Mission Accomplished, 10-11-09

People:me

Duration:6-9pm

Tide:falling

Weather:calm, clear, mild enough

Bait:mack, squid,couple of leftover rag

Rigs:flappers

Results:1x doggie, 2x codling, 6 x whiting, 1 xThornback ray




Report:The wife felt like a trip out to Bray, so I duly obliged and packed the rods in the boot.Only one angler on the Harbour when I arrived so I set up near the end, he had a few whiting, nothing special he said.I got a doggie on rag on the first cast , followed by a double of whiting to 30cms. It was turning into a nice relaxing few hours fishing with the weather mild and clear skies. A couple of small codling were next and i thought that the best I could hope for was a half decent codling . Then the rod doubled over and i struck into it ,to be honest thinking it might be a dog . But there was something a bit different about this bite, I could hardly shift it, and had a job getting line back. Maybe it was 2 dogs, i thought, not a bass cos i couldnt really feel it moving around much. Then it broke the surface and I could see it was a ray,,,,,,,,,,,my thoughts quickly turned to the rig, size 4 hooks ,,,would my knots hold. Where's Fishface when i need him . I brought the ray round the corner of the pier and i walked down the steps to land him. Luckily the other angler was on hand to help and showed me how to handle him, etc, and kindly took a photo. He said it was the first one he'd seen caught here and he's a Bray native .I was delighted to reach the 30 species for the year, and what a way to reach it,i can relax now for the next 2 months. I put him back and after swimming into the wall a few times he eventually made it back out to sea. What a night,,,,,,,,and for once i didnt lose any gear

Dave

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lovely ray

Great to see a raymondo

Nice one on the ray eyes and best of all no gear lost was out recently and will spend the next 3 weeks making up rigs

Well done again on the ray

Regards

Seamus

Thats a beauty,persistance certainly pays off my man ,WELL DONE,what kind of rig and baits caught your Ray Eyes( )

well done dave,thats a lovely fish,and on a 4 hook, bet you were sh***ing yourself getting it in!

well done on getting the ray dave,nice size as well,hope that after awhile you will be like me sick of catching them

good man dave thats a great tally of fish whos to say you wont get another 2/3 species.

Nice one Dave. Thats a cracker of a fish..

You dirty rotten scum bag! Joking aside well done Dave what a beautie! Jesus on a size 4 and all Your so lucky that there was someone else there to take a pic. That's one for the mantle piece!

Congrats on reaching 30 species Dave and a nice ray well done

well done i think this species hunt is yours this year

i I put him back and after swimming into the wall a few times he eventually made it back out to sea.

he must have seen how happy you were to see him, that he diden't want to leave you dave hi dave nice one on getting your thornie and hitting the 30 mark on your species list you deserve it mate with the hours you put in a big well done mate, nice one

Weldone +1 Dave!

Great result on the Raymond! There's lads gonna be pulling their hair out after this news!

Congrats on the Ray and getting your target number in species sweet

fairplay dave mate ! im delighted for you ! i was out with shane H lastnight and he wanted to go there ! but i said no that its s**t !! he is going mad

fairplay dave mate ! im delighted for you ! i was out with shane H lastnight and he wanted to go there ! but i said no that its s**t !! he is going mad

Ha ha Shane got Boycied!

Nice one Dave great session & congrats 30 species & Thorhback in one trip

well done eyes a nice suprise!

Congrats eyes !!!. All you need now is a Conger
If you get the chance you should try some Ray fishing out the Clifden direction , if ye hit the right spots they can plague you like Whiting