Killybegs blues
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Its Ofishal
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Killybegs blues
Great day yesterday out in the bay off Killybegs. 9am to 2pm I thought I saw a couple of fins out of the water but no takes then from 2pm till 4pm we had 4 shark to the boat and 2 dropped. Overall a lovely day and then in to a bay to get a couple of fish for dinner.
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johnwest
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Re: Killybegs blues
That was a great day out, haven't managed a go at them this year (yet!), if only it was a one man operation! Any bother getting enough mackerel?
2013 species; 31
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
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Its Ofishal
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Re: Killybegs blues
Only problem was trying to get through walls of scad to get them. I stopped in Teelin harbour for 30 mins and got a bucket load. Some nice gurnard and a few flounder in the bays there too.
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Its Ofishal
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Re: Killybegs blues
I find if you pinch the barb on the hooks and I have a bar about 2.5 ft long with a couple of bends at the end they can be released at the boat easily enough. I use a trace of only about 4 foot and wear a glove to hold it so I hold it over the side of the boat and a quick release. If they get off near the boat all the better.