Poetic Justice in Skerries

This is really probably a shore report, but as it has nothing to do with fish I thought I'd stick it here--especially when it's an example of a problem that pretty much every angler has encountered at one stage or another.

Anyway, last weekend I went up to Skerries to visit some family, and seeing as the young nephew got well and truly hooked on fishing the last time he was down with us (been plaguing his da ever since to take him out), I packed the rods as well. To be honest, I didn't expect much as I've never heard anything good about shore fishing in Skerries; but all I was looking for was a dog or a small flat to keep the nephew's interest going. Between the long and the short of it, myself and the brother-in-law thought that the small beach next to the lifeboat shed might be OK to try, as a lot of the boat anglers dump their bait near it and there's a relatively deep channel near.

This was all going fine until about half way through the first cast, when a speedboat full of signed-up-members-of-the-union idiots turned up in a speedboat. The first sign that these clowns were too funny to waste on the circus was when they approached the beach on a far to shallow angle and nearly ripped the hull of the boat on a rock; sadly, it didn't sink and the world remained five cretins to the good. At that point another moron reversed down the slip with a jet ski on a trailer and launched it--despite the fact that there was a large sign stating in BIG RED LETTERS that this was illegal. Then Lo! It turns out they were all together, and we might as well have packed up then, as they spent the rest of the evening making themselves dizzy going up and down the beach not less than thirty metres from the shore. It didn't take long to figure out either than the speedboat and jet ski weren't paid for by working a job that pays taxes, if you follow my logic.

In the middle of all this, I was, like a good healthy psychopath, going quietly insane with rage, as they were quite obviously deliberately doing this with a view to antagonizing everyone else using the beach. I'd have happily launched a six ounce lead at someone's head, were it not for the fact that I'd likely end up in a prison cell with their mate Anto. The day's fishing wrecked, myself the brother-in-law and the nephew packed up to head home.

Then something truly wonderful happened. At the same time as we were putting away the gear, the clown troop decided to put the speedboat on the trailer and bring it back up the slip. It turns out, however, that there were tougher nuts in town, as someone had told the lifeboat crew that their slip was being used illegally. The speedboat was brought up, only for its owners to be told that there was no way it was being landed there.

"Whaddaya mean? THERE'S NOWHERE BLEEDIN' ELSE TO LAND IT!!"

Made no difference: the slip way was blocked and wasn't going to be unblocked, so they had to reverse the car. On the way down, the car slipped on the algae and reversed with a crash into the water. The boat, in turn, fell off the back, cracking the propeller shaft on the bottom. The outrage that followed was funnier than the love child of Bill Hicks and Chris Rock: the same crowd who deliberately set out to wreck the beach for everyone were now howling at the injustice of being forced to obey the law.

"Dis is bulls**t: well see youse in court!!"

So, didn't catch any fish, but to see muppets of this sort finally get the comeuppance they deserve, I'd happily blank for a month

Poetic justice indeed,now to dismember the so called " mackey bashers " and we can all get back to the true pleasure of fishing then i would be

i love it

Thats made my night

haha great report with a happy ending

funnier than the love child of Bill Hicks and Chris Rock

Deadly use of English

Great report Lodore,Even if ya blanked ,Plenty of these goons around courtown on Sunday evening too,with miles of sea to cover they still decided to jet ski(joyriders) within range of my cast,and trust im not that good at casting still didnt stop me catching a specimen smut from a miscast .
I genuinely feel your pain though i hope you recorded all the action,im sure it would make for quality viewing on youtube on on continuos repeat
And i hope Ballyquin will be Jetski free this weekend...... because im on my way.....

Ah brilliant Story I love it when disrespectful people get their comupence!!!
I'd say you where in knots when the car went in )

Nice

Superb Love to see a few pics of that!

Good one-had to share it on FB

that's just made my morning man there is a god!

All that's missing is a few pictures ...

wonder were they the same s---heads that were caught taking the outboards in howth?

Delighted to hear that they got what they deserved. With a bit of luck it was the goon that was causing the mayhem around Dalkey at the weekend that I have been reading about.

Cheers for the comments lads. Sadly, no pics: I didn't think to write it up until a few days later. In any event, it would have taken a video to do the whole farce justice

Now that was funny, serves them right

This post really is a case of "you reap what you sow"

Glad the clowns got what they deserved, if only more did

Jaysus...that is deadly...I'm sick of seeing those F^*kers in Howth doing that all the time.

Fair play and well scripted...Good Man !!