Your best catch of 2012

So whats your best catches of 2012 lads n lassies ?? Please add a picture aswel. Sorry if there is already a thread like this, if there is it failed to catch my attention.

For me it was probably this pollock, no monster but still a personal best for me

Not a monster either, but this smooth hound was my first full sized catch, and there was the beach, the sun... and even my better half to take the picture

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Love these kinda threads. Great one here: http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bulletin%20board/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=14539

Best catch: 41cm Flounder - East Cork - March 2012

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Biggest catch: 7lb Painted Ray - East Cork - October 2012

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10LB+ Bass Pensarn Beach North Wales 29th Sep last year
Caught on a two hook flapper rig with size 1/0 hooks
and have a lug on each......very good hangover cure
and put back in to live the rest of its life,lost a big ray
from Anglesey which is the second one and thats my main
target next year..............

most enjoyable catch was probly this mullet on light gear...........

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my best fish of 2012 i think!

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This one, a twelve lb bass on a local beach, crap pic but some adrenaline!

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A painted ray from east cork. Just over 11lbs and my first specimen.

[chuckaroo]

no monsters but best(biggest) were a series of pollack from kayak and boat - biggest was 7lb8oz (3rd photo down). but also a big fan of this wee turbot!
most memorable moment: getting broken off by a BIG fish on 15lb braid from the kayak drag not set properly

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good day at the seaside

great idea with this hall of fame, so I'll join- It wasn't that bad year for me and is hard to pick up only one fish, so I'm posting 3
november shore conger 141cms, spring east coast mullet close to 6lb and wex bass

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no monsters but best(biggest) were a series of pollack from kayak and boat - biggest was 7lb8oz. but also a big fan of this wee turbot!
most memorable moment - getting broken off by a BIG fish on 15lb braid from the kayak drag not set properly

that turbot is a beauty boy...nice 1

great idea with this hall of fame, so I'll join- It wasn't that bad year for me and is hard to pick up only one fish, so I'm posting 3
november shore conger 141cms, spring east coast mullet close to 6lb and wex Bass

lovely stuff lad...in fairness,well done

A conger from a pier which a few locals laughed and told me I would catch nothing there. I lost here big sister a few nights before which was I would say was close to 20lbs.

You don't need to fly to Iceland if big dabs rock your boat, and if wrasse take your fancy then head west young man.

http://www.anirishanglersworld.com

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180lb Stingray in Guinea Bissau

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Fuerteventura Monkfish

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Youghal 3lb 2 oz Specimen flounder

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at Fahan Co.Donegal
8lbs 2oz thornback ray


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This was one of my best friends caught this bad boy last year. Didnt weigh it at the time but in fairness dav spent about 40 minutes of what was obviously unreal fishing time nursing him back to health before he was released Any other monster shore pollock ??

mine was a bull huss i caught, was after 1 for a long time. and my persistance payed off.

now im hoping for a bass 2013

Got very little sea-fishing this year, but this guy was definitely my best catch, fly fishing a new estuary mark i spotted a lovely little rocky outcrop that looked like a perfect spot for a sea-trout to lie in ambush, got him on about the 3 rd cast, fought like an absolute demon - so much better than hauling them in on a beach caster. He weighed just over 3 lb, and was my first sea-trout of the year.

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