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Megrim

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:36 pm
by Dave O Donovan
https://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/fla ... megrim.htm

Friend of mine caught one recently, a rare find.

Anyone else get lucky on these?

Re: Megrim

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:44 pm
by Graham Smith
A few lads had megrim in keem bay and in donegal bay. Normally the whiting beat them to the baits.

Re: Megrim

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 6:46 pm
by cathald1
yeah seem to be getting a lot of them in Donegal bay, we used to get a lot of them when fishing commercially and these went to the french market

Re: Megrim

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:53 pm
by Graham Smith
cathald1 wrote:yeah seem to be getting a lot of them in Donegal bay, we used to get a lot of them when fishing commercially and these went to the french market
A bloody nightmare to wash at least 1 to 2 boxes a tow and every single one has to be individually hand washed :? .

Re: Megrim

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:47 pm
by cathald1
Graham Smith wrote:
cathald1 wrote:yeah seem to be getting a lot of them in Donegal bay, we used to get a lot of them when fishing commercially and these went to the french market
A bloody nightmare to wash at least 1 to 2 boxes a tow and every single one has to be individually hand washed :? .
yeah that was a bugger cleaning the gills out, worth it at payday all the same :D