Tope Legend lands legendry tope of 67.5lb on Carlingford Lough
September 5th, 2012 | by Myles Kelly
Mark Heffernan, Chairman of Dundalk SAC had a day to remember on Sun 2nd Sept. Mark was fishing Carlingford Lough on board the Tope Legend, a boat owned by Brian Gallagher. Brian is a contributor to IFI’s Marine Sportfish Tagging programme and has tagged 16 tope for the programme to date in 2012.
A specimen sized tope of 42.5lb
The day began well with a tope estimated at 42.5lb, which is over the Irish specimen weight of 40lb.
Niall Gallagher with 38lb Tope
Next came a tope of 38lb, a good fish by any standards but the pair kept the best till last as the final tope of the day was the biggest of the lot.
67.5lb tope was the best of the day - a record breaker!
With a fork length of 60 inches and a girth of 30 inches this massive fish was estimated at 67.5lb which would put it above the current Irish record of 66lb 8oz.
This post is in: Carlingford Lough, Catch of the Week, Sea angling reports
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