Irish fish

Hi All.
I just started fishing in ireland.
I have caught couple of fish. I got dogfish, ray etc..
Does anyone know some internet site which will show me
all irish sea fish (i mean pictures) with some description?

Last edited by Zarat on Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/specimen%20list.htm

ups. Sorry i didn't see it. Thanks

you could have a look in here as well ,some good close up pictures covering around 30 ish species caught so far this year around the irish coast .
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... php?t=9021

zarat, most fishing areas have a sign up showing the fish that are caught locally.internet sites will show you fish that you'll never catch in them areas!
ps. i notice your irish language is better than your english???

yes. i know a little bit of Irish. i found out last time what luadar means ;) :lol:

well i hope you know the meaning of this one " pog mo thoin" :lol:

I found this useful:
http://www.cfb.ie/pdf/fishbook.pdf

I found this useful:
http://www.cfb.ie/pdf/fishbook.pdf

Don't know how many times I've said to down load this. I'ts the bible for anglers.
When you learn how to read it you will never have a problem on how to id a fish again. It shows how to count spines on fins, D-xxii means it has 22 spines on the dorsal fin, ect. It may be in b/w but it still writes on colour variations on the different species.

The cockwing wrasse is one species that can be id'ed differently from the book. It has a second smaller slot ahead of it's gill cover. If you run your finger along inside of this you'll find tiny spines (rough to touch) it's the only of the wrasses to have this.

Useful info there.Didn`t realise that a lot of those species ever came to the Irish coast.
One point in it regarding the Smelt only being caught on the Shannon.
I`ve caught them in the Foyle,but a good few years back.

also jp caught a few off spiddal pier a few years back.

thanks Scamper. This is what i was looking for. Very god thing!