a nice fat flounder there. Good luck with the species hunt :D
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Re: north connemara co galway 25th feb 2011

#11 Post by gfkelly1969 »

fishy1987 wrote:thats a handsome looking flounder :)
thanks fishy
chuckaroo wrote:is that a pollack?

edit: actually, on closer examination you are probably right. oops
- hard to see the colour of the lateral line in the photo
he confused me a bit as well,it looked a bit like a pollack when i looked at the bottom lip but the lateral line was straight,i had to look it up in a book to confirm what it was
saving private brian wrote:the flounder looks alrite gerry.its da smae all over every where is fishing crap :mrgreen:
that's true fishing is quite everywhere but it wont be long until it starts picking up again :D
tight lines wrote:well done ger your clocken up the species nicely this year keep it up
thanks Alan,I hope it wont be long until I can add a ray to the list as well :D
zud25 wrote:Nice few fish there 8) Well done :D
thanks zud
FisherKing wrote:well done on the new species gerry 8)
thanks Brian
polaris wrote:nice going gerry,,,,,another one for the list,,,
thanks jamie
Al and Jordan wrote:good going gerry 8) love the card for the species hunt with the huss dog indicator :lol: :lol: :lol:
thanks al,I had to put the huss dog indicator on it so I wouldn't have the hassle I had in the reports last year :roll:
Sweetwrasse wrote:Well done Gerry. Looks like a nice fat flounder there. Good luck with the species hunt :D
thanks Sweetwrasse,next on the species hunt is a dab how that i know where to get them :wink: :D
lifetime species fishing and rock pool
1 dogfish,2 whiting,3 flounder,4 two spot goby,5 mackerel,6 pollack,7 common blenny,8 European eel,9 butterfish,10 Deep-snouted pipefish,11 rock goby,12 poor cod,13 corkwing wrasse,14 coalfish,15 turbot,16 tompot blenny,17 dab,18 dragonet,19 shorerockling,20 thornback ray,21 three bearded rockling,22 sandeel,23 grey gurnard,24 sea scorpion,25 scad,26 plaice,27 ballen wrasse,28 bullhuss,29 conger eel,30 blue shark,31 blonde ray,32 cod,33 pouting,34 topknot,35 Fifteen-spine Stickleback,36 mullet,37 Sand Goby,38 Montagu's Blenny,39 Three-spined Stickleback,40 goldshinny wrasse,41 painted goby,42 five bearded rockling,43 Sand-Smelt,44 Small-headed Clingfish ,45 sole

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