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Wexford Smoothies by dfella25 on Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:51 am
After bagging myself a few smooth hounds of late I really wanted to catch one using my Penn Affinity rod with the light tip. This rod has changed the way I fish as it allows me to enjoy the fight of the fish in a whole new way. Using a fixed spool with 30lb braid I can feel the fish fight, pull and shake it's head not to mention the early warning bite signs. I've seen this rod buckle over for 2 or 3lb bass, codling and even some fair sized flounder.

The problem though is I would not cast with anything over 4oz with bait. So to get the bait out to where the smoothies were feeding was always going to be the problem. After much practice a clipped down "up and over" rig with a 4oz impact lead I was starting to get better distance with my casts. Not a very good caster I some how was able to see the mono on the reel after casting a few times. There was a spool of 100 yard 30lb braid added to this reel a few weeks back so I must have been getting at least 80 yards on her.

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06/01/24-Bait & Lure Fishing by Nostalgic95Angler on Sat Jan 06, 2024 2:45 pm
Time: 7:00am ->1pm
High Tide: 7:15am
Location: Greystones and Kilcoole
Bait: Lug, Mack and Squid
Water temp 9-10 degrees
Wind: Moderate South Westerly 20kmh
Weather: 5+ degrees, mild, some clouds

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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

Re: penn 525 mag 2 by bossdog on Sat Nov 29, 2014 1:03 pm
I don't have a multi plyer like that for sale

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