2005 species list

I’m putting my species list for 2005 as this has been done for the last couple of years. Just put fish species and bait and mark where it was first caught during the year. I only shore fish but if you want put up boat caught fish but indicate which fish. I’ve upped my species list from 14 last year to 16. To make a decent go of this I’d really want to do a bit of rock fishing and get down to kerry to expand my ray species but I don’t get time for this. 14 of my 16 species were caught in the estuary. Of the list Sting ray and smelt are new species for me.

1. Whiting (sand eel) Kilteery
2. Flounder (sand eel) Kilteery
3. Dogfish (Mackerel) Glin
4. Bullhuss (Squid) Carrig West
5. Rockling (Squid) Carrig West
6. Codling (sand eel) Wicklow pier
7. Pouting (sand eel) Wicklow pier
8. Thornback (sand eel) Glin
9. Mackerel (feather) Dunlickey
10. Conger (Mackerel) Moneypoint
11. Stingray (Mack/squid) Aylavaroo
12. Bass (Dexter Wedge) Cashen
13. Coalfish (Sand eel) Carrigaholt pier
14. Pollack (Sand eel) Carrigaholt pier
15. Smelt (Mackerel) Rianna creek
16. Dab (Sand eel) Glin

1. Cuckoo Wrasse (Boat Ballycastle)
2. Ballan Wrasse (Donaghadee Pier)
3. Goldsinney Wrasse (Donaghadee Pier)
4. Shore Rockling (or 3 Bearded, Maybe) (Donaghadee Pier)
5. 5 Bearded Rockling (Donaghadee Pier)
6. Red Gurnard (Boat Rathmullan)
7. Tub Gurnard (Boat Rathmullan)
8. Grey Gurnard (Boat Rathmullan)
9. Dab (Boat, Donaghadee)
10. Plaice (Boat, Donaghadee)
11. Flounder (Shore, Benone)
12. Pollack (Boat, Ballycastle)
13. Cod (Boat, Portaferry)
14. Ling (Boat, Portaferry)
15. Coalfish (Donaghadee Pier)
16. Whiting (Donaghadee Pier)
17. LSD (Everywhere!, lol)
18. Pouting (Donaghadee Pier)
19. Poor Cod (Donaghadee Pier)
20. Mackeral (Donaghadee Pier)
21. Launce (Donaghadee, Boat)
22. Haddock (Donaghadee Pier)
23. Sea Scorpain (Donaghadee Pier)
24. Spurdog (Ballycastle, Boat)
25. Weaver (Donaghadee, Boat)

8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Not too shabby.

dogfish (mack) cchull
bullhuss (mack) schull
undulate ray (sandeel) fenit
conger (mack) schull
cod (lug) clonakilty
pout (lug/rag) clonakilty
whiting (lug/mack) clonakilty
pollack (fly) clonakilty
bass (fly) clonakilty
mackeral (fly) clonakilty
garfish (fly)clonakilty
scad (fly)toor point mazen haed
coalfish (lug/mack) clonakilty
ballan wrasse (lug/crab) schull
flounder (lug) long strand
dab (lug) ballycousheen
plaice (lug) ballycousheen
scorpion fish (lug/rag) ballycousheen
tub gurnard (mack) ballycousheen
red gurnard (mack) ballycousheen
3 bearded rockling (lug) rosscarbery peir
ling (mack) boat clonakilty
blue shark (mack) boat clonakilty
launce (shrimp rig) boat clonakilty

oops forgot these:
mackeral (feathers) everywhere!!!
haddock (mack) boat clonakilty
weaver (black lug) long strand
poor cod (mack) boat clonakilty

Ahh sure I will be cocky and throw my lot in for 2005.

1) Ballan Wrasse - (B) - Brandon,Kerry
2) Corkwing Wrasse - (B) - Cork
3) Codling/Cod - (B) - Portacloy, Bellmullet/Cork
4) Poor Cod - (B) - Cork
5) Pollock - (B) - Brandon, Kerry/Kilkee, Clare
6) Coalfish - (B) - Kinsale/Greystones
7) Cockoo Wrasse - (B) - Brandon, Kerry
8) Tub Gurnard - (B) - Brandon, Kerry
9) Red Gurnard - (B) - Brandon, Kerry
10) Bull Huss - (B) - Shannon Estuary
11) LSD - (B) - Cork
12) Red Bream - (B) - Brandon Kerry
13) Pouting - (B) - Cork
14) Mackeral - (B) - Achill Head
15) Tope - (B) - Greystones
16) Sand Dab - (B) - Cork
17) Ling - (B) - BlackRock, Bellmullet
18) Plaice - (S) - Kilcoole, Wicklow
19) Rockling - (S) - Five Mile Point, Wicklow
20) Flounder - (B) - Cork
21) Grey Mullet - (B) - Cork
22) Scad - (B) - Cork
23) Tubot - (S) - Ennereilly, Wicklow
24) Thronback Ray - (S) - Brandon, Kerry
25) Bass - (S) - Fermoyle, Kerry
26) Brill - (S) - Fermoyle, Kerry
27) Launce - (B) - Blacksod Bay, Bellmullet
28) Conger - (B) - Cork
29) Haddock - (B) - Brandon, Kerry
30) Homelyn Ray - (S) - Ennereilly, Wicklow
31) Cockoo Ray - (S) - Ennereilly, Wicklow
32) Spurdog - (B) - Brandon, Kerry
33) Smoothound - (S) - Ennereilly, Wicklow
34) Weaver - (B) - Cork


