Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

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Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

#1 Post by liamemac »

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Duration:2 and a half hours

Tide:last hour of the rise and subsequent drop

Weather:flat calm

Bait:crab

Rigs:float size 2 hooks

Results: :evil:




Report:Hooked into a decent wrasse only to have it and my float set up taken by a seal who was then seen to lay nonchalantly on his back and devour them both. That is all :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Re: Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

#2 Post by dbrock »

un lucky they can be a pain in the arse there,
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Re: Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

#3 Post by fishy1987 »

Jesus what are the odds of that happening unlucky man
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you deserve a few fish after that :D
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Re: Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

#4 Post by chenz116 »

id say you were ready to throw your rod at the seal :evil:
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Re: Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

#5 Post by liamemac »

chenz116 wrote:id say you were ready to throw your rod at the seal :evil:
i was thinking harpoon between the eyes :lol:
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Re: Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

#6 Post by liamemac »

fishy1987 wrote:Jesus what are the odds of that happening unlucky man
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you deserve a few fish after that :D
we had had a few baby pollack before the incident, but the wrasse felt like a thumper, trying to think back and figure out at what point i stopped playing the fish and started playing the seal :?: :D
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Re: Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

#7 Post by hunt4the »

liamemac wrote:
fishy1987 wrote:Jesus what are the odds of that happening unlucky man
tightlines
you deserve a few fish after that :D
we had had a few baby pollack before the incident, but the wrasse felt like a thumper, trying to think back and figure out at what point i stopped playing the fish and started playing the seal :?: :D
how does the seal digest the hooks?
One took a pollack off me last year along with a rapala was just wondering?
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Re: Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

#8 Post by liamemac »

hunt4the wrote:
liamemac wrote:
fishy1987 wrote:Jesus what are the odds of that happening unlucky man
tightlines
you deserve a few fish after that :D
we had had a few baby pollack before the incident, but the wrasse felt like a thumper, trying to think back and figure out at what point i stopped playing the fish and started playing the seal :?: :D
how does the seal digest the hooks?
One took a pollack off me last year along with a rapala was just wondering?
good question, i havent a clue :!:
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Re: Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

#9 Post by cachalot »

Sounds like, you were got at, hook, line & floater.

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Re: Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

#10 Post by yappo »

Know the feeling, I had 3 good fish taken off me by seals at Dalkey Island recently, eventually had to move on and let the bugger catch his own fish. :D

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Re: Float, wrasse, seal Killiney 10/06/2011

#11 Post by tinto »

ah lads think of the poor seal, he must be hard up eating a feckin wrasse!!!
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