Monkfish bashing?

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Monkfish bashing?

#1 Post by Donnyboy1 »

http://fishinginireland.info/news/sea-r ... enit-peir/

WOW!

Awesome fish and awesome angler letting it go :)
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Re: Monkfish bashing?

#2 Post by the weasel »

Just read the story behind that monkfish in fenit,he is a great man and angler to have released that fish back and the fact that it was caught on mackeral feathers and the proof is in the photos,fairplay to him and not listening to the others beside him.

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Re: Monkfish bashing?

#3 Post by lucky13 »

thats fishing for ya...looking to bash a few macks and that bad boy shows up!
if the tables were turned and he was targeting monkfish,he'd be an ornament on the shore! :lol:
great story,fair play for the C&R...
sounds like if that dream shore catch fell to any other angler there that day,with the exception of a few,he'd have been supper that night.endangered or not... :shock:
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Re: Monkfish bashing?

#4 Post by MackDublin »

Fair play to him, he should enter the catch into fish of the month in Irish Angler. He'd be a deserved winner.
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Re: Monkfish bashing?

#5 Post by pete »

I wonder what kind of odds you would get for catching an angel shark from the shore on mackerel feathers and on a pink rod :lol: Great to see it being released too.
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Re: Monkfish bashing?

#6 Post by sparkey+1 »

Some experience that would be totally unexpected and fair play to the lad for the C&R. Thought the fish only stayed in warmer waters or has the sea around our east coast raised in temp to let them come in shore? Any other reports of Monkfish being caught anywhere of the coast?
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Re: Monkfish bashing?

#7 Post by donal domeney »

They are mainly caught in Tralee Bay but there are some reports of them been caught around the Clew Bay area.

Another report here from a different time http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... sh#p162630
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Re: Monkfish bashing?

#8 Post by sparkey+1 »

donal domeney wrote:They are mainly caught in Tralee Bay but there are some reports of them been caught around the Clew Bay area.

Another report here from a different time http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... sh#p162630
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#9 Post by davybrown99 »

Great story.
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#10 Post by tight lines »

fair play that man for the c&r thats some fish and on 8lb line make it all the better wounder if he was using mack as bait while fishing for mack will be if fenit in 2 weeks hope i am as lucky
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