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ballooning for sharks from the shore by kieran on Thu May 14, 2015 9:31 am
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To date we have discovered, always the hard way, that match stick releases are a pain in the ass when you have to cast the whole rig out and down from the shore. They are ideal when you can drift off a boat and gently drop them in to be swept downtide but from the shore, they are a disaster. The impact of the whole Pollack bait (porgies in winter) is enough to smack the balloon off the water and if it hits an incoming wave wrong, off it floats and the bait nosedives into conger territory...

We've been trying various options. One was even a kite purchased online from New Zealand. It was launched into a strong offshore breeze, and promptly did a 180 and smashed itself to sh*te into the cliff behind us = still pulling the piss out of poor Peter - "the pilot" - this six months later.

The best we've got to date is a modified zip slider rig. Wire trace (130 lb IGFA) to choice of hook (8/0 bronzed Shaughnessy) holds the kilo pollack flapper. Swivel...

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Re: ballooning for sharks from the shore by ninted on Mon Nov 30, 2015 11:07 pm
Hi Kieran,

the best I can think of to get your bait out there is 1- use the outgoing tide 2- use an offshore breeze and a sail-float or 3- a radio controlled boat (heavy duty and completely sealed so...

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RE: Kileney bay fishing by JoeBrady88 on Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:42 pm
Location. Ballymoney Wexford
Bait. Rag and lug
High tide. 21.30
Duration. 19.00-23.00
Rig. 3 Hook Flapper hook size 1/0

Slow start with a south easterly wind but as the tide turned around 7:40 the fishing...

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RE: Beach fishing Ballymoney Wexford 7/03/2015 by JoeBrady88 on Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:51 am
5 oz grip led

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