That's the lot I think, in each case I put down the best one I got if it was from boat or shore and the area where the best fish came from. A very good year, hopefully 2006 will be even better!!

Conger 15/01/05
Spurdog 15/01/05
Lesser Spotted Dogfish 15/01/05
Ballan Wrasse 07/05/05
Plaice 07/05/05
Pollack 07/05/05
Bull Huss 26/05/05
Thornback Ray 28/05/05
Grey Gurnard 07/06/05
Whiting 07/06/05
Mackerel 21/06/05
Launce 21/06/05
Red Gurnard 29/06/05
Cod 29/06/05
Tope 29/06/05
Cuckoo Ray 29/06/05
Coalfish 29/06/05
Dab 03/07/05
Haddock 03/07/05
Homelyn Ray 03/07/05
Tub Gurnard 17/07/05
Poor Cod 21/07/05
Pouting 21/07/05
Cuckoo Wrasse 24/07/05
Bass 09/10/05
Flounder 09/10/05
Blonde Ray 13/10/05
Turbot 22/10/05

thanks you lot. after reading those lists I am on the verge of taking up golf :cry: :cry: :cry:

Calm down Geo... and get to Donaghadee Pier.. lol

yea and throw myself of it :( geo

In 2005 I managed the following from boat & shore in order of how pleased i was to catch the species!

Blue Shark
Turbot
Brill
Megrim
Spurdog
Conger Eel
Goldshinny Wrasse
Plaice
Dab
Cuckoo Wrasse
Ballan Wrasse
Ling
Codling
Pollack
Whiting
Tub Gurnard
Red Gurnard
Grey Gurnard
Pouting
Coalfish
Lesser Spotted Dogfish
Mackerel
Sandeel/Launce

all venues are where the first of each species was caught from memory in 2005 for myself. must remember to record them in a book this year!!

portrush-(shore and boat)
mackerel
launce
squid(if it counts!!!)
whiting
pollock
plaice
dab
ling
lesser weaver
sea scorpion
flounder

teelin , shore
poor cod
conger
pouting
dogfish
ballan wrasse
cuckoo wrasse
coalfish

downings boat
haddock
tub gurnard
grey gurnard
spurdog

culdaff boat
tope
red gurnard

cushendun shore
5 beard rockling
3 beard rockling
codling

benone shore
turbot

heres hopin for improvement in 2006!!! :wink:

From boat and shore in county dongeal

pollock
coalfish
red gurnard
grey gurnard
tub gurnard
launce
mackerel
thornback ray
homelyn ray
dogfish
pouting
poor cod
ling
ballan wrasse
cuckoo wrasse
conger
dab
whiting
brill
megrim
turbot
plaice
cod
scad
sea trout
three bearded rockling
flounder

Took salmon, brown trout, perch, charr and pike from the freshwater. Gonna try for 30 from the sea in 2006......

pollock
coalfish
launce
mackerel
thornback ray
dogfish
pouting
conger
dab
whiting
plaice
cod
sea trout
three bearded rockling
flounder
bass
tope
conger

This year will be different :)
Boat will help :)

Andy

1 bass 9lb+
2 gilt head bream 3lb+
3 pollock 10lb black red gill
4 thick lip.mullet 4lb lug
5 golden gray mullet 1.5lb lug
6 sea trout 2lb flying c
7 plaice 4.5lb lug
8 dabs lug
9 T.B. rays lug
10 coddling -4lb lug
11 flounder lug
12 coalies lug
13 eels lugs
14 sand eel flying c
15 tub gurnard lug
16 macks. lug

all taken inside dungarvan bay from shore small punt over about 50 trips
also cought blennies/gobys/wrasses/rocklings/dogs/scad
same again this year willdo me
art/

All taken in last 12 months from Shore/Boat from Donegal, Clare, Cork.

