Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

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Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby Ronald » Sun Oct 17, 2010 12:01 pm

My first specimen Ballan Wrasse (have had them before, just not weighed on proper certifyied scales :lol: ) 4lb 12 oz , caught on a secret mark somewere not a million miles from home on crab, 3/0 hook mounted on a single hook paternoster. dont ask for exact location as refusal often offends :twisted:
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby Danshane » Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:59 pm

Beautiful fish there. Congrats on the specimen.
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby bigsod » Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:25 pm

Nice one Ronald 8) .Surprised you went out at all, it looks Pretty foggy on that mark :D
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby Martin Mc Gowan » Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:01 pm

nice wrasse mate just watch out for that big wave behind you :lol:
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby liamemac » Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:16 pm

bigsod wrote:Nice one Ronald 8) .Surprised you went out at all, it looks Pretty foggy on that mark :D


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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby Davy Murdoch » Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:17 pm

Nice one ya jammy FB!!! :wink: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby taz » Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:39 pm

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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby JimC » Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:49 am

Lovely fish, nicely marked. Well Done!
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby RobertMcClean » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:17 am

Lovely fish Ronald, well done fishing through the heavy snow :lol: :lol:
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby red » Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:38 am

nice fish ronald, lovely colours on it. congrats.
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby Larry 90 » Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:39 am

well done thats a cracker :D
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby corbyeire » Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:06 pm

excellent fish
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby Davy Murdoch » Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:55 pm

RobertMcClean wrote: well done fishing through the heavy snow :lol: :lol:


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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby Ronald » Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:33 am

Thanks very much Guys, The weather was pretty bad but the fish made up for it :lol: Been the length and breadth of the country trying to get one of these for the last 8/9 years (tend to book holidays with the other half to likely spots close at hand :wink: )
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby saving private brian » Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:04 pm

top class ronald.ur rite keep ur marks to urself.good man well done..wat i cant understand is that theres wrasse like that all around the coastline of ireland but yet thay wana know where u got urs and go to it :mrgreen: .its all down to time and patience.
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby fishermannum1 » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:12 pm

congrat's Ronald, for that is a thumper of a wrasse, bet that one put a good bend in the rod 8)
as ole rab c said " see me' see the sea' i love the sea me"
right i'am off for a swally!!!!!!! so were's the F***'n purse!!!!!!!
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby round_ourway » Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:11 pm

BRILLIANT FISH.. well done sir
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby junior conger » Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:23 pm

very nice fish
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby birdseye » Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:55 pm

Lovely wrasse Ronald
Well done on the Specimen 8)
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Re: Specimen Ballan wrasse, 12/10/10

Postby brianbru » Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:43 pm

well done ronald, would you tell me??????? :wink:
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