Four new Irish record fish caught by anglers during 2018
Irish Specimen Fish Committee publishes report
Four new Irish record fish were caught by anglers during 2018 according to the just published Irish Specimen Fish Committee (ISFC) report.
New records were set for four marine species – Golden Grey Mullet, Thin Lipped Mullet, Black Bream and Tope. The mullet species were taken in Cork while the Tope was caught off Greystones, Co. Wicklow. Kilmore in Co. Wexford was the venue for the Black Bream. The details are as follows:
- Angler Stephen Hanway from Dublin caught the tope weighing 34.02 kg at Greystones, Co. Wicklow on the 3rd of October 2018.
- Noel Lane from Cork took a thin lipped mullet weighing 2.95kg from Cork Harbour on the 15th of July.
- A golden grey mullet of 1.52kg was caught in Cork by Stephen O’Neill on the 15th of August.
- A black sea bream of 1.45kg was caught by Welsh angler Gordon Thornes at Kilmore Quay on the 17th of September.
Further details of these record fish are in the Irish Specimen Fish Committee Report 2018, which has just been released. The Irish Specimen Fish Committee, which is supported by Inland Fisheries Ireland, is an independent all-Ireland voluntary body which verifies and records the capture of large fish caught on rod by anglers in freshwater and marine waters.
As well as the new record, detailed information on 393 specimen fish (large fish) taken by anglers from venues throughout Ireland in 2018, comprising many different species, is detailed in the report. The main species were smaller shark species like Smooth hound and Spurdog and, in freshwater, Carp and Pike dominated. All fish were caught, weighed, measured and released.
The Irish Specimen Fish Committee report is available on the ISFC website www.irish-trophy-fish.com or from the Inland Fisheries Ireland website http://www.fisheriesireland.ie. Hard copies of the report are available from Inland Fisheries Ireland offices nationally.
The ISFC Awards Day, when anglers will be presented with their awards and certificates, will be held on 16th Feb 2019 in Dublin (in conjunction with Irish Angling Show weekend: http://www.maramedia.ie/irish-angling-expo).
Meanwhile, anglers both at home and abroad will be reading the report carefully to plan their angling trips to catch the big fish in Ireland in 2019.
