The Limpets catch the Specimen!!!!! Thursday 22nd October'09

People:Myself

Duration:2.5 Hrs

Tide:Stranding

Weather:Overcast with South East Wind

Bait:Limpet & Spinner

Rigs:One Hook Flapper

Results:4 Ballan Wrasse, 3 coalies 1 Pollack

Report:Thursday 22nd

With a few hours to spare & bad weather on the way for the weekend, Thursdays conditions & tide were spot on for a short Wrasse session. Drove to my wrasse mark where I got a nice specimen just over two weeks ago. I collected a few Limpets & baited up. Dropped it down to about a foot off the bottom, let it move with the current & the bites started on the third bite struck, connected with a nice wee Wrasse 1lb weight.

So baited up again, dropped into the same place, & bang; a big Wrasse took off like a rocket for the kelp. I had a serious battle to stop it from getting to the bottom but managed to bring it to the surface with a three foot lift before it was landed, a lump of a wrasse that weighed 5lb 10oz & 50 cms long , a new personal best for me , quick photo & let it recover in a rock pool for a while before it was released to fight another day. Was delighted, the Limpets are hard bet for big specimen Wrasse.
I got another two small Wrasse before the wind started to pick up so done a bit of spinning for an hour & got three small Coalies & Pollack. Went home a very happy camper .

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Thats a stonker of a wrasse well done F.K.

lovely fish FK well done, as you said limpets are great for them as are winkles for winkleing them out

my god!! thats a monster!!well done

Thats a fabulous wrasse well done

Thats a stonker of a wrasse well done F.K.

Cheers bigsod

lovely fish FK well done, as you said limpets are great for them as are winkles for winkleing them out

Cheers John they're hard bet, tried the Winkles at a few marks & caught some 3 & 4lbs last year

my god!! thats a monster!!well done

Cheers doggie, there could be a new Irish record wrasse around here yet

Thats a fabulous wrasse well done

Cheers mitch hope there's a bigger one waiting for a juicy Limpet someday soon

brilliant FK - your consitently hittin the big fellas, fair play - my pb is about 15cm LoL

that,s a monster wrasse FK well done mate

Crackin wrasse, bet that put a big smile on your face well done.

well done fk that's some wrasse,great fish,you have some amount of great wrasse caught this year

well done FK, you can't beat limpets for great wrasse & release! well done!

super wrase, well done

Thats a fine wrasse - well done. I am definitely going to have use limpets the next time I go wrasse fishing - easier than digging rag

What a beauty, 50cms , can only imagine that scrap ,,,,i'd be happy with one half that size,well done again
Dave

Nice wrasse! well done

now that must have been one cracker of a scrap well done mate for that is a thumper of a wrasse, nice one FK

Great lump of a Wrasse, well done

well done fine wrasse on free bait aswell

Where would you get limpets???