newbie tips for fahan marina or near

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newbie tips for fahan marina or near

Postby glezga » Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:46 am

hi all, looking for tips for rigs etc for fahan marina or near.

im newish to fishing and google is my only fishing friend. im pretty useless tbh never catch anything but crabs or tiny flat fish wherever i go!

anyway, im using 8ft spinning rods, small weight, 3 eye swivel see pic, ive only tried mackerel as bait at fahan and spinners and feathers at buncrana pier, i will upgrade eventually but need to catch fish first lol.

any tips gratefully received.

rigs
tides
bait

thanks

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Re: newbie tips for fahan marina or near

Postby jgraham768 » Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:19 pm

marinas and piers from my experience aren't the best places to start out fishing if there's alot of traffic you find much in there only mullet and maybe congers. if its just a small little mooring where most boats are moored to a blandy in open water then you may get pollock and macks, best choice for that in my opinion is get four or five german sprats and just bang em out, let them sink way down and medium speed retrieve. dexter wedges, toby's maybe even a few pearl white stick baits. its all trial and error really bud. what might catch me twenty pollock at a mark might never catch you one. but generally speaking a german sprat will take a pollock if its there!! :) :)

good luck
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Re: newbie tips for fahan marina or near

Postby Tanglerat » Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:29 pm

Fahan Marina & the channel nearby you should be chasing thornback rays. It's a bit ambitious given your current setup, though.
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