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93cm is still a monster gabbey,jus a pity i wasnt ther withmy scales no doubt this magical fish converter will say it was 20lb neway

Gabbey11 that would still be an 18lb fish. What is the standard rule you were using. Is it a 12 inch ruler which is 30cm and would give you a fish of 63cm and about 5 lb which is pretty standard for the Co Down coast.

No mate its a 45 cm rule (sea match), and I can see what your converter says but I dont think by any standard this was above 12lb.

OK. No problem.

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Cheers for getting back lads, Pretty much what we were thinking aswel.

Well done on a great session. Always nice to get the odd PB.

Remember its still pretty early in the summer,once they have fattened up over the next few months they will be a lot chunkier and weigh a bit more

Hold on there buddy... As previously stated I was working on the estimate of 8lb, which is a distinct possibility of a few marks in N.I...

great fishing well done

Hold on there buddy... As previously stated I was working on the estimate of 8lb, which is a distinct possibility of a few marks in N.I...

I totally agree. I have had them myself to that size. My point was simply it didn't measure 113cm. Never measured a pollack but i would guess an 8lb pollack is about 70cm from measuring bass. The man says this one was 93cm and that would be a big double unless it was emaciated.

Can't we all just be happy that Gabbey caught some good fish.

Even if we don't know where his mark is at least it gives us all hope!

Good fishin gabby. Did you catch on the ledge right at your feet?

Well done on catching a monster pollack and cod, a new PB is alway worth celebrating!

However, i must take issue with no date, mark or even county. I was under the impression that one of(but certainly not the only) the points of the reports section is to build up a picture of how an area is fishing. While i appreciate that its great to tell people of your PB, a report with no date and not even a clue as to where you were fishing is fairly useless really.

It has been discussed on here many times, its fair enough if you dont want to say the exact spot you were fishing but its not exactly harmful to put a date and a general area.

Once again, congratulations on the PBs

Click this link and scroll down to last years specimen pollack catches http://www.irish-trophy-fish.com/report ... 011_TF.pdf

You`ll see the weight of each speci along with measurements...
Hope it helps

Well, it was obviously somewhere close to North down, as Gabbey put the report up at 6.36pm & had fished til 6pm.

Could have used a mobile device.

Haters always be hating
dont hate the player hate the game yo

Haters always be hating
dont hate the player hate the game yo

Profound i am sure

OK i give up. As the specimen report shows this 93cm pollack is bigger than any of the specimens reported last year and as such is an excellent achievement and even on conservative estimates must have gone 14 or 15lbs.
For those who thought the original report of a 113cm/8lbish pollack made sense.
You do know you only measure one side of the fish

People: Myself

Duration: 9 o'clock - 6

Tide:hour before high up untill changing low

Weather: Sunny

Bait: variety of spinners, jellys

Results: 14 pollack inc PB, PB cod (on measurement), 2 coallie

Hi Gabby

I had the same thing with the seal happen to me at Malin Head a few years ago, came out of the water like a labrador dog scared the s**t right of me, did nt do the poor pollock much good either.

Well done on the PBs.






Report: (weights are judged, no scale)

I was always told the early bird catchs the worm but in this case I caught more than that, this is a mark Ive tried over the past 2 months showing pollack up to 8lb and coallies everywhere, so I thought before exams Id make it down early and last all day while I have the chance. Weather looked perfect as well as wind so I through everything in the car including the dog which had to be wrestled back out and finally made a move. As I pulled up I noticed two guys already walking in the direction with rods in hands, a bit annoyed they had beatin me to the punch and set up exactly where I wanted to.
Lucky enough both turned out to be good guys and by lunch I was fishing between them. The day started well for them, lifting 1-2lb coallies and the odd pollack however my luck was taking a hammering so I sat for that well known break with coffee in hand, Id missed breakfast to beat people down and still fell short.

Tim using a fly rod lifted some outstanding pollack before lunch time. However with constant changes of lures I had nothing. Tim had to answer a quick call and while he was gone I hammered into a monster at some distance, I was sure hed hit the weed but I turned him just right to bring him in, the savage rod holding up well after a good fight he was close and decided to take a last ditch effort under a rock in front. I dashed to match him and feeling the braid slide along I started to panic, the other fella quickly grabbed their net and leaned out with me to land it. It must have been about 8-10lb my legs were shaking and then out of no where a dark spot came rushing towards it still in the water, I swear the biggest seal Id ever seen decided to be of with it, taking about 10yards of line before the line broke, I was nearly in but more than that my fish probably a new pb was gone. This called for another break my heart truely breaking at the sight, I could of swore it was a shark.

Around 2 oclock came, the other guys had lifted some lovely fish but Id had nothing and then finally a 2lb pollack saved my blank. The other fellas finally left leaving me to the nightmare of the seal which on the occasion reared his ugly head just to let me know he was still lurking in the depths. I thought stuff him so I set up a 5 inch sidewinder and fished through, finally out of no were I hit in and then the fish kept coming raining from around 2-5lb I was shaking all over, my arm was tired and after a long walk up the mournes yesterday my legs were starting to give way. So this was gonna be my last few chucks before home. The tide certainly coming to the low I was hammering them out when finally it came, a monster making my reel scream and arms already sore I could do nothing but hold on (constantly thinking this better not be that seal) so I reeled through maybe a little bit of bullying but I wasnt losing him, measuring 113cm give or take ( had to use my measuring rule and judge) I landed my pollack, this is a PB by any standard and probably weighed upwards of 8lb not sure but it weighed a bloody ton. That was me I was finishing up but the sun was shining so as all anglers decide enough is never enough, so I again I went throwing my lure out. Another monster bite but this was slow pulls no real energy and more of a tug than anything, by myself I landed another pb cod measuring 72cm (im judging PB by length as the biggest Ive ever caught was 50cm). After this came a few more bites and a few smaller pollack still a good size but only around 1-2lb then here it came to sum up my day, a comorant dive bombed my line tangling itself. I was thinking of cutting it of but unfortunetly this had mangled itself in line, I decided there was no chance as it constantly struggled in the line, so I did the only thing I could imagine and hand lined him in, netted him and de tangled setting him free, I think i came of worse with a few cuts down my arms for my troubles as he jumped back in and went swimming. Saying this Id do it all again haha this is by far the best day Ive ever had fishing and I feel fully deserved a report, so hopefully this is good enough.
Thanks for reading guys
(No pics due to leaving camera in girlfriends care but have a few on the phone Ill figure out how to get up at a later date, BED TIME)

well done on your pb's mate. keep it up.
dave

superb fishing! ive never heard or seen of a cod over 10lbs from the shore but 93cm is superb stuff