sligo and galway 1-2nd may

[doggie3131]

People:over the two days,al and jordan,me,goldwing polaris,saving private brian,lucky,davyp,determined dan,tornado8 mick001,

Duration:too long

Tide:all tides

Weather:sunny mostly

Bait:everything known to man!

Rigs:all sorts

Results:




Report:al and jordan were on one of there trips,staying with me for the weekend so the call went out to see if anyone wanted to join us fishing,lots replied so nine of us hit a sligo beach to try for bass and seatrout,not a lot to report about this trip,the weed was a nightmare and nine lads went home fishless.

day two was planned over a few bevvies that night and as jordan was chasing turbot and ray the marks were decided and we were fishing the first by 2pm on sunday,lucky and tornado8 were at the top of the beach and we were down the other end,i got a phone call from lucky asking about weed,the beach was clear down our side so the lads decided to join us,by the time they joined us i had landed my pb flounder of 37cm,and jordan followed this with a nice turbot of 27cm,and he preceded to do the jordan dance up and down the beach first one of the year for him,tornado8 had two flounder on the one hook!! and i was hitting flounder nice and steadly,then al got a nice one too,cant remember the size but al will tell all when he gets back to belfast.determined dan and his mate joined us,but over the next hour did not connect with any,so by the time we moved to the second mark the count was jordan one flounder and one turbot,al one flounder,me 5 flounder and one turbot,tornado8 two flounder,and the other lads blanked,we then hit the second mark and within munites tornado8 had a nice thornback ray about 5lb,and soon after jordan landed his first ray ever! at four lb a healthy fish and the jordan dance was preformed again but this time with a lot more gusto. we thought we were on for a great session but things quietened down for the next hour or so until it went dark,lucky having lost a nice thornie in the surf,then the doggies started and everyone bar lucky had some,then determined dan got a nice rattle and landed a nice thornie that weighed in at 7lb 2oz, lucky lost another big fish in the surf,and i think he nearly broke the rod in fustration! mick got a thornie at 6lb 13oz,that was the way it finished an hour later with every one except lucky getting dogs right up till we packed it in around twelve.so mission accomplished,jordan goes home with his two target species al was well happy,if i forgot anything and it is possible, as im frigging knackered! then im sure the lads will fill in the report al will post some pics later,and anybody that has pics can post too

Last edited by doggie3131 on Mon May 03, 2010 3:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.

meant to add that it was great to meet all the lads,and to have a mini site meet,we will do this again,it was great craic!!

nice one noel.... i enjoyed the JORDAN DANCE... good crack.... i have decided to take up golfing in stead.... a i wont be beaten,, wont give in...... look forward to reading al and jordan report sould be a nice read.... maybe by the time he gets back to belfast he might forget that i was there..... hopefully...... see you sunday evening,,, im going to break out all the guns........ tight line mate......
alan.......

Well done lads,thats a good turnout at that mini-meet .Nice to see the lads getting their target species ,sounds like you all had a ball .We've all been there lucky,,,,praying for that fish to save the blank.It'll be forgotten as soon as you get the next fish,so get out soon and catch him
Dave

well done, were you getting the flats on lug noel?

nice one noel.... i enjoyed the JORDAN DANCE... good crack.... i have decided to take up golfing in stead.... a i wont be beaten,, wont give in...... look forward to reading al and jordan report sould be a nice read.... maybe by the time he gets back to belfast he might forget that i was there..... hopefully...... see you sunday evening,,, im going to break out all the guns........ tight line mate......
alan.......

well............your half way there with the club and ball! roll on sunday and the ass whupping you will give us all on the boat!

well done, were you getting the flats on lug noel?

one flounder on fish baits,the turbot on lug! the rest on a mixture

stupid fish mixing up their intended baits haha

Hard luck with sligo mark lads , sorry coundnt make this one, roll on the next session I think the other Bass mark might be on the cards & a bit of spinning

great mini meet guys, sounds like it was good crack
and well done to jordan on getting the ramond and turbot i know how you feel lucky, but i'm sure you will make up for it on sunday

fish or no fish it was still good to be out and meet all.me,polaris,davyp and kerryman i think stayed on til 1 30am.we got notin kerryman got 2 bass and a coalie.i think the locals didnt no wat was happnen to their beach when they seen 9-10 anglers.its rear appaently on that beach.damm the weed.it cleared when the tide was falling.any way to all we met that evening it was a pleasure.we will do it again.slainte

Mods I know this is the wrong forum, but lads: how do you re size your pictures to post them

[Al and Jordan]

just got all the pics resized and you have a PM mick . yet another great trip with great company and it was good to finally put some more names to faces. we had a blast and the craic was mighty and the fishing was even better . a new species for jordan and a new PB turbot as well. it really does'nt get any better than that (unless your name is lucky ) how's that for irony . doggie was the host with the most as we've come to know and was a top man for putting us up at his place for a few nights and thanks again noel for the shakespear salt beach caster, it will be put to good use . and you were right again, as soon as you put your lucky fishing hat on jordan,,, in came the turbot . i'll start the bidding for it at £50 do i hear £60 from the back of the room . but seriously, we had a great time with some great company and we will be back to do it all over again in the not too distant future
almost forgot to say thank you to brian and tornado for the monster lug they gave us on both days those things were like black sausages . one of them was big enough to bait up a 1/0 pennel rig on it's own . top men

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some more pics

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last pics (honest )

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looks like ye hit that beach at the perfect time! Lovely looking surf! very nice flats too..hopefully il be out there again soon! O and well done jordan, some great fish there and congrats on your first thornie..bet you want more now haha

great stuff lads...congrats to Jordan on your two new species

go on de jordan cracking turbo and nice ray.

Congrats to all, brilliant reports.
Well done Jordan on new species.

Well done everyone, it sounds like you's all had a very busy but fun weekend.
Noel, that's a really nice turbot you got in the pic above - nice one (pity about the hat ).
A real SAI mini meet - wish I had've been there....it would have been good craic, maybe sometime.
Well done Jordan on getting his first ever thornback - the smile in the picture says it all!