Species list for year

Last year we did a species list for the year and I found it interesting. With fish, where you first caught it this year and bait used on that occasion. I thought I'd start it off again as I'm unlikely to up it at this stage:

Fish venue bait

Whiting (kilteery) sand eel
Dab (kilteery) velvet crab
Conger (Carrig West) Whole squid
3 bearded rockling (Money point) mackerel
Dogfish (Money point) mackerel
Codling (Wicklow old pier) sand eel
Pollack (Wicklow old pier) German sprat
Thornback (Poulnasharry) sand eel
Pouting (Bally reen) German sprat
Bass (Cashen) Kilty catcher
Mackerel (Dunlickey) Mustad shrimper
Flounder (Rianna Creek) Mackerel

Only 12 but I missed out on rock fishing trips for wrasse or trigger fish. The fish I most wanted was a decent sized bull huss.

Donagh

donagh i caught pretty much the same as you minus the thornback... but got a

wrasse... bullock harbour...rag
tope...five mile point...peeler crab
black bream...kilmore...mackeral
garfish...dun loaire...markeral
turbot...morriscastle...mackeral
smoothhound...morriscastle...peeler crab
coalfish...north beach...lug/mussel
and 1000's dogfish everywhere on any bait..buggers

good year so far but far from over...tight lines

A good year so here goes,

bass ......inch..lug
flounder..inch.lug
dab........inch...mackeral
coalfish....fenit......mackeral
whiting.....fenit....mackeral
doggies galore
pout....fenit.....mackeral
poor cod...fenit ...mackeral
pollack....dingle....mackeral
wrasse......dingle....crab
mackeral......kinsale....hookies
ling......kinsale......mackeral
pouting.....kinsale.....feathers
conger.......kinsale.......mackeral
bull huss.....carrig island...mackeral
thornback ray....carrig islang.....mackeral
cod.......kinsale......mackeral/pouting
stingray.......fenit......mackeral/squid
scad.......fenit.....mackeral
painted ray.......castlegregory......mackeral/squid
plaice........castlegregory......lug/maddies
3 bearded rockling.....dingle......mackeral
long live the fishing in the Kingdom!!!!!!!! :D

Codling - Ballycastle/Donaghadee -
Whiting - Ballycastle/Donaghadee -
Tope - Greencastle
Spurdogs - Ballycastle (To specimin)
Doggies - Frickin everywhere.
Mackeral - Everywhere.
Herring - Donaghadee
Red Gurnard - Swilly
Grey Gurnard - Swilly
Tub Gurnard - Swilly
Blonde Ray - Ballycastle (To Speciminin)
Coalies - Everywhere
Pollack - 10lb off Copelands (Bangor)
Dabs - Bangor
Flounder - Bangor
Rockling - Donaghadee
Poor Cod - Donaghadee
Pouting - Donaghadee
Haddock - Donaghadee
Launce - Donghadee
Ballan Wrasse - Donaghadee
Corkwing - Donaghadee
Cuckoo - Copeland

Thats it.
Tight Lines for next year lads.... add a few more to the lists.

Sigh...

Did very little fishing in the second half of the year but I did add a Shorthorn Sculpin (on a 3/0 loaded with Mackerel!) to my species list from the flat rocks, yep no 5, in Dunmore East. Had some nice Ballen Wrasse to 5 lbs and a bit but never got a chance to find a really big one - they're out there!!!

I've also discovered that Thornback Rays are two a penny on the west coast thanks to JAKES and a few others, many thanks lads for the assistance.

Roll on 2005 8)

hi all,

so far:

flounder crab slob bank youghal
bass crab monatrea
doggies mackerel youghal beach
conger mackerel ballycrenane beach
coalies lug/mackerel youghal beach
cod crab ballinwilling beach
pouting crab ferry point
whiting lug/mackerel youghal beach
3 bearded rockling crab ballyquinn beach ardmore
5 bearded rockling crab ballyquinn beach ardmore
blonde ray mackerel ballycrnane beach
thornback ray mackerel ballinwilling beach
dabs lug white strand
mackerel feathers youghal quays
18 in long starfish mackerel fenit pier (does this count?)

an ambition for 2005 would be to catch more ray and some huss as ive only ever landed a handfull so any tips on location, methods etc would be more than welcome.

Here goes then, all these were caught from the shore:

Bass - Lug/Rag - Downhill
Flounder - Mackerel tipped Rag - Casterock
Plaice - Rag - Cushendal, Ballintoy, Malin
Dab - Rag/Mackerel - Blue Pool, Portrush
Turbot - Mackerel tipped Rag - Ballycastle
Coalies - Rag/Mackerel/Squid - Various places
Pollock - Shads/ Various Baits - Various venues
Whiting - Various Baits - North Coast
Pouting - Mackerel - Portrush
3 Bearded Rockling - Mackerel - Ramore Hd
5 Bearded Rockling - Mackerel - Ballycastle
Red Gurnard - Rag - Fanad Hd
Grey Gurnard - Rag - Fanad Hd
Mackerel - Feathers - Various
Launce - Feathers - Teelin
Thornback Ray - Mackerel/Sandeel - Fahan, Fanad Hd
Spotted Ray - Mackerel/Sandeel - Fanad Hd
Cuckoo Ray - Mackerel/Sandeel - Fanad Hd
Ling - Mackerel - Teelin
Conger - Mackerel/ Squid - Portrush, Teelin, Fanad Hd
LSD's - Anything - All over
Ballan Wrasse - Rag - Various
Various Mini Species - Portrush Harbour, Ramore Hd

Also caught some Shell Fish - Lobster, Edible Crab, Spider Crab, Welks.

Ambition - Catch a Bull Huss off the North Coast, A 40lb + Conger from the Shore, and a shore caught Tope. Heres hoping!!!

Thanks for the replies. This should help me up my count for this year and I'll hopefully meet up with col to up the species of rays I catch this year. Though I did mange to up my count by one for last year over the chrismas with a sea trout in glin to sand eel.

Donagh