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Favourite species??

#1 Post by breamers boy »

What are your favourite species to catch???


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#2 Post by John cork »

Anything I can ;-)

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#3 Post by lucky13 »

anything i get a bit of an adrenaline rush from!
conger and huss used to be my favourite they are a joint second to,am...BASS!
big ballans give a great account for themselves too on the end of a line...
jah'sus i love em all...right down to tiny rudd on horizontal twig floats in quarry ponds in the summer(who fight like ali on light gear),tis all about the initial take for me :D i think learning the different bites and takes,being able to call the species before you see it like,was the most enjoyable thing i have ever learned :D
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#4 Post by mackfish »

Thornies...I love to hunt for thornies!...

And flatties, whether they be dabs, flounder or plaice...I love catching them!

Even coalies, coalies on a lure, love it!
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#5 Post by finding nemo »

Smoothies and bass would be my favourites, always gets the adrenaline pumping. Float fishing for wrasse is great craic too.
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#6 Post by chrisoc96 »

ive two big blues and salmon :) but ive never had a bass on the lure yet so we see ;)
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#7 Post by sailnfish »

Pollack, bass or wrasse on the lure :)
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#8 Post by JOHN1 »

I love them all, from Tope to Tompots from congers to cuckoo wrasse and on and on and on.
But the two fish that i really enjoy fishing for is Pollack and Plaice whatever it is i would spent a full day at them without looking for anything else:P
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#9 Post by ShaneH »

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#10 Post by Robk »

Thornies. Thankfully plenty around here
Fly fishing mackerel too
2013: 22
macks pollack doggies coal fish codling grey gurnard red gurnard haddock whiting
Sandeel conger thornback wrasse blenny three bearded rockling pouting turbot scad ling
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#11 Post by chrisoc96 »

is that really that fun rob i haven't a clue where to start but grandfathers giving me his rod nd reel im guessing the macks would be a good start and seem like theyll fight like hell on a light rod or would i be wrong ?? sorry for hijacking thread
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#12 Post by Rob Millard »

Bass, Wrasse, Pollack, Coalfish, Garfish, Mullet & Smoothies. But my favorite of all is probably the Tope.

TBH, I can get a thrill out of catching almost any fish! . . . . . . except maybe whiting!
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Species 2018 : Porbeagle Shark, Spurdog, Lsd, Coalfish, Pollack, Ling, Mackerel, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Turbot, Dab, Thornback ray, Homelyn Ray, John Dory, Pouting, Ballan Wrasse, Smoothound, Tope, Bass, Bull Huss, Weaver, Painted Ray, Bluefin Tuna

Species 2017 : Cod, Coalfish, Whiting, Poor Cod, Pollack, Bull Huss, Ling, Pouting, Bass, Flounder, Painted Ray, Lsd, Tope, Ballan Wrasse, Mackerel, Herring, Launce, Haddock, Thornback Ray, Conger, Plaice, Turbot, Grey Gurnard, Red Gurnard, Cuckoo Ray, Tub Gurnard, Dab, Smoothound, black goby, Scad, Cuckoo Wrasse, Megrim

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#13 Post by sea serpant »

There nothin like a hound and bass session in the summer in the dead of night headlights fixed to the tips jus waiting on them to go nuts.... Absolutely love it
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#14 Post by razor2 »

Pollock on light gear over deep water, that bang you just cant beat 8)
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#15 Post by ste c »

COD all the way
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#16 Post by eyesreilly »

Smoothies and Wrasse :)
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#17 Post by roryodonnell »

Seatrout
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#18 Post by Bassy Tom »

Bass, by a mile, they are a fantastic predator!
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#19 Post by SeanA101080 »

Another for the Silver Fella's!
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#20 Post by paul skelly »

Ray
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Species from the shore 2012:34,
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: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
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