https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxb4q6qypve24 ... .44.52.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lpv23c2z7mqzi ... .36.47.jpg
washed up on local waterford beach today .about 8lbs in weight 18inches long 
reckon its a lumpsucker ...what do ye think 
ian........
			
			
									
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				iano
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Re: unusual fish ...
8lb thats a big lump of a lumpsucker 
			
			
									
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Re: unusual fish ...
Seen a few washed up over here following the Christmas storms but that's a fair specimen........
			
			
									
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Re: unusual fish ...
Yeh thats a nice lumpsucker alright Iano. Im from Tramore myself. All kinds washed up there lately, found a 70cm red band fish washed up in Tramore myself a few weeks back.
			
			
									
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Re: unusual fish ...
All sorts of fish being washed up in the storms ..... fish that we didnt even know existed
			
			
									
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Re: unusual fish ...
Saw one just like it washed up on an east cork beach this time last year..  About the same size too..
			
			
									
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Re: unusual fish ...
Found one washed up on killiney a few years ago but not the size of that.
			
			
									
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