triggerfish - Co Antrim

[sjwpjw]

Have any of you boys caught a triggerfish before? I was out with my son on saturday 31 Jul and caught and released the first one I have ever seen. It was about 1.5lb.

[saving private brian]

hey man im sure theres a few on here have caught them/they have being showing up in ireland now for a good few years.i think there a tropical fish and then to to be got in warmer climates.i have never heard of 1 being caught up around the north coast but shows u things r changing.they get them down around cork and wexford and all sounthern munster counties.well done anyway.next time got a pic.be nice to see and to make sure it was trigger

[Al and Jordan]

only ever heard of one being caught in co. antrim in the last 4 years man, so well done. that truely is a fish of a lifetime

[beachcaster]

use to show up regularly at the blue pool[portrush] during a good summer,caught quite a few and my son had a specimen one along with quite a few other people.been a while since they have shown up now but.

[fishermanfinn]

Have caught them quite often off the Causeway

[KERRY1]

A triggerfish caught up here in the North! - nice one And there was me travelling all the way down to Co.Kerry to try and catch one. Typical! I would love to see some pics of it if you took any, they are one mad looking fish.
I haven't caught one (yet, I'll keep trying) but would love too. I have tried for them a few times when I have been down fishing in Kerry but with no joy so far.
It's one of the species on my wishlist

[Drew]

Heard of them up that way....

[nobuzz]

Saw one caught off Portrush Pier about 5 years ago.

[fagan]

yeah man i caught 1 last week, i was in portstewart behind the convent caught 1 about 2 lb i was shocked myself. i will show u my pic of it wen i load it up.

[marshpike]

We had a black bream of Carlingford a couple of weeks ago so it doesn't surprise me, cracking catch btw...



Also heard of a few gars caught from greenore.

[nobuzz]

Global warming! Gotta love it!

[evan699]

This might be a bit off the subject but, if you catch one triggerfish, put it in a rock pool and carry on fishing. If you release the fish back into open water immediatly then it's very rare to catch another one in the same session. Helpful tip i picked up from a fishing guide.

[BigPhil]

well, if there is one caught, there will be more about somewhere...... mmm, north coast session on the cards again this weekend!

you have made me think now, got a hell of a take while fishing wrasse at the weekend with some old peeler, ended up snagged and the snood ended up bit off at the hook, possibly a trigger, hadnt even entered my head to be honest

[Stevieg]

I was using a sandeel on a float trying my luck when i started getting bites, nothing on but then when the sandeel was under the rod tip a Triggerfish had followed it in,watched him pluck away at it for a few mins,tryin to hook up but the hook was too big for his mouth:( he was gone when i changed to a smaller hook, would of been my first triggerfish too,pity. Beautiful fish though:)

[sjwpjw]

the mouth was very small for the size of the fish but what a grip!