Trigger fish

This was my first Trigger fish i've ever caught. I got it on the Ring of Kerry. Was just wondering are they very comon on the west coast of Ireland :?: Tryed to post pic of fish but it say says. Image is to big. Not sure how to shrink the pixels

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Please do mate id love to see the pic :o

Hi Hardy

triggers are becoming more common and can not be contacted from Cork to Donegal in selected locations. Best option is to find a sheltered spot where you would normally target wrasse and possibly pollack and you may find them there...

FWIW

Here's the pic of the Trigger fish

from Cork to Donegal in selected locations

No chance for us E.C boys then :roll:

Nice fish, and well done mate

Woow ! What a beauty ...

Well done mate ...

Nice Trigger, last summer i found using a float with a sandeel near rocky areas was very successful. A specimen is 3.25lbs i'd say you werent too far off.

every chance...

look, without giving the game away, these fish will shoal in harbours...
try any map, pick a decent harbour that does not dry out at LW, give it another month if you are up north and off you go, small hooks and very shark and a strong snood, they have a beak not a mouth!

FWIW

Where in the water level do trigger fish feed :?:

Hi

You typically find them mucking about on or near the surface especially on a coming tide. They are often attracted to ground bait put out for wrasse and in harbours for mullet. Float fishing is the best option on any of the marks I have seen or heard about them but others like Bill Ryan who catches a lot might offer you more accurate information...

HTH

Thank's for the info. I'M off to Glenross, nere Glenbeigh. Not sure what the fishing is like off the rocks round there. Can any body recommend any good marks. :)

wow super fish mate well done :D

Thanks for the tips Keiran.

Might have a go for some of them soon :wink:

Cracking fish , a beauty, well done

Here's the pic of the Trigger fish

Loverly............

I thought they didn't show until Autumn or is it the more North the later they show. I had a few sessions last Sept and I have to say they were great sport 2lb Trigger = 5lb Wrasse fight wise though they were a bit lethargic as the cold approached. I found that if they are about no other fish gets a chance at your bait (poor things :wink: ) and they will take anything (if you could get a fart on a hook they would take it :lol: ).

Interesting fact alert! Try to depress the leading spike and you will find it wont move, next try the smaller spike behind it and they both slip easily back into their slot.

One down side I heard on the radio is they are new arrivals and destructive to our coastal eco-system and they are very aggressive and can bite swimmers/divers (you should have seen the state of my hooks!), on the up side I read they are one of the tastiest fish in the sea .......... Caught bucket loads last year but never tasted one.

Thank's for the info. I'M off to Glenross, nere Glenbeigh. Not sure what the fishing is like off the rocks round there. Can any body recommend any good marks. :)

Is that Glenbeigh in Kerry? if so Kells is close by, on the rocks there they get plenty :wink:
Sean

Thanks seanp It is on the north of the ring of Kerry

Last year in Cork, we were targeting Trigger as we were told they would be about. On the first day we were at a Ray mark, and one came out of nowhere to the most inexperienced angler, who was well chuffed!! The next day, the rest of us wanted one too and we headed to another spot, and after 20 mins we were all catching them, and quite easily too. To the extent were we wanted a bit more of a challenge from them, but werent getting it. Great looking fish, and a very strange sounding fish, they grunt at you. VERY VERY tough fish too. They seemed to be a bit confused as to what way to hunt, seen as they are relatively new to our shores, which made it easy enough for us to catch them, but im sure they'll cop on pretty soon!

I was once attacked by a trigger fish scuba diving in Thailand, they're aggressive little buggers. They have a territory extending upwards from their nest in an inverted cone shape, and will attack anything that strays in. Of course the first thing you do when being molested by an agry fish is to breathe deeply, which when diving, makes you rise! That is, further into his territory!

Eventually I did what I had been told to do - lie on my back, keep the fish at bay with your fins, and swim horizontally till youre out of the cone. They do pack a bite though - the instructors fins had plenty of holes in the tips. I had to admire his bravery though, coming at me again and again, the trigger up. Good bit bigger than our triggers.

So I was delighted to hear they have shown up on our shores. I have had an evil fantasy to catch on ever since, make fun of it, maybe slap its bottom before putting it back to fight another day.

What are ye catching them with?