Clogherhead Co. Louth 2nd May

People: myself and some tourists
Time: 7:30pm
Duration:2 hours
Tide:rising
Weather: north east gale

Bait: lug tipped with mac
Rigs:2 hook flappers
Results: 1 Ling and another big something that fell just before landing:cry:
Catch and Release:: Yes

There was a big swell with north east gale, got 1 big bite and took a big effort to get it in. Just before landing it wriggled one last time and fell off :cry: Couldn't see what it was... :twisted:

Then another knock on the rod and amazed to see a Ling on end. Beautiful fish, with superb coloring, must bring the camera next time...

Nice one.... pity about the fish falling off. Was the Ling any size?

Kev

Hi Kev,
Thanks, Ling was small about 35cm but it was a suprise...

pity about the 1 that got away.

just wondering what colouring the ling had :?:

sounds like a three bearded rockling to me.

i was waiting for someone to say that. Was it a ling ?????????????



Colin

Hi Lads,
The fish had a long body, four (?) small tentacles on its head and a beard underneath its chin. It had brown and golden freckles along its back to the tail and a white underneath...

deffo sounds like a Rockling rather than a ling, id say its a 3 beard, would a 5 beard or shore rockling get that big??

Rockling all right and a new one to.


Colin

does a shore rockling not have 4 beards??