Your best catch of 2012

being meaning to tackle tope for a long time and when they roam down this way into shallower waters im always away so all i can say congrats on a nice fish

Not the biggest Tope I caught that day, but definitely the most satisfying, and as such probably my best catch of 2012 and all because I caught it on a Savage Gear Bushwhacker spinning rod and 10lb braid.

Thanks, they're one of my favourite fish. We get tons of them on my patch in May & June. We get them in 30 - 50ft of water and they go like stink. Great craic.

For me it has to be my first bass (53 cm) caught in South Wexford in early September.

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Love this trend....

2012 was properly the best year i have ever had due to the sea and the river...

May 2013 be just as good...

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some brilliant fishing there dan!
crackers of fish there
great pics. great year

(dont think that that is a wee turbo tho..? - is it a sole? )

if its a sole - nearly as impressive!

@danbrosnan, nice fish. I'd hate to see a situation whereby people felt unwilling to take a nice fish now and again for fear of being villed, but that's for another thread

some brilliant fishing there dan!
crackers of fish there
great pics. great year

(dont think that that is a wee turbo tho..? - is it a sole? )

+1 doesn't look like a turbo or flounder or dab , think it is a sole

I thought at first glance it was just a blob of wet sand.....

To be honest we had the two fish on the same trace we just took the picture and put them back, I never gave it much taught but just automatically taught it was a small turbo...

And yes I do keep a few fish for the table, fish is my favourite meal... But I do think people are gone mental about catch and realise, in my opinion its just people reading too many magazines...

But I am all for conservationists because the poaching going on is pure criminal.

If an angler can't cook some of his own catch we might as well sell all our gear...

Anyway 2013 hasn't been a great year so far regarding fishing, so hopefully it gets better

I got this Blue down in Dunmore east last September while out with Angus Ritchie on board the St. Micheal est. around 100 lbs

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I got this Blue down in Dunmore east last September while out with Angus Ritchie on board the St. Micheal est. around 100 lbs

what a fish...

Forgot this trout caught on a tackle house node while plugging for bass

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Sorry for late post but its been a while since i've been on the forum as photograpy has taken over since I went all out on a decent camera. However this Is my session of 2012 with a bass of 10lb 02oz the result and many other biggies. My definate highlight of 2012....

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only getting around to this now. we tried to get out as much as we could this year, but with everything going on at home we were seriously limited in our travels as opposed to previous years. but we still managed to get out and even made it over to norway for a week. here are some of our best catches

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some more

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last few

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last 2, i'll get the norway pics up over the weekend

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here are some of the pics from norway in july 2012

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last few

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