Dingle peninsula, Co Kerry 12-13/05/2012

People:me

Duration:2days

Tide:various

Weather:nice on Saturday turning to gales by Sunday

Bait:king rag mack and razor

Rigs:3/0 pullypennell and paternoster

Results:thornback ray, wrasse, and big dab?




Report:Headed down for a couple of days with the above target species on my list. Arrived down Saturday lunchtime and went to a mark in Dingle harbour to try for ray and dabs. I had a couple of ray best going 6lbs on mack and a few flatties on razor. I am not great on identification but for dabs i go on the distinct bend in the lateral line and very rough from tail to head. The biggest had both. The only reason i am doubting its ID is that it was a near 40cm fish and went 1lb 10oz and would be a very big dab, well above specimen weight. So i am open to correction. Sunday did some wrasse fishing and caught plenty of fish to near 4lb. By Sunday evening it was torrential rain and gale force winds so headed home well satisfied.

Is it a big dab or average flounder

well done with the few ray but your dab are flounder but still not a bad size

Any more offers. Here is a good flounder i caught last year. The lateral line is almost straight past the pectoral fin. they don't look the same to me.

Would say Dab ,relatively small Head and tail and prominent bend in lateral line.

Nice fish.

nice fishing and nice dab

Very nice DAB mate, haven't had one like that for a long time.

nice fishing its a dab

definite dab mate Cracking fish

Thats a fine dab francis well done

Thanks guys. I was pretty sure but nice to see it confirmed as a decent dab.

Good fishing man, thats some dab nice one

Thats a fecking epic Dab!!!

DAB!! and fantastic fishing by the sounds of it and to get three on your taget species list happy days great stuff
fergal

got a dab myself at the weekend at 34cm, thought it was a cracker....
this one is even better!
some nice wrasse too by the sounds of it
well done

A very nice dab it could have been a specimen based on the length.

FROM THE 2010 ISFC LIST

DAB
Record 2 lbs 5.5 ozs (1.06 kg); Specimen Weight 0.6 kg (1.32 lbs)

(kg) (lbs) (cm)
0.70 1.54 38.0 Cork Harbour 16-Aug Martyn Rayner Mackerel/Ragworm
0.70 1.54 – Cork Harbour 24-Oct Jim Clohessy Mackerel Strip
0.61 1.33 37.0 Downings 05-Jul Rinus Hage (NL) Mackerel Strip
0.60 1.32 35.0 Cork Harbour 13-Oct Tony Tait Ragworm

well done with the few ray but your dab are flounder but still not a bad size

Should have gone to specsavers Cracking fishing and thats one hell of a dab ,i have'nt seen one that size in years.

nice Dab pal. seems like you were only around the corner from us also. nice fishing well done

I was thinking the same Donal def a specimen according to the lenght lovely one too my biggest was 35cm and 1.3lb. Lovely fish though it makes a change from the 18cm see through Dabs we get to see!

sorry mate guess i was wrong

Not a problem tight lines. Glad you showed the interest anyway.

Yes it could have been a specimen as my digital lip grips showed it 1lb 10oz but that means nothing without the certification. Unfortunately the new certified scales that i bought myself hadn't arrived by the time of the trip. The certification process delayed their despatch. It was only the recent shad experience that made me think about the specimen claims. Never bothered before but at least now i will have the proper equipment.

I will have to get back down now with certified scales to try again.