Wexford smoothie
Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:24 pm
Kayak(s): Hobie
Duration:6.30-9.30
Tide:
Weather:13 knot wind but dying down
Bait: peeler rag and sandeel
Rigs: lots
Results: 5 doggies 2 dabs and 1 starry smoothound
Report: It was nearly two weeks since I was last on the water and I was starting to get the itch
so after a restless night with the young lad teething and 8 hours in the office the kayak was calling me. A call and macker was game for a session. Got the car loaded in double time and hit the road. 60 mins later I was ready to launch but was met with conditions a little worse than expected and a call from macker who unfortunately couldnt make it(maybe next week macker)
The breeze hadnt died down as expected but it was still do able. I manage to launch between a group of shore anglers and headed off about 1/2 mile out and dropped anchor. Things were very quiet for the first hour and I was starting to get that gut feeling of a blank I decided on a few rigs changes to tidier rigs when a little rattle produced this lad
another new species for the hunt so it was a start.
The dogs were on the attack at this stage and they were loving the peeler which was ment for the smoothies
Sure dogs were better than no fish so I fished away. At this stage I had to face the yak into the swell as I was feeling quesy 
Then the rod took a big knock but went quiet so I left it be for a few minutes before reeling in and the bait had been munched on so big baits down again and BANG fish on(or so I thought) I lifted into the fish and reeled in hard and fast. Being an eager beaver I took one hand off the rod to activate the camera and guess what???? Yep school boy error
The fish was gone
By this time I was on the last peeler so I dropped the line down and let it settle when the line started to whiz off the reel I lifted up into it and made sure to hook up. I knew straight away it would be a smooth hound ,It fought like crazy thrashing about as I got him to the top and diving again. Such a lovely fight made the evening worth while.
He measured at about 82 cm which is in and around five pound.In hind sight I should have kept the peeler until it got dark
1 more dab and dogfish seen me wrap it up for the night
Duration:6.30-9.30
Tide:
Weather:13 knot wind but dying down
Bait: peeler rag and sandeel
Rigs: lots
Results: 5 doggies 2 dabs and 1 starry smoothound
Report: It was nearly two weeks since I was last on the water and I was starting to get the itch
so after a restless night with the young lad teething and 8 hours in the office the kayak was calling me. A call and macker was game for a session. Got the car loaded in double time and hit the road. 60 mins later I was ready to launch but was met with conditions a little worse than expected and a call from macker who unfortunately couldnt make it(maybe next week macker)The breeze hadnt died down as expected but it was still do able. I manage to launch between a group of shore anglers and headed off about 1/2 mile out and dropped anchor. Things were very quiet for the first hour and I was starting to get that gut feeling of a blank I decided on a few rigs changes to tidier rigs when a little rattle produced this lad
another new species for the hunt so it was a start.
The dogs were on the attack at this stage and they were loving the peeler which was ment for the smoothies
Sure dogs were better than no fish so I fished away. At this stage I had to face the yak into the swell as I was feeling quesy Then the rod took a big knock but went quiet so I left it be for a few minutes before reeling in and the bait had been munched on so big baits down again and BANG fish on(or so I thought) I lifted into the fish and reeled in hard and fast. Being an eager beaver I took one hand off the rod to activate the camera and guess what???? Yep school boy error
The fish was goneBy this time I was on the last peeler so I dropped the line down and let it settle when the line started to whiz off the reel
I lifted up into it and made sure to hook up. I knew straight away it would be a smooth hound ,It fought like crazy thrashing about as I got him to the top and diving again. Such a lovely fight made the evening worth while.He measured at about 82 cm which is in and around five pound.In hind sight I should have kept the peeler until it got dark
1 more dab and dogfish seen me wrap it up for the night
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Re: Wexford smoothie
Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:14 pm
great stuff anto nice little session well done on the hound 
Re: Wexford smoothie
Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:11 am
Nice fish. You dont half know how to produce the goods from the yak.
Re: Wexford smoothie
Thu Jun 27, 2013 10:50 pm
JOHN1 wrote:great stuff anto nice little session well done on the hound
Thanks John, I was happy to be out for the few hours
Tony T wrote:Nice fish. You dont half know how to produce the goods from the yak.
Sometimes I get lucky
cheers mate