conamara 19/5/10

People:mself and yanto

Duration:5.5 hours

Tide:dropping and rising

Weather:winds kept changing..dry

Bait:mack,squid,sandeel, lug

Rigs:everything

Results:doggies,huss,ray,whiting,pouting




Report:Got a call from yanto(husshunter) and we decided to try a particular mark in conamara. On arrival there were 4 lads already fishing and they were getting a few dogs and whiting.
First casts went out and within minutes we both had whiting and doggies. The session took offf from here. Yanto pulled in a nice ray of about 4 lbs. The dogs were coming in thick and fast getting doubles within minutes of casting out. Then it was my turn to get a ray. Got the typical ray bite then i struck. Rod tip dipped then felt the fish nodding so i knew it was a ray.
Yanto then pulled in another ray and dog double then i got a triple shot of 2 dogs and a ray. The ray was small but had beautiful markings. Fish were continiously coming in thick and fast with plenty of ray for both of us. Then i got a very good bite which made the ratched go so i struck into it and instantly felt the fish nodding and diving. Started to take line of my reel too..brilliant fight. Turned out to be a ray of 7lbs, with a wingspan well over the size of my match measure. It was then gantos turn. He got a bite which looked like a doggie. He struck and reeled in as normal saying o ya, just a dog. Then hell broke loose, he then said ooooo no this is not a dog, the fish turned and started to nod and dive giving a great fight. As i went to give him a hand with it i said no its a dog, then o wait no a nice huss of about 6lbs then o christ thats a big one, turned out to be a massive huss into the double figures! After a few photos it was released. Then i got a tiny huss on my flapper, and i pulled out a few more ray. Then it was my turn with a proper huss, after a good scrap i landed a double of a plump doggie and a 6lbs huss. We picked off a few more fish each and then ran out of bait. Got a lot of my fish on a size 4 match rig to really have to take care when bringing the fish in. Got a few pictures and then my useless phone broke and missed pictures of my huss and a few ray..pity but what a session, one of the best iv ever had and one that will stick in my memory for a long time!
Finished up with 18 doggies,6 ray, 2 huss, 3 whiting and a pouting
Yanto had :17 doggies, 4 ray, 1 huss, 1 whiting
il post pictures later

mighty session lads and a well deserved break at last for Chris, hope we are so - ahem 'lucky' - tomorrow on the boat (not sure if Jonah is on board)

Thats great fishing Chris,

Ye were kept busy, plenty of fish landed, cant beat it

thanks lads, was great to get a good session! here is a few pics, as i said camera broke halfway through

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didnt get a chance to take pictures of yantos ray but they were mostly around the 4-5lbs mark.. few more..

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that was a serious session chris huss is a monster. well done man. if only they were all like that

Nice session lads, that Huss is a beast!!

Great stuff lads. You mentioned a typical ray bite, ???? Never caught one, heading west for the weekend to target them.

Great session lads, Thats a brute of a Huss

thats a cracker of a huss,you live up to your name yanto,and chris, you REALLY need to buy a camara,great fishing lads!

Mighty session Chris - Good going.
Well done on the Huss its a cracker!

Well done lads thats the best session that mark has produced in over a year....
some very nice fish there sweet

A good night was had by all by the sounds off it.. well done lads..

Fantastic fishing Chris, well done to you and the other lads.

Thanks lads (and girls)haha
Cant wait to get out again now!

Crackin session. The ray are beauties. Keep em comin.

good man chris.now that makes up for those bad salthill nites.we hope to be hooking up with a few of ye soon for a good session.was tryin a mark last nite but was all sandogs.hate them

top ray and huss are huge well done fine session

thats some fishing well done

Great session lads, well done.