Skate from the shore

Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:14 pm

Alright lads and the odd lass,
Looking for a favour here. I want to find out as much info as I can about common skate captures, hook ups, stories rumours etc from the shore in Ireland. This is for a project and I'm serious.
If anyone can direct me to newspaper archives or anything even going back into the mists of time when fella's were getting trebles on bent safety pins from Fenit pier.
If anyone has a bit better info it can be pm'd and will be treated with the strictest of confidence if so required.
Thanks in adavance,
Hugh

PS: I'm not messin like.

Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:31 pm

http://www.discoverireland.ie/DI/result ... goryID=999

try the number on the link above maybe some one there might have some advice

Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:18 pm

was fishing tinnaberna in wexford around two years ago would have been mid summer and i recon me mate had a skate on. what ever he had it just keep on swimming out to sea at a steady pace and he couldnt stop it wasnt a tope in anyways thats for sure so we recon it was a skate.

Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:31 pm

sound out lads,
samo - bait tides and time please dude? (wasn't there a trawler brought down few years ago by a british sub down that way, hmmm)

For anyone else any anecdotes please

Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:18 pm

samo wrote:was fishing tinnaberna in wexford around two years ago would have been mid summer and i recon me mate had a skate on. what ever he had it just keep on swimming out to sea at a steady pace and he couldnt stop it wasnt a tope in anyways thats for sure so we recon it was a skate.

Skate In Tinnabearna :shock:

I'd seriously doubt it...A Ray possibley :?:

Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:58 pm

Hugh it was around mid July '04 ( i think ) and it was flat calm as well. when it got the run it was around 2 in the morning on the high water. it wasnt a huge bait he was using either i think it was two large ammo eels wrapped in mackeral but ill find out more for ye me memory isnt the same as it used to be. as century man says it could have been just another large species of ray but the power in it and the speed it moved off at it would have to be a large one and it defo wasnt a tope cause it didnt run off at speed maybe a sting ray dont know. but ill get more info for you an pm you bud.

Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:16 pm

samo was on the drink that nite so it was him that had the line

Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:18 pm

samo was on the drink that nite so it was him on the line ha ha :lol:

Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:28 pm

check this out bud !!

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=d9RvZVFus_I

Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:41 pm

**** me thats some size lad

Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:51 pm

thats the one i had off coliemore last week :wink:

Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:54 pm

ha ha ha ye rite lad good try ha ha ha ha

Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:58 pm

it is ! , got him feathering for mack :lol:

Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:00 pm

heard of them in scotland last winter, dare say it is possible in ireland

Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:04 pm

there was one caught from brandon pier in kerry in 1921 i think , i was 154lb , i saw the newspaper clipping and the photo in black and white behind the bar on brandon pier when i was down lastyear .i tried to find it on google but cant get it.