Species Hunt other than Fish

Hi all!

I was out a few times this year and I came across not only fish but several other species of creatures that form this magnificent thing called wildlife ...

As anglers, we often meet nature's wildest and rarest creatures without even thinking about them. Thats why I started this topic.

Which animals have you seen where and when this year?

I can enter a sole dolphin and a sole seal in Killala Bay ( Lacken Pier ) in the last week. I always thought, they were going round in families or herd or whatever you call their groups...

Good fishing and open eyes!

Patrick...

dont know if white fronted geese count - saw them in fanore

Well, they are no fish so I guess they count...

P

for the first time in my life i saw an otter. last summer off fenit pier it was cool :D

was out in dunmore friday evening and there was a dead seal on the dock with a crowed around.we found out lads had shot and wounded the seal and drove off leaving someone else to shot him again to put him down.this was at lunch time with people around.i know seals do a lot of damage to nets and fish in nets,but what gives fishermen the right to think they can do what they like they have the sea trawled clean and blame the seals for taken fish from nets,if there were fish fish for them to hunt they might leave the nets alone.

ive seen all of the above...spotted a whale just by brownstown head, seals 2... cortaz pointed out a perigrin falcon (thinks thats how 2 spell it).. otters in the river lee in cork...

Hey Barry!

No trawler owner has the right to complain about animals doing damage to their catch. Isn't it the human greed that destroys most of this planet? We've fished the seas empty, converted rainforests into deserts and polluted any drop of water and breeze of air on the planet. And we complain about seals taking our catch?

And although this whole issue is too big to diskuss it in a small thread like mine here - if you shoot an animal regardless of it's kind - do it right for gods sake! What would those eejits say if you came up to their dogs and shot them and left them to suffer and die? They'd report ye to the gards or worse.
Fair play to whoever had the balls and the time to finish it off, that day!

Thanks for sharing that opinion with us, Barry!

Patrick

i do a lot of shooting myself so am not against culling animals but i think it a case of pot calling kettle black with them greedy fishermen blaming the seals.they never think of tomorrow.

I sympathise with the sentiments on the recent posts but watch the language lads. Just because the word censor kicks in doesnt make it OK.

For my own part, 2007 isn't even 2 months old but I've shared the fishing with Dolphins, an Otter and a Seal.

Ive also seen dead seals with loads of bullet holes in them and have heard of fishermen going to islands that are full of seals and shooting and cutting them up. They were obviously found out and arrested but its terrible to think this even goes on. Have a friend who works for the irish seal sanctuary and they can tell ya some stories

Not in '07 but we've regularly encountered whales while fishing from St John's Point in Donegal Bay. Caught a lobster here too one day. I've come across countless pods of dolphins (especially around Sligo - Easkey direction), and manys a seal in the Swilly

me and liam came a cross a school of Dolphins at garon point they were black ones dont know there proper name there were some people over from canada that seen them as well witch was nice

<------ mind his language from now on, promise ;)

Saw about five seals in bullock harbour last saturday.I saw a basking shark when we in a boat around the aran islands during the summer as well.

was fishing ballycastle area today and seen a few seals and lots of commorants about. seen a Falcon up here too in january and found a stripped sheep carcass! maybe there a big cat about????

no bloody fish though lol

should have baited with a pussy cat, perhaps?

Perhaps you should have baited your rig with a little mutton and mint sauce?

ready deep breath , falcon , otters, seal, dolphin (common and bottle nosed ), porpoise , blue shark , and even four massive killer whales chasing a porpoise whilst out off courtmacsherry in the summer !!!!! any more and ill start to sound like david attenborough !!!

White Egret in corkage fishery a few weeks ago, couple of cranes while digging rag in dollymount. Must have been hundreds of dolphin in a huge pod of fanore last year...

Have seen some cranes up towards the Sutton end myself...also some Pergrine falcons and sparrow Hawks at Howth while fishing but have also seen these in Dorset street at the flats eating pigeons, was a falcon but i dont think it was a pergrine?