tue 18th august 09 fanad head below the lighthouse and fahan

People: me jordan and dawsey (joined by fishermannum1 at fahan)

Duration: fanad head 1pm - 6pm. fahan 7.30pm - 1.30am

Tide: various

Weather: dry, sunny and calm

Bait: mack, squid, sand eel and lug

Rigs: lures, feathers, 3 hook flappers and single hook rough ground rigs

Results: FANAD HEAD: jordan= 1 pollack me= 1 ballan wrasse 1lb 13ozs dawsey= 1 pollack FAHAN: jordan= 1 doggie me= 6 dogs and 1 dab dawsey= 10 dogs and a flounder fishermannum1= couple of dogs

Report[/b]: we arrived at fanad head and decided to fish the gully to the left of the lighthouse as 3 guys were making their way to our intented spot at the steps to the right of the lighthouse we had a bit of a chuckle at their efforts to put us off by telling us that you had to have expressed permission to fish there like they supposedly had . if you're reading this guys i gotta say nice effort at a pathetic attempt to put us off . the truth of the matter is that that spot is only big enough for about 3 people to fish, so they just did'nt want us there . but we would'nt be that inconsiderate any how . the fishing was oddly slow with only 3 fish taken while we were there . jordan (as usual) was first off the mark with a tiny pollack on feathers and dawsey was next with his first ever toby caught pollack and i got a nice ballan wrasse on lug. the fishing was slow but the craic was mighty and we really enjoyed ourselves. so by 6pm we packed up and headed to fahan to meet up with fishermannum1.

we arrived to the beach to see don setting up in the distance and we all headed over and introductions were passed and we all got set up. jordan was at his work and had his doggie landed before me and dawsey even got a bait in the water don got a few too and then i got in on the action quickly followed by dawsey. so we were all off the blocks and the blank was avoided . the conditions were perfect. no wind, no rain and the lough was like a pond the only problem was that no one had told the rays about how good it was . there was'nt a sign of them anywhere but the doggies kept us busy enough and we love catching the wee fellas me and dawsey even got a wee flattie each . i got a wee dab who's head was deformed and stumpy. at first i thought it might have been some sort of sole, but closer inspection of the lateral line and dorsal fin just showed him to be a bit of a deformed dab . dawsy got a spotty flounder and the last fish of the night too which was another doggie. jordan would have caught more but he was the offical photographer of the trip and he spent a good 2 hours watching the wee crabs and shrimp attacking our discarded mackie skeletons in the wee surf on the waters edge. those wee guys were having a royal rumble over free mackie buffet we laid on . i was surprised how much life there was in the water at our feet . a wee goby even tried to get in on the act too, but the crabs soon bullied him off the mack . we called it a day at 1.30am as we had been on the go from 7.30am the day before and the thought of a 2 hour drive home was fast setting in but a stop off at a 24hr mc donalds soon had our energy levels replenished (cheers dawsey ). we had a blast with some good fishing and great company. now all i gotta do is get my backside in gear and do all the packing for our 4 day camping and fishing trip to cruit island this weekend where we can do it all over again. jordan might even get his first thornie and turbot while we're there

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Sounds like you had a good session lads. Good to see Jordan beating the old fellas to the first catch (again!)

super session there lads.........certainly makes up for last weekend....
lovely photo's of the doggies and cracker of the all you eat buffet crabs.
wont be able to make the mid-week trip as pre usual the wife has work that night
well done

Well done lads, some great fishing there, nice wrasse Al , congrats on the toby pollack Dawsey , and what a great photographer the wee lad is , is there no end to that young mans talent .Looks like a great day had by all .

Well done lads you're certainly gettting about this summer.... fair play Al jordans a lucky fella having a Dad who's as mad about fishing as he is good work

lovely stuff lads certainly have lots of stamina love those dogs

Fair play lads great fishing

Nice session lads, great pics Jordan!
Myself, Der Baron and a mate Kev are heading to St Johns Point on Friday, looking forward to some quality fishing

Nice one lads. Isnt it great how Jordan can spend so much time on the camera and exploring the wildlife and still hammer the old men, well done lad. Van ready for the weekend, now sort the tackle. See you soon.

had not been out for a while because of the strong winds, so i welcomed the phone call from Al to join them at fahan for a few casts, was great to meet up again and have a bit of a banter and a session, also meet dawsey from the site and he's a sound fella. everyone had bells on their rods, and at one time it sounded like christmas bells were ringing everywere were most of the rods were getting hits reaily enjoyed the crack and the banter and hope to meet up again, it was just a pity the rays never joined in

