Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:59 am
Edwin and I:
6 HOURS:
Low water 2.12pm:
Caribbean weather again:
Hokkais, mackerel flappers:
Mackerel, pollack,tope:
Ran out of Kilrush at 9.30 in search of mackerel for the tope. Ver frustrating, tried numerous marks in the estuary with no joy. Ran out to the cliffs at Kilcredaun head, again no macks. However, the pollack were really on it, with no large fish but averaging 3lbs .We caught pollack after pollack,all at mid water on hokkais .Great fun, but no macks
We spotted a large number of gannets working an area and motored over confident that at last we would get amongst them. Mysteriously, whatever the gannets were working on, we had nothing to the feathers
Finally had to go out to loop head and caught a dozen macks and with time running short, whizzed back up to the beal bar. With glorious conditions, we travelled everywhere at 26 knots, a real treat
With a large 5 metre tide, we only had a short 90 minutes at the tope mark. Edwin first off landed a 26lb fish. I then followed with a 32lb tagged fish , number 31029. Must report this as soon as I find out the body involved. Irish fisheries board tag. Another tope of 35 lbs came to the boat, with a lost fish and another couple of dropped runs before the tide pushed us back off the mark
Great day out, but the mackerel are still very patchy in the estuary
Kev:
Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:29 am
kev,
brilliant fishing again. If the tope are plentiful and the mackerel scarce does this show they are feeding on flats, whiting etc and mackerel are too fast for them to catch anyway?
What stage of tides do you fish there at? Do you have to let go the anchor when a fish is hooked?
Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:43 am
Hi JW
The mark just off the beal bar holds lots of pin whiting all year round, and lies next to a long beach holding lots of flatties and sand eels. With tope being primarily bottom feeders, this must make up most of their diet in the estuary
The mark off the bar itself is a tidal race, and means on big tides like yesterdays, that you can only hold bottom before and after slack water. We couldnt hold bottom uptiding with 7oz grip leads yesterday once the tide started to push
Best times therefore are high and low water and an hour either side
We usually stay at anchor whilest fighting tope as it can be dangerous drifting to close to the bar in any push of water. So far , only one fish has done us on the rope, so it works out alright
Kev
Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:16 am
Kev
You can report it to the Central Fisheries Board - they are responsible for the sportfish tagging programme. Think you get a small reward, like a cap or t-shirt or something. Tel. 01 8379206, ask for anyone in the angling section to report a tag recovery
Well done mate!
Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:09 pm
Got a reply from the fisheries board, and they are going to send me details of the original capture of the fish
It will be interesting to see if it was tagged in the shannon previously, or tagged elsewhere, and when
I wait with interest
Kev
Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:20 pm
did you ask them to give you a few tags yorself, given the amount you catch
might be interesting to see a shannon tope showing up 2000 miles away
Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:46 am
My Uncle tags his tope. Over the past few years he's got word to say his some of his tope were caught off Portugal i think it was. :?
Would be great to hear where a fish you've caught has gone on holidays :lol:
Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:39 am
I spoke with the fisheries guys about tagging tope, but they say they have enough local charter skippers doing this for them!
Given whats known about their movements already, Irish tope have been tagged as far away as the mediterranean and even the Azores. Several thousand miles each way!!
One fine specimen was recaptured off scotland 16 years after original tagging off tralee!
Kev
Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:47 am
definately costal nomadic sharks
why dont they go near cork???
Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:51 am
One for Jim I think :lol:
Maybe they are afraid of the coalfish they have down there 8)
Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:37 pm
Maybe they are afraid of the coalfish they have down there
:D Nice one Kev
Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:31 pm
I mailed the CFB yesterday who responded in 20 minutes, and then were good enough to post me a sports fishing t shirt with the original capture details,all in 2 days flat.Well impressed!!
This fish was tagged in the shannon on July 7 2003, at liberty for 1345 days.Returned with tag intact of course
Looks to have grown from 13kgs to approx 15 kgs in 4 years.Quite a slow rate of growth!!
Kev
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