Lure Challenge 2014

[phill_itofish]

Please note the following changes to the 2013 Challenge

1. The Challenge will be over British Summer Time (BST) only.

I have decided to leave the fresh water species in, not only do i not want to exclude anyone but when i looked at the 2013 table if we had excluded the fresh water species the only difference it would have made to the table would have been to put Moonfleet up to second and Aqua-holic down to joint fourth with Wreckingball76.


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The Challenge
Catch as many DIFFERENT species of fish on artificial lures as possible.

The ID Card
Please download and print the ID card from the link below. This is the same card as the Species Hunt ran by Thunderpants.
Official NESA Species Hunt Card For 2014 Photo by Crazymike47 | Photobucket
Start/End Date
Sunday, March 30 2014 - Sunday, October 26 2014 (Both Dates Inclusive)

The Boundaries
The UK and Ireland, Salt or Fresh Water, by any means of access (shore, boat, kayak)

To enter simply post a picture including the ID card, on this thread, of your first catch (try to include the lure) and every catch after that. Any photos posted without the ID card will NOT be counted. You can fish as little or as often as you wish, and you can join at any point between the start and end date. All fish must be fairly hooked.

You can use any type of lure you wish, including but not restricted to;

Plugs and Poppers
Spinners
Shads & Jellies
Feathers and Daylights
Artificial Flies

Happy Hunting
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[over par]

Am I missing something, I can't see the link?

[phill_itofish]

the link as to be added later mate, as i've put in the original post. It will be added once the new card is made. If Mike is kind enough to let us share again :P

[phill_itofish]

Link Added

[baxter1612]

Your link is broken.

[phill_itofish]

Your link is broken.

Cheers mate

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[pointer]

I'm interested in having a go at this.
I've caught a few species of fish on artificial baits, shads etc but sometimes by casting out and leaving the rig until it's picked up. Does this count as lure fishing or is lure fishing where the rig is being constantly moved?

What is a lure?? Does any artificial bait count?

[codcatcher3000]

anything that is not natural bait . no combinations of artificial and natural bait either e.g. baited hokkai. must be an artificial bait . u can leave it out and retrieve no probs entirely up to u . roll on march !

[pointer]

Thanks for clearing that up I wouldn't have wanted to put up a fish caught on artificial bait that had been static on the sea, lake or riverbed if it was against the rules.
I don't know much about shore lure fishing in Britain but I've caught about forty species in the Med using ISOME and artificial corn and bread so I'm familiar with some of the tactics. Thinking about it I've had cod, ling, whiting, pollack, gurnard and pouting on small shads on the boats and last year I caught a little Dab on a tiny feather tipped with ISOME onboard the Famous.

Now what freshwater species are to be counted???Carp are easily caught on artificial baits but you have common, mirror and ghost. Are we to say that they are all carp and therefore one species or three types of fish. Course fisherman make the distinction but I know this is a sea fishing forum.
Then there's the man made but stunning Golden Tench and Golden Orfe but they are just a colour variety of the normal Tench and Orfe. I've caught them all on various artificial baits and lures.

I was on a boat in Turkey last May and nothing was being caught. I changed onto a small hook and ISOME rig. The captain and his crew literally laughed at me until I started hauling up various species of bream.Six species in all lol.

I love ISOME, I reckon it could catch just about any fish that swims.

[codcatcher3000]

philitofish is the boss. but i am assuming the onus will be on yourself to prove that a carp is different from another. also dont forget your species card. isomes are canny like and they're cool.

[pointer]

A common carp looks different ( and often fights harder ) than a mirror carp. The two could never be confused BUT the mirror is a man made form of fish. It's the same with different coloured coarse fish. I'm not bothered either way but if your allowing freshwater fish in its an important consideration I think.
Thinking about it there's wild trout and rainbow but then the golden rainbow and blue trout which are man made mutations.

Its funny but I set myself silly little targets every year and for this year I said I wanted to catch at least twenty species of fish on ISOME. I even put it on my Facebook page lol.

[phill_itofish]

Interesting question Pointer, I will have a look into it. If the fish a classed as 2 different species they will count as 2 in the challenge, if they are the same species but with a colour modification they will count as one species. We had a similar discussion with the Sea Trout and Brown Trout last year and it was decided that because they were the same species of fish so would only count as one fish on the table.

[pointer]

That makes sense.
I'm really looking forward to this, I've been saying for a few years that I want to do more sea fishing but every summer sees me back at the lakes catching carp. I think if I have a go at the lure and species hunt on here it will make me get out to the coast more and therefore learn.

[phill_itofish]

So, he's what I've found so far, the carp species would all count as different species. The Golden Tench and Golden Orfe would not be a different species to the Tench or Orfe as it would appear it is just down to a difference in coloration. The Blue trout would be counted as a Rainbow trout as it is apparently just a defective gene that causes the coloration. I'm still trying to find out about the Golden Trout but I suspect it will be the same.

[pointer]

Yeah I think the golden trout is just a coloured rainbow.