Unusual fish sightings

Horsefumbler

Have there ever been any sea cucumbers caught off irish shores? Or pearl fish? What other unusual fish have been caught?

Let's be honest trout and salmon are boring.

demanufactured

trout and salmon are boring???
are you on crack

i never caught a salmon and iv only caught a handful of trout

to me sea fishing is boring (unless your talkin shark fishing)

Illkillya

I know someone who caught Trigger fish in west cork.. thought that was a bit unusual.

LastIrishMonkey

we caught a baby hammer head about 5 yrs ago and btw salmon are th greats fish ever try catching a 10lb then ull know all about it !!!:D

vibe666

slightly OT, but there have been some big somethings (I'm not a fisherman) in the canal that joins leeson st and baggot st., which recently seem to have been caught and put back in, one lock up.

they are about a foot long and as my best guess I would say probably carp, or tench (from looking into the water and seeing them swimming.

used to see them almost daily on my way up the canal to work.

there is also something which looks like a baby pike which lurks in the lower section about halfway between the 2 streets. it's about 9" long and sits near the north bank by a small tree right at the waters edge.

I know you were talking about sea fish, but I thought I'd throw that into the mix. probably not classed as weird, but I wouldn't have expected to see them there.

Horsefumbler

Originally posted by LastIrishMonkey
we caught a baby hammer head about 5 yrs ago

hmm that is unusual alright. Any other sharks? Like basking sharks. Stick a hook down that big gob and haul his ass in