Where have the fish gone ?

Lads this guy has come on here offering up what information he has. Why do you feel the need to question this info? Take what he has given you and say thanks, don't start trying to tell him he's wrong.

Who's saying he's 'wrong' I also personally said 'thanks' if you read my posts

why did you assume that I was talking to you?

btw the conditions didn't seem to affect the Culdaff SAC members who travelled to kilybegs today, apparantly Culdaff hold positions 123 after day 1! Best club in Donegal.......nah best in Ireland!:-D

i have heard a lot of reports of people becoming very sick after eating mussels recently,
cant help wondering if there might be a connection

As I understand it filter feeders such as mussels would be one of the worst things to eat because they ingest the plankton .

Would fish really be so harmful ? Doesn't the plankton cause mucus in the gills which in effect suffocates rather than poisons them ?

You will gather that I haven't been out to catch and eat any fish since my last post ( unintentional pun there ! )

Lads this guy has come on here offering up what information he has. Why do you feel the need to question this info? Take what he has given you and say thanks, don't start trying to tell him he's wrong.

Who's saying he's 'wrong' I also personally said 'thanks' if you read my posts

why did you assume that I was talking to you?

I didn't Paddy. I was asking you who was saying he's wrong and pointed out that I had said 'thanks', so had others actually.

i have heard a lot of reports of people becoming very sick after eating mussels recently,
cant help wondering if there might be a connection

SFPA investigation intensifies into cause of Irish mussel poisoning outbreak in France.

The rapid alert triggered by the French authorities, who ordered the withdrawal from sale of Irish mussels suspected of causing biotoxin poisoning could have serious consequences for the processor concerned if the Sea-fisheries Protection Authority finds that food safety legislation has been breached.

read the full article here: http://www.inshore-ireland.com/index.ph ... Itemid=168

btw the conditions didn't seem to affect the Culdaff SAC members who travelled to kilybegs today, apparantly Culdaff hold positions 123 after day 1! Best club in Donegal.......nah best in Ireland!:-D

You saying you actually caught fish from a Red Tide Paddy ? What did you get ?

btw the conditions didn't seem to affect the Culdaff SAC members who travelled to kilybegs today, apparantly Culdaff hold positions 123 after day 1! Best club in Donegal.......nah best in Ireland!:-D

You saying you actually caught fish from a Red Tide Paddy ? What did you get ?

No, Im not fishing the comp, but 3 lads from the club are, they said it was very slow.

btw the conditions didn't seem to affect the Culdaff SAC members who travelled to kilybegs today, apparantly Culdaff hold positions 123 after day 1! Best club in Donegal.......nah best in Ireland!:-D

You saying you actually caught fish from a Red Tide Paddy ? What did you get ?

No, Im not fishing the comp, but 3 lads from the club are, they said it was very slow.

So maybe the conditions did have an effect?
If the fish aren't dead or dying, they are probably stuffed to the gills with all the dead lugworms, shellfish, sandeels etc. washing about.

Just back from a walk on the beach near Rossnowlagh, shore is liitered with dead sandeels of all sizes. Dead crangon and potato urchins aswell. Load of dead scorpion fish and shore rockling too. Other dead species were worm pipefish, lesser weavers, grey gurnard, shanny, sand goby, pollock, sole, plaice, flounder and dabs. Most of the species were juveniles but some chunky flounders and dabs were fecked too. Pretty desperate stuff to witness .

Just back from a walk on the beach near Rossnowlagh, shore is liitered with dead sandeels of all sizes. Dead crangon and potato urchins aswell. Load of dead scorpion fish and shore rockling too. Other dead species were worm pipefish, lesser weavers, grey gurnard, shanny, sand goby, pollock, sole, plaice, flounder and dabs. Most of the species were juveniles but some chunky flounders and dabs were fecked too. Pretty desperate stuff to witness .

Jesus, sounds like armageddon !

Just back from a walk on the beach near Rossnowlagh, shore is liitered with dead sandeels of all sizes. Dead crangon and potato urchins aswell. Load of dead scorpion fish and shore rockling too. Other dead species were worm pipefish, lesser weavers, grey gurnard, shanny, sand goby, pollock, sole, plaice, flounder and dabs. Most of the species were juveniles but some chunky flounders and dabs were fecked too. Pretty desperate stuff to witness .

Sounds like it has got worse since my walk there on Saturday.

My wife went for a walk on Murvagh Strand with some friends yesterday. They said they saw lots of dead sandeels on the beach, and birds eating them. I wonder if this will cause secondary poisoning in the birds?

I take it there is still no sign of this going away yet ?

I take it there is still no sign of this going away yet ?

I wouldn't say anytime soon anyway,we went to the lugbeds in killala last night to dig a few for a cast,very spur of the moment and found lug everywhere we looked lying dead and dying on the sand,needless to day that was the end of that,I'd say it's fecked

I take it there is still no sign of this going away yet ?

I wouldn't say anytime soon anyway,we went to the lugbeds in killala last night to dig a few for a cast,very spur of the moment and found lug everywhere we looked lying dead and dying on the sand,needless to day that was the end of that,I'd say it's fecked

BOLLOX

I was up around bloody foreland over the weekend and the gulls were picking dead lug up off the beaches.... The sea was very red! Exactly like a peat stained river or lake. I'd say the area will be badly effected for the rest of the year to be honest!

I was up around bloody foreland over the weekend and the gulls were picking dead lug up off the beaches.... The sea was very red! Exactly like a peat stained river or lake. I'd say the area will be badly effected for the rest of the year to be honest!

God how depressing ! Does anyone know if this is affecting the salmon ?

I was up around bloody foreland over the weekend and the gulls were picking dead lug up off the beaches.... The sea was very red! Exactly like a peat stained river or lake. I'd say the area will be badly effected for the rest of the year to be honest!

God how depressing ! Does anyone know if this is affecting the salmon ?

As it says earlier in the thread, it takes the oxygen from the water, so unless you come across a Salmon with a snorkle, id say there all fuked too!

Only good thing is, there's been plenty of rain in the rivers to let them run on rather than lying about the estuaries waiting for a chance. There's a good run of grilse in the Finn, and my local river has been like a motorway for them. Sea trout might be a different matter.