Sun, Flounder's and sh sh sh Shark! 29 Apr 2011

People: Me

Duration: 5pm - 9:30pm

Tide: High at 4.30pm..ish

Weather: Calm and sunny

Bait: Lug and razor

Rigs: Running ledger, double runner

Results: 12 flounder




Report: I wasn't going to post this report as all I had was tiny flounder all evening none more than 20 odd cm, so not worth getting the cameara out for. Some where hard to unhook so it was best not to be hanging around either. An hour or so into the session I looked out to sea to be greeted by the sight of this black shark fin sticking out of the water. He was crusing along very slowly and every now and again I could see the snout sticking out of the water, this could only be a basking shark judging be its size, speed and the lenght of time he was at the surface. He cruised pass then turned around just about 50m past me and cruised on by again. Even when I was packing up 2hrs or so later I could still see him cruising further out. It was a sight to see and I thought it made this interesting enough to post.....

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lovely pics tom

great pictures tom,fantastic thing to see

[JOHN1]

Brilliant to see things like that from the shore thanks for sharing the pictures Tom

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Great picture tony.Jaws that beach is closed

Great report Tom but that thing in the first pic is a ferry sorry couldn't resist.

great sight to see tom seen 1 myself in achill last summer when rock fishing for conger but it did not hang around long enough to get a photo and 10 flounder is a good session well done

Nice one Tom, saw one years ago at Galley Head near Clonakilty, marvellous sight to behold

thats my plans of swimming this summer over lol nice pics t
tightlines
ferg

Lovely pics, well done.

Interesting to see a basking shark there.
I have seen several of them in West Cork in the summer but never one off the beach I think you were fishing.

On that note, reports of a possible thresher in keem bay
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthre ... 2056256666

fair play for posting the pics Tom. Great to see.

[tomgrey]

lovely pics tom

great pictures tom,fantastic thing to see

Brilliant to see things like that from the shore thanks for sharing the pictures Tom

Lovely pics, well done.

fair play for posting the pics Tom. Great to see.

Cheers lads..

Great picture tony.Jaws that beach is closed

Great report Tom but that thing in the first pic is a ferry sorry couldn't resist.

:lol:

great sight to see tom seen 1 myself in achill last summer when rock fishing for conger but it did not hang around long enough to get a photo and 10 flounder is a good session well done

Nice one Tom, saw one years ago at Galley Head near Clonakilty, marvellous sight to behold

Good sight to see alright, Id say it would be cool to be up close beside one

thats my plans of swimming this summer over lol nice pics t
tightlines
ferg

I dont think its the filter feeding basking shark you have to worry about fishy its the other fishy/man eating varities like these fellas...

On that note, reports of a possible thresher in keem bay
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthre ... 2056256666

Cheers for that jd!

Interesting to see a basking shark there.
I have seen several of them in West Cork in the summer but never one off the beach I think you were fishing.

I'd say he was feeding because he was around for 2hr's or so on the surface, good to see them local anyway

Last edited by tomgrey on Wed May 04, 2011 10:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.

as well as the basking shark there were two seals hanging around, I think they scared off some of the bigger and less well camouflaged fellas

Great report Tom but that thing in the first pic is a ferry sorry couldn't resist.

had to laugh at that one. nice to see & photo tom.