Interesting catch

jd

Someone caught a 7lb gurnard off the quays in Wexford last week :eek:
I caught another 2 Codling yesterday afternoon-peeler as usual.
hope to go down to a south wexford beach after some early (hopefully big ) bass this evening
tight lines

Ruaidhri

AH! a gurnard..havent seen one of them in about 2 years..was it red or grey(and did you make him "talk" hehe)
my borther is talking about shore castig off waterford,any idea what it is like?
i usually (sea) fish in galway bay

jd

Originally posted by Ruaidhri
AH! a gurnard..havent seen one of them in about 2 years..was it red or grey(and did you make him "talk" hehe)

It was a tub gurnard-I talked to someone who saw it.
They guy concerned is having it stuffed and is eligible for a speciman badge.
For the record here is the record size/speciman size
Fish Record Speciman (Spec Metric)
Tub Gurnard 12lb 31/2oz 5 2.268
Grey Gurnard 3lb 1oz 1.5 0.680
Red Gurnard 3lb 91/2oz 2 0.907

I'll put the current complete lising as a sticky
jd

Ruaidhri

tub gurnard..never saw one of them before..what are they like?
red/grey gurnards are LOTS a fun(they talk!!!!!)
NO i ALWAYS put fish back.
so what's the biggest fish(weight/size) you ever caught?
i got a 5FT Tope 3 years ago in kinvara (it was about 40lb) really close to parkmore pier.


so on another note..you got a WHOLE board to yourself?i mean no-one ever posts here?so you could have ascii pr0n and no-one could ever slagg you off for being such a nerd(JK!)

jd

Originally posted by Ruaidhri



so on another note..you got a WHOLE board to yourself?i mean no-one ever posts here?

I mean to publicise it more-but work has been busy, and I'm starting a masters too.
I'd guess if you look eat the threads, a lot of the boards people would tend to gof fishing more in the summer, when its not so cold,,,

jd

Originally posted by Ruaidhri
tub gurnard..never saw one of them before..what are they like?

This is a good site -The Aquarium Project- for identifying fish. I'll add it to the links

Ruaidhri

Excellant! thanks..
you know tuna were caught off the aran islands this year! that's kinda weird.


yep..it was THIS big well almost..blue shark can also be caught off the aran islands..100lb+ have been landed on our boat,you should see some of then.they really are a streamlined killer. have you ever seen a monkfish?

Makaveli

You cant eat a shark can you?

On another point this is the first time I've looked at this board.

jd

Originally posted by Makaveli
You cant eat a shark can you?

yip -you can-and NO BONES-just cartilage-
**so put that in your mouth and swallow it *

jd

report in local paper here!!

Ruaidhri

You cant eat a shark can you?

yes you can. i've had smoked dogfish. tasted like old boots but there ya go. if you can swallow it you can eat it

jd

I wss in Beshoffs in Howth a few days ago..
shark steak is on the menu (as well as cardinal fish!!)

Harmo

I caught a spur dog about 2 years ago i tryed to eat it but the skin is like leather, so i got feed up and left it and ordered chips and cod from down the road in the chipper

jd

Originally posted by Harmo
I caught a spur dog about 2 years ago i tryed to eat it but the skin is like leather, so i got feed up and left it and ordered chips and cod from down the road in the chipper

you have to skin it first...