north beach wicklow

7/0 pennel 100 to 200 lb mono onto your shockleader with a good bead infront of the swivel

savage fish brother fair play to ye

7/0 pennel 100 to 200 lb mono onto your shockleader with a good bead infront of the swivel

Cheers for that Roger, anyone would think that I am a beginner or something

man thats a smashing fish and to sucessfully land him on 15lb line is really something to cherish. well done man, and may it be your first of many

lovely fish, makes the smuts seem tiny, will have to give it a go with eyes,

few pics of unhooking ,the lets stand back and say fluck me moment and the release funny when dennis asks a bunch of lads to go for a tope no one else wears their waders i wonder why

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Well done. Cracking tope. Must get out and try for one someday soon.

super fish well done lads id say the craic was brilliant; the fight off a tope in the boat is fantastic cant imagine what its like on the shore on 15lb thats really great angling

well done lads cant wait to get one myself from shore

isn't that what fishing buddies are all about!
nothing like bringing a mate to meet his match and get a result.
great report there lads, keep it up.

some fish well done, youll be buzzing for weeks after that

Just an amazing fish to get from the shore well done. Dennis you seemed to have been spot on there. What's the weekends lotto result? A pm will do!

great catch as newbie it certainly whets my appetite,
maybe this was anserwed already,
what size hook, i usually use 1/0 off shore, is that too small for tope?

paddy

great catch as newbie it certainly whets my appetite,
maybe this was anserwed already,
what size hook, i usually use 1/0 off shore, is that too small for tope?

paddy

Try an 8/0 Mate

Just an amazing fish to get from the shore well done. Dennis you seemed to have been spot on there. What's the weekends lotto result? A pm will do!

its just luck

Excellent Catch.

Fair play !

Amazing fish ... Well done ...

Wow cracking fish there lads and to land it on that gear, well done. Never tried targeting tope myself but now I have sooo many questions when, where, what gear, what distance etc, would love to catch something that size from the shore. Well done again lads.

dave
any of the wick beaches should produce em, use a whole mack as far as you can put it, and if your unsure of your knots and stuff use 25lb mainline or even 30lb and a big reel,
150 to 200 lb mono to 8/0, 10/0 hooks

ive had most of mine at night so fish the night tides if you can, enjoy

Class session lads gona try the Tope myself soon. I'd say it was one hell of scrap