what fish did i see in lough atalia

daithi55

was walking along the train track from renmore to city centre in galway today
and i could see some big fish in the water maybe 3 pound weight
there was loads of them in about 3 foot of water
i take it there probably sea bass or maybe dog fish
i wouldnt no much about sea fishing have only ever caught mackeral or pollock

fontanalis

Mullet?

stevecrow74

chances are they are mullet..
on a good calm day you can see them break the surface of the water all around lough atalia ..
you'll also see them down by the claddagh where the swans are too..;)

daithi55

thanks lads are they nice to eat
if so whats the best bait for them
they looked like trout when looking down on them from the bridge
if that identifies them any better lol

Compton

bread and mackeral strips under a float

stevecrow74

they will be mullet..

either bread or popcorn on a size10 hook..

i wouldnt bother eating any of them fish as they taste like the environment they feed, and you really dont want to know what gets piped into lough atalia :eek:
but they are good fighting fish..;)

damagegt

Mullet can be a tricky fish to catch.The reason beening is they are micro organism eaters so to mimic there food can be tricky.Your best bet if your going to try it is to feed them for up to a week before hand on what ever your going to use for bait.I wouldn't recommend eating them for this very reason and for the fact that there very slow growing taking nearly 20 years to reach full size and removing a few of the larger fish can take decades for the shoal to recover.

smash

Actually the smaller fish breed more.

daithi55

lol hadnt planned on eating the ones from there as thats exactly what i thought they would be eating
thought i might catch them somewhere else
but think il leave them alone now altogether

will go at mackrel instead the next time im down

damagegt

daithi55 wrote: »

lol hadnt planned on eating the ones from there as thats exactly what i thought they would be eating
thought i might catch them somewhere else
but think il leave them alone now altogether

will go at mackrel instead the next time im down

there are a greating fighting fish pound for pound if you have the patience to catch them.

daithi55

damagegt wrote: »

there are a greating fighting fish pound for pound if you have the patience to catch them.

il keep that in mind mate cheers

dodderangler

stevecrow74 wrote: »

they will be mullet..

either bread or popcorn on a size10 hook..

i wouldnt bother eating any of them fish as they taste like the environment they feed, and you really dont want to know what gets piped into lough atalia :eek:
but they are good fighting fish..;)

popcorn? ive heard that before does it work well? ive caught one on bread and actually managed to foul hook one in cork by mistake using feathers for mackerel great fighting fish but didn know that popcorn works
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