South Galway Tope Expedition 07.10.08

People: stevecrow74 & myself

Duration: 12:30-15:30 & 18:30-01:30

Tide: Dropping for 1st session and rising for 2nd session

Weather: few showers otherwise fine little wind

Bait: Mackerel

Rigs: lures, one up one downs, one hook distance and animal rigs

Results: bass, sea trout, pollack & mackerel




Report: Had decided to give the tope another go, so met steve at Galway Docks to gather some mackerel spent a couple of hours catching mackerel on light gear using floats which was a bit of craic. We soon had enough bait with some nice joey's too. Headed back to the farm to pick up the rest of my gear then set off to chase the big un's. When we arrived the tide was just at the end of low so we decided to do some lure fishing. Steve was first in with a nice little sea trout his first of the year nicely lip hooked didn't bother with a photo as we thought it best to unhook him in the water he swam away strongly. Not too long after i got hit thought i'd snagged the weed bank for a moment until i felt a big kick. With a nice bend in the rod and few rolls had us guessing until i got it in close saw a flash of silver which confirmed bass weighed in a 7lb's quick photo then released. We stopped the lure fishing as the light faded and tried for other species which produced a small pollack for myself. Then as the tide filled we cracked out the big guns We waited in the hope the tope would show this time, unfortunately there was no runs on the tope gear. On a more positive note we where chatting to a local match angler steve knew who confirmed the reports last year of a 40lb tope being caught on a boat close by as it was himself who caught it, so they're definately out there Will give the tope another go soon

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[Danny M.]

Thats a nice bit of variety there.

Hes a nice lump of silver !

Hard luck on the Tope front.

Last edited by Danny M. on Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.

theyre fecking resident at this stage i tells yea

dont mind the tope, that bass is some result

Thats a Beaut Conor, not a bad session then allround

No tope still though Your running outta time.......

Very nice fish there Conor, well done.

nice fish connor im starting my tope fishing tomorrow so fingers crossed,

T'was a nice fish alright... good to see they are about the place.. nice clean sea trout, no lice to be found on either fish..

another species closer to my target number too


p.s. the bass weighed 6lbs 12oz on my scales

Conor, nice bass. Well done!

Nice Bass mate good luck with the Tope

Cheers lads was a nice surprise alright hopefully it wasn't a one off. It would be nice to see bass travelling that far into the bay. Will try again for the tope soon. Let me know how your getting on Denis

Steve we'll just have to get a 3rd independant scales preferably certified to settle any disputes either way still my biggest bass to date so well happy

dont worry salty - hes just in a huff over his tiddler trout compared to your bass - say hes sickened

dont worry salty - hes just in a huff over his tiddler trout compared to your bass - say hes sickened

not really, I'm happy to have caught that sea trout, strangely enough though, its the third large bass that i have seen coming out of Galway bay. larger than any I've caught or seen caught on other parts of the country (not saying there not there, just not when I'm around )

nice bass mate

Great fishing lads, any chance of getting a pm with the tope mark promise ill keep it a secret. Looking to take the yack out and try. Been down by Newquay from the shore no luck and a ripping current.

you have a PM

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Steve we'll just have to get a 3rd independant scales preferably certified to settle any disputes either way still my biggest bass to date so well happy

Now that I'm back this side of the Atlantic again, I'll just have to be there next time - my Salter Electro Samson should resolve any disputes

Nice bass Conor. Very nice...

I think I know where that is, is it the mark Close to that Village with a visible watertower and the mark is near a pier where you get mackerel bashers during the summer......... around that corner I caught 3 there this year allready

Aye that sounds like the same place alright

I think I know where that is, is it the mark Close to that Village with a visible watertower and the mark is near a pier where you get mackerel bashers during the summer......... around that corner I caught 3 there this year allready

yea told me you blanked you hoor - no wonder you didnt want to clock head there in the month of august

Ah sure lol there are loads of place's up that direction where one can catch tope...................