South Coast Weaver, nobody fishes for weaver!

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Always good when a plan works. I fish for the greaters now and again.\/ery good eating

A few people are saying the greater's are good eating! Just got to be careful prepping it l suppose.

 

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Well done mate (I think!) my son caught 8 weavers in one session off splash point in Rhyl, I had to unhook the darned things!

Thanks. I could see how that would get a bit wearing!

 

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Nice going. (Don't think I've ever said that about weavers )

Ta. The guy I was speaking to thought the same!

 

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Short and sweet.Target achieved.Satisfying.

Sweet indeed I was well chuffed.

 

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The bigguns are good eating!!!!!!!! The seagull chicks cough a bit on the small ones!!!

Wow just imagine!

 

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Well done mate. Great effort

Cheers.

 

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Well done mate cracking catch ?

I'm heading over tomorrow, hopefully find a few fish.... Maybe a weaver ?.... Not sure I'll have time though with the bad weather coming in

Thanks, I am happy with it. All round they are interesting fish to look at and the venom bit adds an extra bit of excitement!

 

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Well done mate , ????,I hate catching weavers !!!

Ta much. Sure if l get anymore this year they wont be as welcome!

 

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Nice one, well done. ?

Appreciate it.

 

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Well done mate. Apparently they're really good to eat. Steve was telling me last week

Yeah hearing that, but for the greater weevers.

 

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Mission accomplished. Excellent

Yeah another one ticked off giving me a 38 total so far this year, equaling my previous best.

 

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Well done on acheiving your target. Please guys be aware that if you get a spike from this little fish the conseqenses can be quite scarey.
I fished at Swanage with my son many years ago on Boxing day to try out a new rod that he had for xmas, first fish was a weaver and big daddy thought no problem take it off the hook, big mistake as it got me and within 5 minutes i could feel the poison going up my arm.
Had to pack up as pain was not good but not terrible, so we got back to the car thought ok but went to put it in gear and found my arm had gone numbe,scary fortunatly it did not last long but but it sure as hell scared me.
I could feel that spike for about a week. Perhaps i had a particlar alergic reaction to the venon i will never know but be careful out there this little fish can pack a big punch.
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Espadon
PS I regularly catch them on the shambles bank.

Wow, even though it is late in the year, there were plenty of people in the water. No signs up as I suppose they don't want to scare people away.

 

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The gill covers have spikes and venom glands, it's not just the obvious danger of the dorsalView attachment 16536

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I did pick it up as well in my fingers. Wont do it again. Thanks as ever for the info.

 

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how do you unhook them

With a shovel.