Pollack-everywhere S B
Coalfish-Donegal S B
Scad -Clare S
Mackerel-Everywhere S B
Launce-Cork S
Cod-Cork S
Cuckoo Wrasse-Clare S
Ballan Wrasse-Everywhere S
Poor Cod-Everywhere
Pouting-Everywhere
Bass-Cork S
Conger-Cork s
Thornback-Donegal S B
Haddock-Donegal B
Red Gurnard-Donegal S B
Tub Gurnard-Donegal B
Grey Gurnard-Donegal S B
Plaice-Donegal,Cork S
Dabs-Donegal,Cork S
Flounder-Donegal, Cork S
Sea Trout-Mayo B
Garfish-Donegal S
3 Bearded Rockling-Clare, Cork S
Shore Rockling-Clare S
Ling-Donegal B
LSDs-Everywhere S B
Whiting-Cork S
Bull Huss-Cork S

Cod,Conger, Bass, Bull Huss, Rockling, Thornback and Launce were all first appearances for me.

dab
flounder
plaice
red cod
cod
whiting
mackerel
conger
pollack
caolfish
ballan wrass
conger eel
lsd
bass

rockling
gurnard
launce(if it counts)
probly a few more cant rember tho

ray:kilteery
huss: "
dogs: "
conger:tarbert/kilteery
dab:kilteery
flounder: "
whiting "
pout: "
gurnard(grey i think): "
wrasse: kerry head
rockling:tarbert
mackerel:everywhere
scad:kilteery/glin
silver eel: loughill bridge

aswel as the 11 species mentioned here that i have caught at kilteery i have had a small tope,small codling,(in previous years) and have seen rockling, sum small black fish with large teeth duno what it was and probably more i cant think of at the moment so good fishing here.

My species list for 2005

1) CONGER-BANGOR,BALLYCASTLE,PORTRUSH,TORR HEAD,LITTLE KILLARY.
2) COD-BANGOR,DONAGHADEE,REDBAY,HOLYWOOD.
3) COALIE-BANGOR,DONAGHADEE,REDBAY,BALINTOY,FAIR HEAD.
4) POLLACK-BANGOR,DONAGHADEE,PORTRUSH,BALINTOY,FAIR HEAD,ORLOCK PT,MAIDENS,CLIFDEN.
5) WHITING-BANGOR..
6) POUTING-BANGOR,DONAGHADEE.
7) POORCOD-BANGOR,DONAGHADEE,PORTRUSH.
8) MACKEREL-MOST PLACES.
9) LAUNCE-MUCK ISLAND. (BOAT)
10) BALLAN WRASSE-BANGOR,DONAGHADEE,GROOMSPORT,REDBAY,TORR HEAD,PORTRUSH,BALINTOY,KINBANE,RUNKERRY,ORLOCK PT,CLIFDEN,MAIDENS.(PB)
11) CUCKOO WRASSE-CLIFDEN,MAIDENS.
12) CORKWING-BANGOR,DONAGHADEE,ORLOCK PT,BALINTOY,TORR HEAD,KINBANE,PORTRUSH,CLIFDEN,LITTLE KILLARY.
13) GOLDSINNY-BANGOR,CLIFDEN,LITTLE KILLARY.
14) ROCKCOOK-KINBANE,CLIFDEN.
15) 3 BEARDED ROCKLING-BANGOR(PB).
16) 5 BEARDED ROCKLING-DONAGHADEE.
17) SHORE ROCKLING-BANGOR,DONAGHADEE,BALLYCASTLE,TORR HEAD.
18) TADPOLE FISH-BANGOR..(new species)
19) SHANNY-BANGOR,DONAGHADEE.
20) LONG SPINED SEA SCORPION-BANGOR,DONAGHADEE,BALLYCASLE.
21) DOGGIE-DONAGHADEE,FAIR HEAD,CUSHENDUN,PORTRUSH,CARROWKEEL.
22) TURBOT-CLIFDEN.
23) FLOUNDER-STRANGFORD,REDBAY,BALINTOY.
24) PLAICE-REDBAY,BALLYCASTLE.
25) DAB-MUCK ISLAND,REDBAY,PORTRUSH.
26) THORNBACK RAY-CLIFDEN.(new species)
27) GREY GURNARD-MUCK ISLAND.


Had a few species in freshwater too.

28) PIKE (PB). 29)PERCH. 30)ROACH. 31)RAINBOW TROUT(PB). 32)BROWN TROUT. 33)SEA TROUT.
34)SALMON PARR.(new species) 35)TENCH.(new species)

Not a bad years fishing but should have had more species but I was only out on the boat twice so I missed out on spur dog,rays.haddock,red gurnard.I possibly had two more new species Short spined sea scorpion and Five spotted wrasse but not sure I should have got better photos to identify them from :oops: .I`ll try for 40 this year. :wink: :lol: