Galway Bay SAC Outing North Connemara 21.02.10

People: Noel/doggie3131, John/Goldwing, Martin/mga & myself

Duration: Noel and John 13:00-20:30 Martin and Myself 14:30-19:00

Tide: LW @ 15:30

Weather: Blue skies sunshine wind SSE F3 turning E later in the day

Bait: mackerel, squid, sandeel, razor, wraps, blueys

Rigs: flappers & pullys

Results: Flounder & Coalfish




Report: An informal Club get together saw 4 anglers turn up to fish a surprisingly sun soaked beach. It was a totally different day to the icey fog we left behind in Galway. Noel and John were setup and fishing when Martin and Myself arrived, with Noel having two Flounders in the mid 20's accounted for, after a quick chat myself and Martin got set up. First casts for us produced two Flounder a 24cm for Martin and a 30cm for myself, nice start with the cold snap lack of surf and an East wind i thought the fishing was going really suffer. I had a single clipped rig at distance just to mix things up a bit all the baits offered at distance went untouched for the session. Things went slow for the next hour so i changed tack and recast and went on a flounder walk down to Noel and John. We were yapping away with banter flying we went to have a deco at a adult grey seal that was dead on the beach no visible wounds on it to note. First seal i've see around that stretch coast sad sight really. After leaving my gear out for long enough i strolled back down and reeled in a treble shot of flounder with the biggest 29cm. Noel and Martin picked off another single each in the mid 20's. I was surprised no turbot were showing 2nd session here this year with no turbot appearing. After more banter with the lads Martin got his 3rd flounder of the session around 26cm mark. I had a double shot of flounder with the biggest at 32cm. Myself and Martin packed up and left the two boys fishing John wasn't having any luck but i told him the coalies would come on the feed as the light went i got a txt later off Noel to say he'd one more flounder bringing his tally to 4 and John had 2 flounder and a coalie. Not a bad session for cold day in Feb.

Final count was: Noel 4 Flounder, John 2 flounder 1 coalie, Martin 3 flounder & myself 6 flounder

The lads have some pics....

well done lads a nice few flounder,,sorry i could not make it , next time...

at least there was some fish out there for ye

we had never fished this spot before,a nice venue but was expecting more fish,still it was a beautiful day and we got fish nice to meet martin(mga),and conor caught the whole family with the treble of flounder,daddy,mammy and the WEE baby!! heres some pics,think john and martin have more.

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Nothing like the fresh sea air to clear any ill effects lingering from the night before
Good to meet ye lads and hopefully we'll meet-up again soon for another bash!

Couple of pics to follow (apologies for their lack of quality - obviously the sea air hadn't completed it's therapeutic process by the time these were taken )

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Conor's Triple.JPG

Martin's 1st.JPG

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Well done guys

well done lads at least ye all caught a few & no blanks

well done lads, wish i could have made it, next time for sure!

some nice flounder there lads and sunshine as well well done

nice going lads doggie - hope the tips worked for you? Conor - the last couple of times I have fished that beach there wasnt any turbot either. Now Martin were you fishing hungover again?????

nice one guys... i'm craving a session pretty bad now...

...Now Martin were you fishing hungover again?????

How's it going Nige? Ah...think I'll plead the 6th on that question!

(At least I made it out there! Apparently some people weren't up to the task [won't mention any names!] )

...Now Martin were you fishing hungover again?????

How's it going Nige? Ah...think I'll plead the 6th on that question!

(At least I made it out there! Apparently some people weren't up to the task [won't mention any names!] )

would that be MR CROW??

as ever noel wanted to leave early as we did not fish for 10 days and what a lovely location. I was looking like a blank for the day but the 2flounder/1coalie saved the day tiddlers at that. aah yes Mr Crow was still in his scratcher with his usual. nice to meet you Martin, good to put faces to names but as usual will forget, will have to start your tactics connor and have a walk. great day out

Hi, where exactly beach fishing?

Those handsome snowy mountain tops in the background say it all.....
And Conor's Triple look like they were blast frozen as soon as they came out of the water....

Fair play to ye and glad ye got a good few fish but no frostbite

sounded tough enough getting a few fish guys. but at least no one blanked hope to see you's all next week

as ever noel wanted to leave early

I did NOT want to leave early! i wanted to ARRIVE early, ya geordie git!! and wheres the pics!!

sounded tough enough getting a few fish guys. but at least no one blanked hope to see you's all next week

can you leave the weather up there after you, al? pleeease!!