wicklow harbour tadpole fish

[gibbo]

People:myself my girlfriend and my son

Duration:2 hours

Tide:
risen Weather:sunny

Bait:macky

Rigs: 1 hook flapper

Results2 flounder and 2 small shore rockling and a 1lb tadpole fish



Report:got to wicklow harbour about 1 by 2 i only had 2 flounder and 2 small shore rockling so i start packing up and when i went to pick up my mini species rod it doubled over i couldnt believe it a 1lb tadpole fish as far as i know ther really rare from the shore so that really made my day
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Last edited by gibbo on Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:58 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Hats off man, great catch

well done man

cheers lads and thers the photos as promised

nice one!

Smile man!!1


well done

That's a fine tadpole fish - well done

Class looking fish well done

well done gibbo

i have been fishing 36 years and have only seen two of them in the flesh in that time.
my wife caught one about 20 years ago and i caught one 3 years ago

welcome to the tadpole club

Nice one Gibbo!

nice one lads i caught it up a the white fence about ten yards out incase yous were wondering

well done that old harbour can throw up some weird fish ,only place i ever got a ling from the shore,is their a speceimen weight for tadpole fish?

well done that old harbour can throw up some weird fish ,only place i ever got a ling from the shore,is their a speceimen weight for tadpole fish?

not yet

gibbo did you retain the fish for specimen fish committee

Well done on the tadpole fish gibbo they're a class wee fish.

Class looking fish well done

It nearly as big as yours Davy, though you do hold the british record for it

no i put him back didnt fancy killing the little chap

no i put him back didnt fancy killing the little chap

Fair play Gibbo

no i put him back didnt fancy killing the little chap

nice fish here gibbo and fair play for puttin it back.

great catch, a big well done on the catch and release.

nice one boys.listen do any of u know weres throwing up some codling

excellent catch gibbo you'll not see too many of them on peoples species lists by the end of the year, well done man . that mark has some variety of fish available from it all year round.