Tuna

jd

http://www.tunacharters.ie/

So anybody going to give it a go...

LastIrishMonkey

Did anyone see the one on the Evening Echo 6ft in length and it weigh 150 lbs caught of cape clare so there.:rolleyes:

Illkillya

hmm I didn't see that.. its unusual though. I lived on Cape Clear 1995 - 1997 and did a load of fishing - there were no anglers catching tuna back then.

Acidflash

There was one caught of clifden last week. Weighed 600 - 700 lbs afaik

LastIrishMonkey

are water are wierd i think the has been some wierd things happening lately like great white shark spoted just off kinsale in cork and killer whales , i dunno

westerly

Killer Whales are nothing new in Ireland, there were amazing scenes in Belmullet a few years back when several decided to take up residence in the channel outside the village and they are fairly common sightings around the coast, in fact there are more whales in Irish waters than is commonly appreciated. Ask any of the whale watching ventures eg. Carrigaholt in Clare. As for great white sharks in Kinsale, too much guinness with the oysters methinks! These are a predominantly cold water species so it would be doubly surprising to find it showing up in the summer... perhaps it was a large Porbeagle? Not disimiliar in general outline and shape, and definitely a lot more common :-)

Illkillya

Originally posted by westerly
Killer Whales are nothing new in Ireland, there were amazing scenes in Belmullet a few years back when several decided to take up residence in the channel outside the village and they are fairly common sightings around the coast

I don't think he was commenting on the presence of killer whales in Irish waters, but on the family of killer whales that swam up the river Lee, right into the city center last year. That was very bizarre if you're familiar with Cork Harbour.

As for great white sharks in Kinsale, too much guinness with the oysters methinks! These are a predominantly cold water species so it would be doubly surprising to find it showing up in the summer... perhaps it was a large Porbeagle? Not disimiliar in general outline and shape, and definitely a lot more common :-)

I've never associated great white sharks with cold water... I know they're found on both coasts of the USA, in temperate waters... which is exactly what we have off West Cork, warmed by the North Atlantic Drift. Thats where I'd expect to find unusual fish. As for the suggestion that it might have been a porbeagle.. that sounds likely but I'd be interested in finding out for sure. LastIrishMonkey was it in the newspaper or something?