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Sounds like you had a good session lads. Good to see Jordan beating the old fellas to the first catch (again!)

cheers vamper, junior always seems to be first off the blocks lately. you'd think he might give the oul fella a chance once in a while

super session there lads.........certainly makes up for last weekend....
lovely photo's of the doggies and cracker of the all you eat buffet crabs.
wont be able to make the mid-week trip as pre usual the wife has work that night
well done

no probs man. that waterline was hiveing with life . it was only when i walked out ankle deep and stopped for a minute and looked down with my light that i saw hom much was moving around under the sand. the place was alive with wee crabs and shrimp. some of the bigger shrimps were almost 3 inches long. so we collected some to try at the dee today not like us to let a bit of free bait pass us by

Well done lads, some great fishing there, nice wrasse Al , congrats on the toby pollack Dawsey , and what a great photographer the wee lad is , is there no end to that young mans talent .Looks like a great day had by all .

cheers dave. we had a blast we're building up a good solid base of marks in the sat nav now the only problem is finding the time to get out and fish them all

Well done lads you're certainly gettting about this summer.... fair play Al jordans a lucky fella having a Dad who's as mad about fishing as he is good work

thanks conor. i get a real buzz from fishing, but an even better buzz from watching the joy on junior's face when he's getting into the fish . our trips have given us memories that will last forever . and in 30 or 40 year's time it will all be a bit of a reversal situation with jordan baiting and casting rigs for me and getting annoyed at me for casting clean over other anglers lines and sortin out tangles

lovely stuff lads certainly have lots of stamina love those dogs

red bull and coffee are my 2 main food groups when out fishing

Fair play lads great fishing

cheers tony, you'll have to get bigsod up to fahan for a thornie hunt soon

Nice session lads, great pics Jordan!
Myself, Der Baron and a mate Kev are heading to St Johns Point on Friday, looking forward to some quality fishing

nice one fenton . good luck for your trip man. i'll have to look in the loft for my lucky fishing hat for our trip i'll be skippy the bush kangaroo all the way all will be revealed in the goodness of time

Nice one lads. Isnt it great how Jordan can spend so much time on the camera and exploring the wildlife and still hammer the old men, well done lad. Van ready for the weekend, now sort the tackle. See you soon.

nice one ivan dawsey can't get work covered, so he's gonna have to sit this trip out and i'm waiting to hear back from ronald. so it's looking like just me and shorty at the mo. i'll give you a call on friday before lunch man

had not been out for a while because of the strong winds, so i welcomed the phone call from Al to join them at fahan for a few casts, was great to meet up again and have a bit of a banter and a session, also meet dawsey from the site and he's a sound fella. everyone had bells on their rods, and at one time it sounded like christmas bells were ringing everywere were most of the rods were getting hits reaily enjoyed the crack and the banter and hope to meet up again, it was just a pity the rays never joined in

we had a great trip don and junior is getting better at taking the pics the only problem with the bells is that when you have them on 6 rods in the darkness it can be a bit confusing as to what rod is getting the hits . but at one stage it did sound like we had a group of morris dancers in the backround all having simultanious seizures i would have loved to have got a ray on that 13ft lidl beachcaster. did you see the bend that a 2lb doggie put in it great craic as always, and we'll be back again soon enough

Sounds like a good session lads. That's a great photo of the crabs eating the carcass. What's that under the red crab at the top? Is that part of the mack or is it some sort of creature? It looks like it has long pink tentacles.

well done lads sounded like a decent trip. pity the rays didnt show for ya. There hasn't been a break in the weather to get a chance at them in ages

Good fishing as usual - those crabs are hungry little feckers - but at least they were eating the remains of your mackerel and not your bait.

It looks as if you all had a really good time, well done.
You all don't half get about!!!
Norman and I must join you sometime on one of your road trips for the crack
The pictures are great too, looks like you's got a good day.
I hope you can spare Dawsey for a couple of nights next week, it's the good tides for the mullet again then and I really want him to get one.
You and Jordan should come down some night too

great session and photos lads , sure dont take long for the little creatures to attack a carcass

well done lads, great fishing, six sets of bells that must have been some sound, nice pics jordan,another thing that you can beat your dad at

Well done lads thats great fishing,great report and cracking photo's

Paddy