10/8/08 first wrase

People: jus me

Duration: 2hrs

Tide: on way out

Weather:dd nice evening, sunny

Bait: rag
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Rigs: float

Results: 2 wrase




Report: wit such a lovely evening i decided 2 use up the last of the rag from sunday.
decided to try for another new species after catching my 1st plaice on sunday (1st flat ever )
got 2 the mark about 620 and set up. all was quiet 4 the 1st hr and then 2 wrase 1 after the other .
at 1st i thought it was a pollock as it put up a good fight for its size.
theres nothing better than setting out 2 target a fish you never caught before and it pays of,
all i can say is im delighted
maybe someone can tell me what type of wrase they are please.

cheers wayne

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nice one
had a few on portaferry peir and ballyhalbert peir in thepast few weeks.

Nice going wayne ,They're ballan wrasse by the way .

i love wrasse they fight well, look well, feed well.

thanx ronald,

dan, i think ive got a wrase bug now. jus didnt want 2 leave but had 2
but defo headin out again at wkend

Well done on the new species Wayne

thanx saltydog, im deligthed. all i can say is without this site i wouldnt have a clue how 2 target most species out there.
really looking forward 2 a few more new species

Welldone wayne, nice to see your getting out.....finally

The wrasse are a cracking fish, once you've caught a few around the 3lb mark you'll be hooked

thanx shamo, yea not getin out much lately jus an hr r 2 here and der.
see you had a good nite las nite.

mite be able 2 get out sunday, let me no were ur heading and i mite tag along.

welldone wayne,,nice wrasse there, theyre great sport, and frustrating at times also. I got my first thanks to Shamoo.Keep it up

i've had loads at 2-3Ibs, about a dozen at 4-5+ and one at 5Ibs+ and i am absalutely hoooooookeddd

wayne, heading out with Eric & Al on sunday, heading down to ballymoney, nth wexford, your welcome to join us

thanx eyes

and sham its a date. wat time ye thinking bout

Wrasse are great fish and not too hard to get once you get the hang of it (and you now have). Wait till you get them @ 3 lb + you will have a ball. The only thing is they dig in rather than make a run like Mullet or the couple of Bass I have caught this year. If they stripped line you would never fish for anything else. And they are great for using up your dead and half dead rag! a Conemara man once told me that they are the tastiest fish in the sea, but I remember my father taking me to the Aran Islands and bringing one back fro my Ma to cook......she got a recipe from BIM but the smell was rotten......we had to sell the house! I read a good recipe - place a wrasse in large pot of water containing a brick, boil for 12 hours and eat the brick!

Nice job!

IF YA WANNA HEAD TO DUN LAOIGHRE SOMEDAY SOON I COULD HOOK YA UP WITH THREE TYPES OF WRASSE , GOLDSINNEY CORKWING AND THE BALLANS YOU ALREADY HAVE

marno they do dig in, love 2 catch 1 r 2 at 3lb plus

wrasebasher, for sure, defo hav 2 hook up wit ye soon.
always looking 2 get new species under my belt and thanx 4 the offer

Well done on getting you first wrasse.

They can give you a great fight alright - especially when they are over 2 lb. But even the small ones can put up a struggle - you think you have something much bigger on the end of the line until you get it to the surface.

thanx rockhunter.
as you say, the 1st i caught was the bigger of the 2 and he/she felt alot bigger than what it was .
really look forward 2 catching 1 around the 3 or 4lb mark

hook 1 at 3 0r 4Ibs and you know you've got a proper fish on. jus' watch they dont get you into snags.