Oli Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Quick trip yesterday looking for some bream, no joy there unfortunately but did have a 12lb3oz Thornback Ray on the uptider which was nice and a few decent wrasse. This one went 3lb15oz which was good fun on a super light rod but is it a Ballan or a Corkwing? Oli rich185 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coddy Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 If it was a Corkwing it would smash the UK record - 12ozs 11drms UK record in 2005 off Portland Ballan wrasse I am afraid Nice picture however Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Oops not corkwing then! Maybe I meant baillon's- are they similar? Thanks for confirming. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swainiac Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hi oli, Wrasse can be very difficult to identify, mainly due to the fact tht few people target the smaller speicies, with Cuckoo perhaps being one of the easiest to identify, and give you very good percentage points when specimen comp fishing, as a 1lb fish is easy to get over the gunwalls, so to speak. Try this identifying page as a source of reference, plus commit some of the esier identifying features to memory, the more you catch, the easier it becomes. Hope this helps budweiser http://www.worldseafishing.com/forums/threads/an-idiots-guide-to-u-k-wrasse-species.2357610/ Rich......not in any way suggesting that you are an idiot.......just hope it helps! Kingfisher 126 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Good to see you out there Oli, you did better than we did, plagued by smaller wrasse. Nice thornback too. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Thanks Rich, very helpful. To be honest I almost always consider them a Ballan (unless it's a Cuckoo which as you say are easy to spot) so definitely need to do some revision! Good to see you out there Mike - wish we'd found some bream. We were heading round to Dancing Ledge originally but chose the nice flat option instead! Oli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher 126 Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hi Oli We dropped anchor on the inside of you and but after 10 mins or so the wind changed round and started swinging the boat around so we moved as I was trying to get a bit of sport for the youngsters! Tangles, wind and hooks with kids not ideal!!! Good to see you out there, your boat looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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