swilly rays

daughter and i are heading up around the swilly shores his weekend and was wondering is there are still ray about and they havent moved out into deeper water yet?

Yup, still there.

outstanding. looking forward to trying again for them, maybe buncrana or further up

why wat time of the year do the ray move off at or do they even move out to deeper water

Not sure, I know they start getting caught in the spring in the swilly but don't know when they stop being caught

chance to beat my dad again

They are there pretty much all year round

at the fahan end of the swilly the thornbacks start to disappear around the start to the middle of october, they start to reappear from mid march onwards.

Great info, had such a great bag of ray at buncrana last time but reports haven't been good from there lately so not sure where to try Saturday. Any body any ideas.
Oh on as my daughter just now as she was logged in

me and tom fished Buncarana two weeks ago and it was a doggie for every cast, but no sign of the ray, but i managed two ray last week off lenan and cathal got one, we will be hitting it again tomorrow. hopefully the weather is right for that pier.

@ nick - still there as of last weekend. had a few at buncranna pier.

me and tom fished Buncarana two weeks ago and it was a doggie for every cast, but no sign of the ray, but i managed two ray last week off lenan and cathal got one, we will be hitting it again tomorrow. hopefully the weather is right for that pier.

where you going? lenan or buncranan? i was going to go up lenan tomorrow but i know it is a small pier so if you and tom are heading up there i will try buncrana
not that i wouldnt like to meet up just it might be tight fishing.
met tom before when i was with john fishing buncrana

will fish buncranna pier tomorrow to start off with i think. then move to another location to fish when tide going out. early early start. the joys

Fished Buncrana pier yesterday morning only got 1 flounder for 4 hours
I did lift into something decent which was a hell of a drag into about half way and then snap line broke
a swear box would have been filled in no time at that point
Giving lenan a go tomorrow again with Don and Tom
Buncrana pier will be quite exposed tomorrow with the wind from the south @ 20-25mph

Cathal

ye thats why i was going to lenan. will try buncrana and maybe move to marina later. what do you think about fishing off the marina? i have never fished off it

might not even head up after looking at the wind we are getting tomorrow. need to find somewhere out of the wind before i go tomorrow.

never fished the marina so I can't tell you what it's like
Lenan should be fairly sheltered from a southerly wind
me tom and don fished 2 rods each last week with no problem
and my nephew fished a float out along the side and let it drift along the front under us
the local clown came along also for a few throws so loads of room I'd say
Just bring loads of jokes and storys