best wrasse this year

People:me and a friend

Duration:who knows

Tide:rising

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Bait:rag

Rigs:1 hook flap

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Fine Ballan! Well done!

Beautiful fish, nicely done : )

Fine fish lad welldone

Any idea what weight or length it was?

cheers guys, only a guess but i d say in and around 30cm and near 3lb, i didnt weigh him, he was hooked up deep, i had his mouth jammed with needle nose pliers for ages, to long, by the time i got the hook out i just took a quick pic and got him back, safe and sound, sorry bout the picture had to crop it so much to get it uploaded, the full pic would do better

Nice fish Well done fella

cheers guys, only a guess but i d say in and around 30cm and near 3lb, i didnt weigh him, he was hooked up deep, i had his mouth jammed with needle nose pliers for ages, to long, by the time i got the hook out i just took a quick pic and got him back, safe and sound, sorry bout the picture had to crop it so much to get it uploaded, the full pic would do better

Nice fish Doggy! You should try "re-sizing" down to a max of 839 pixels rather than cropping. Microsoft Office picture manager is one way of doing it.

lovely fish

here's a link on how to resize: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=40447&p=315766&hilit=microsoft#p315766
i have a wee post in there that i reckon is best way..

Nice

cheers all, thanks john il check that out, has any one got bigger wrasse? would like to c a nice specimen

Well done wrasse are great sport I love when they nail the bait, fantastic fun on light gear. Its nice to see you were eager to get him back into the water, well done

cheers all, thanks john il check that out, has any one got bigger wrasse? would like to c a nice specimen

Have a look at Fisherking's post "Wrasse sessions" on page 3; a 5lb 8oz ballan, nice enough for you?

cheers john thats a real nice fish, but will it ever be big enough? hehe. im starting to regret not weighing my one, next time for sure!

cheers john thats a real nice fish, but will it ever be big enough? hehe. im starting to regret not weighing my one, next time for sure!

You'll find that they are territorial so if you go back to the same spot you have a good chance of catching it again! Then you can weight the big guy!

I recently caught the same wrasse twice in the same week. Here's a link to the thread.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=40843

cheers john thats a real nice fish, but will it ever be big enough? hehe. im starting to regret not weighing my one, next time for sure!

You'll find that they are territorial so if you go back to the same spot you have a good chance of catching it again! Then you can weight the big guy!

I recently caught the same wrasse twice in the same week. Here's a link to the thread.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=40843

to any one who fishes for wrasse and pollack get this, just back from kerry where i tried soft plastic lures for the first time for them, was aiming mainly for wrasse, the way you hook the lures to the hook masks the point so you can spin it thru almost any weed and you will not get snagged...., had a dozen casts on the advice of my friend beside me and caught a 4lb wrasse and 3lb pollack, no snags and now a defo convert, you gotta read up on this and try them... absolutely brilliant way of fishing!

to any one who fishes for wrasse and pollack get this, just back from kerry where i tried soft plastic lures for the first time for them, was aiming mainly for wrasse, the way you hook the lures to the hook masks the point so you can spin it thru almost any weed and you will not get snagged...., had a dozen casts on the advice of my friend beside me and caught a 4lb wrasse and 3lb pollack, no snags and now a defo convert, you gotta read up on this and try them... absolutely brilliant way of fishing!

Cool, What type of soft lure was it - colour, make?

er, wud need to get that info off my pal, he is more up to date re. that sort of thing, i saw him catch a few then raided his gear for my own entertainment! it was 'cone head' weight ontop of an unusual 'rigging' soft plastic hook, there is a knack to mounting the lure so that it is presented ideally, the lures were quite dull in colour and more worm than fishlike, and just 'trotted' about in deep weedy areas. good luck

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I had a few last weekend on small sandeel like soft plastic hooked on a small size 2 jig head and was just raising and dropping the rod tip making the lure rise and fall in the water column. Ive heard they attack the lure in such an aggresive manner to get rid of the fish from its territory more so than for food. It wasnt a wrasse that told me that tho so not sure if its true or not.

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