dun laoghaire Harbour

Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:30 pm

Im bring my little on fishing at the weekend and was thinking of trying dun laoghaire harbour.

im gona set up a float rig for her on a small cheap rod i picked her up and i'll be fishing one from the bottom and trying out my feathers too

What im wondering was would you fish the East or West Pier ?

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:48 pm

West pier, less dog walkers, chit chatters, more to be had on the float from the west pier in my opinion

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:16 pm

Cormdogg wrote:West pier, less dog walkers, chit chatters, more to be had on the float from the west pier in my opinion

had a dozen mack at the band stand this evening on the float :wink:

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:26 pm

knightser wrote:
Cormdogg wrote:West pier, less dog walkers, chit chatters, more to be had on the float from the west pier in my opinion

had a dozen mack at the band stand this evening on the float :wink:

i was on the east pier this evening and only had small wrass and there was a auld lad at the band stand that had only 2 mack and that was 9 o clock when i was leaving and i was there from 5.30 dont know what band stand you are talking about but i think the west is by far the better pier

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:43 am

tight lines wrote:
knightser wrote:
Cormdogg wrote:West pier, less dog walkers, chit chatters, more to be had on the float from the west pier in my opinion

had a dozen mack at the band stand this evening on the float :wink:

i was on the east pier this evening and only had small wrass and there was a auld lad at the band stand that had only 2 mack and that was 9 o clock when i was leaving and i was there from 5.30 dont know what band stand you are talking about but i think the west is by far the better pier

there were two of us there till 930 12 macks :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:57 am

thanks lads im gona give the west pier a GO.

HOPEFULLY GET SOME OF THEM MACKS :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:12 pm

those macs were on the east pier. :lol:

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:15 pm

yea but from the band stand so i presume they were casting into the harbour ??

I was gona try get the best of both worlds :roll:

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:07 pm

Just don't hit the HSS with a 6oz gripper weight. They get cross about that sort of thing.

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:34 pm

With regard to the West Pier, is it best to float fish inside the harbour at the end of the pier or off the wall out to sea? I've tried the latter before with feathers but I'd imagine a float might get in everyones way? I should say it's macks I'm after not wrasse

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:59 am

Chenz, the last two sets of steps on the west pier might be best because the water is calm enough for float-fishing but still deep enough for pollock and mackerel. Not sure about east pier.

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:52 am

Just wondering what do you put one the float rig ?

feathers or usual hook and bait

Re: dun laoghaire Harbour

Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:22 pm

chenz116 wrote:Just wondering what do you put one the float rig ?

feathers or usual hook and bait

small sandeel