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Sligo wrasse

Postby zeke » Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:45 am

Beatiful weather produced beatiful fish, landed 4 wrasse and heaviest is 3.7 lbs. All fish caught on weedless lure set up. All wrasse was released to fight another day.
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Postby chuckaroo » Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:53 pm

nice wrasse zeke 8)
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Postby zeke » Wed Aug 16, 2017 2:05 pm

chuckaroo wrote:nice wrasse zeke 8)
Thanks mate!

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Postby zeke » Wed Aug 16, 2017 2:06 pm

chuckaroo wrote:nice wrasse zeke 8)
Thanks mate!

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Postby zeke » Wed Aug 16, 2017 2:10 pm

chuckaroo wrote:nice wrasse zeke 8)
Thanks mate!

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Re: Sligo wrasse

Postby johnwest » Thu Aug 17, 2017 11:01 pm

Some lovely fish there Zeke, but I'm not sure about the shorts and wellies look!
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Re: Sligo wrasse

Postby kieran » Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:22 am

welcome back John, there's a thread of well fishers ere for you :mrgreen:
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Postby nicefish » Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:14 pm

Some nice Wrasse there. What type of weed less lure were you using?
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Re: Sligo wrasse

Postby chuckaroo » Fri Aug 18, 2017 7:21 pm

yip. would also be interested in your 'weedless lure setup'. particularly the size and type of lure.. any pics of the lure?
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Re: Sligo wrasse

Postby zeke » Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:09 pm

johnwest wrote:Some lovely fish there Zeke, but I'm not sure about the shorts and wellies look!

Thanks John! Ignore the outfit please just concentrate on fishing hehehe. Hope your getting well soon.


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Postby zeke » Sat Aug 19, 2017 3:23 pm

chuckaroo wrote:yip. would also be interested in your 'weedless lure setup'. particularly the size and type of lure.. any pics of the lure?
A simple Texas rig
Lures are soft plastic
Sizes raging frm 80mm to 160mm
Hook size frm 1/0 to 6/0
Line: flourocarbon 9.8kg to 27.1kg

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Re: Sligo wrasse

Postby zeke » Sat Aug 19, 2017 4:10 pm

nicefish wrote:Some nice Wrasse there. What type of weed less lure were you using?

Here's some wrasse fishing action
https://youtu.be/7GlF3LH-7wI


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Re: Sligo wrasse

Postby chuckaroo » Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:12 pm

Cheers zeke, lovely video. I'm quite surprised at the size of the lures and hooks to be honest, as wrasse don't have big mouths. Goes to show though..
Those are some fine wrasse. Nice fishing sir 8)
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Re: Sligo wrasse

Postby Tackleholic » Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:31 pm

Great video and your picture is very helpful. I look forward to giving this a go! :-)
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