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donal domeney
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specimen red

#1 Post by donal domeney »

Species: Red Gurnard

Specimen Weight: 2.2lb

Irish record: 3lb 9.5oz

Location: Cork

Bait: Mackerel

Rigs: Flowing

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Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
Total species boat/shore: 45
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Specimen Fish 2025: 7.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm: Golden Grey Mullet 1.6lb
Total species boat/shore: 40
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Specimen Fish 2026: 3
Smooth Hound 105cm; Dogfish 74cm; Ballan Wrasse 49cm.
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Re: specimen red

#2 Post by cathalger »

Well done on the specimen Donal, they are great fish, biggest one I ever saw was 1.5lb, even that was a pretty impressive fish.

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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).
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#3 Post by yappo »

Massive Red Donal look forward to the report. :D :D


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#4 Post by evan699 »

Well done donal. That's a monster of a gurnard.
Species 2014: whiting, coalie, pouting, codling, pollack, ballan wrasse, dab, poor cod, mackerel, grey gurnard, conger, ling, cuckoo wrasse, launce, common skate, bass, scad, garfish, blue shark

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#5 Post by Pat »

Well done Donal - that's a big bugger! Your usual mark for the reds I presume :wink: .
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