competition discussion and banter

all points gone for 11 shore and 1 boat species...

now lads.. thats what you call a 3 bearded rockling... beautiful fish them.. really like them :shock: :D :wink:

huss in both shore and boat comp.... nice going lads

what weight was your PB huss ronald you never said.

guessing by pic it was around the 11lb mark :wink:

what weight was your PB huss ronald you never said.

guessing by pic it was around the 11lb mark :wink:

looking at that pic i'd say its around 8-9lbs

i know i would always be a bit generous with a guesstimated guess :lol: :lol: :lol:

i'm just a pessimist :shock:

it came in at 10lb 8oz ,weighed on board

good man ronald.
half pound off the guess aint bad :wink:

i taught you would get them bigger up your way.
i suppose you dont need them when you have all them spurs and skate to play with :lol: :lol:
i have had then to 15 lb down here in the boat and 11.5 from the beach. still waiting for the magic 16 :shock: :lol: :lol:

we had a good run at them yesterday ,13 between the 2 of us ,most of them were between 5-8lb with a couple of 4lbers and mine breaking the double figure mark .
There are a few marks were you have the chance of the huss up here but they are few and far between ,prob due to alot of the coast being in accessable due to cliffs :lol:
though the average size of a decent one seems to be 9-13lb bracket from the boat ,I'd love to get the 16lb plus fish .
I've managed to get a week booked in the summer in ballyvaughan ,galway bay with the missus so I'll be hitting the shore marks around there and hopefully connecting with the odd huss :lol: so if anyone knows a decent mark close by pm me :wink:

I've managed to get a week booked in the summer in ballyvaughan ,galway bay with the missus so I'll be hitting the shore marks around there and hopefully connecting with the odd huss :lol: so if anyone knows a decent mark close by pm me :wink:

let me know nearer the time.. i'll put you on to a few huss and shore tope spots :wink: (not that i have caught tope on any of them though)

now that is savage the mackies are back :shock: :D was out on the boat the other day with jack and while i was busy blanking i was wondering when the'yd be back, its a pity we should have steamed over to where jack pointed out where the gulls where :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

cheers steve looking forward it , only problem will be getting the all the bait down with me without stinking the car out .

poult got to day in my own boat out with coaster.caught on baited shrimp rigs(mackerel,and new bait look close over a wreck off tramore :lol: )

is that a poor cod not a pout?

no jw they are pouting

what makes me think its poor cod is the body is not as deep as a pout and the
first anal fin begins about level with end of first dorsal

have caught alot of the two species and recon there pout as does coaster who was there no the day we had quit a few on the day.

poor cod top and pouting bottom ,totally different shape , easy way to tell the difference is by the white pectoral fin passing the ass on pouting and stopping short on poor cod .
barrys looks like a poorcod but hard to tell with only looking at the head .

heres a pic from the shore section

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lads, be sure to check this post
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... hp?t=14519
before putting up species that are already taken


i do try keep it up to date.. :wink: