After hearing the reports around the country that the Herring are in in big numbers I decided to give them a go. I have never caught one before so it was a new target. A few calls to my buddy Graham and John seen me on the right grounds with the right rigs. Needless to say Shamrock Tackle had just the rigs I needed.
I also rigged up the fish finder as a temporary measure while i'm waiting for the rail blaza gear to arrive, one chopping board and some Velcro = job done!
Shot off out to my usual stomping grounds and tied off to a pot, lines down one for Cod and one for Herring. The fish finder was hopping at 9ft, sure I thought the flipping thing was broke as it was beeping like crazy so I dropped down the clown rig and straight away I was into full strings, fish after fish after fish.
So I took enough to stock up the freezer for bait and a few for my friend who lives just off the launch slip. From there I changed tactics and moved off into rougher grounds for the hope of Cod. After a wee while of freezing my toes off this wee beauty came to the surface
The rods were kept busy for another while with Wrasse and Pollock, delighted to see a Wrasse, a beautiful fighter on the lighter rods
A lovely morning to be out, cold but dry and a few fish, what more could I ask for.
Heres a wee bit of action from the morning
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_55Yn79 ... tube_gdata
Tight Lines
Anto