Sea angler Joe Cawley had beginners luck on his side when he tried his hand at sea fishing for the first time and landed this giant 174 lb - 79 kg skate.
The huge skate was the first of the species caught in Ireland this season and was landed aboard "Whitewater II", using a mackerel - squid cocktail bait on 50 lb mainline.
Cawley need over 45 minutes to land the huge skate which came towards the end of a trip which featured the capture of numerous other interesting nice size species.
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