People: Me
Duration: 0800 to 1700
Tide: Up then down - neap
Weather: Dull all day
Bait: Mackerel
Rigs: Feathers, pirks and paternoster
Results:Mackerel, pollock, cod, haddock, red band, tope, wrasse and whiting.
Not exactly hectic fishing but a nice selection of species. Mackerel were scarce and tope plentiful.
First red band and haddock of the year.
Galway Bay 23/7/11
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Peter Kinsella
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Re: Galway Bay 23/7/11
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cathalger
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Re: Galway Bay 23/7/11
Peter,
Thanks for posting those quality shots of the Red Band, I never even heard of it, what length is that fish and what did it take?
Cathal.
Thanks for posting those quality shots of the Red Band, I never even heard of it, what length is that fish and what did it take?
Cathal.
2013 Sea Species:- Bass, Flounder, 5 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Whiting, red gurnard, grey gurnard, Pollack, coley, mackerel, sea trout, cant remember cos I didn't update at the time.....
2012 Sea species:- Pollack, Coley, Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Sea Trout, Haddock, Plaice, Dab, Flounder, Red Gurnard, Grey Gurnard, Pouting, Whiting, Corkwing Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Brown Trout caught on beach.
2011 Sea species:- codling, L.S. dogfish, coley, whiting, pollack(4lb 3oz), sea trout, shore conger eel (15lb), ballan wrasse, grey gurnard, plaice, dab (and lobster).
2012 Sea species:- Pollack, Coley, Mackerel, Cod, Bass, Sea Trout, Haddock, Plaice, Dab, Flounder, Red Gurnard, Grey Gurnard, Pouting, Whiting, Corkwing Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Brown Trout caught on beach.
2011 Sea species:- codling, L.S. dogfish, coley, whiting, pollack(4lb 3oz), sea trout, shore conger eel (15lb), ballan wrasse, grey gurnard, plaice, dab (and lobster).
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eoghanb
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Re: Galway Bay 23/7/11
Id bet a live one wud make a great bass bait they'd see it a mile away!
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saving private brian
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Re: Galway Bay 23/7/11
mad looking thing,,,first i have ever seen of one,,good report
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Re: Galway Bay 23/7/11
Beautiful fish! Great to see someboby catch something out of the ordinary. well done! http://www.britishwildlifeandnature.wik ... _Band_Fish
Species 2011: Mackerel, Sandeel, Cod, Coley, Pouting, Ling, Pollock, Cuckoo Wrasse, Red Gurnard, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Poor Cod.
Species 2012: Mackerel, Pollock, Coley, Pouting
Species 2012: Mackerel, Pollock, Coley, Pouting
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Re: Galway Bay 23/7/11
'Thanks for posting those quality shots of the Red Band, I never even heard of it, what length is that fish and what did it take?
Cathal.'
Was about 40cm length. It took mackerel strip baited feathers near to the sea bed = 25m depth.
P.
Cathal.'
Was about 40cm length. It took mackerel strip baited feathers near to the sea bed = 25m depth.
P.