Arklow 08/01/2012

People:Myself

Duration:9am-13.30pm

Tide:high-low

Weather:nice calm day with slight breeze

Bait:Frozen black lug/squid

Rigs:2 hook flapper

Results:5 whiting- 3 Dab and an unknown fish hopefully someone can tell me.




Report:
Decided to head out for a few hours as I've been stuck in all week minding the kids so headed for arklow.
Was only one on the beach except for a big dalmatian that kept going for my bait.Casted out and straight away was getting knocks but nothing hooking.
An hour in bites were getting better and i reeled in to find 2 fish on,a small whiting and the unknown fish which i think is a kind of gurnad but not sure.I then caught the dabs and few more whiting.Only stayed a few hours to use up bait then headed for home.Beats sitting in.

Its a scorpion fish mate!

it's a long spined sea scorpion

Nice one thanks,its an ugly looking fish anyhow.

well done chris.

Cute Scorpion well done ... looks like your nailing the list!! keep it up!!

Fair play Chris glad you picked up something..

long spined sea scorpions are cute they have lovely bluey green bellys and grunt

well done chris you got more fish than we did in youghal maybe we should have stayed local

long spined sea scorpions are cute they have lovely bluey green bellys and grunt

Yeah the underneath was a nice blue colour and when i went to take the hook out it looked its jaws down

just wondering are they poisonous?

just wondering are they poisonous?

not at all, the only one you have to worry about is the weaver