Gunwell and Zeke's last Irish session

People:Zeke Shane R and I

Duration:4pm-11ishpm

Tide:last hour of the drop and then up

Weather: lovely

Bait: lug eel mac Hard backs feathers and lu

Results: Zeke Ballan ,corkwing Wrasse and pollock Shane Ballan, corkwing Wrasse Dab and Pollock Me Thornback pouting Ballan and corkwing Wrasse.




Report:

As Zeke is flying home on the 25th this was going to be his last Irish session The poor man is now going to have to console himself with catching Tuna sailfish marlin and other tropical species.
We headed to gumwell as the tides weren't great but we could at least fish deep water.
Arrived to bright sunshine roasting temperatures and a slight breeze got set up and started to fish out in the channel not much happening at first shane fished a rod close in with crab for wrasse and soon connected with a few nice ones.
Zeke was next fishing in close catching wrasse and Pollock on lug then shane got a dab on ell in the channel i persevered fishing out in the channel with a 3 hook flapper with lug and a sand ell on a pulley.
As the other two continued to catch i got that sinking feeling that this was going to turn into another blank for me i was knelt down baiting up my flapper the ratchet went on my other rod and it flicked up and nocked me in the head "happy days " waited a few second and tightened in to a fish In the depth of water any fish feels large so lovely thornie about 4 pounds.
the guy were well in to the wrasse and pollock in close using lug i thought i should give it a go just to get the species count up got one outing on lug out the the channel the we all realised we didn't have a light between us packe up by the light of our phone and left.

Would like to say goodbye to Zeke its been a pleasure fishing with him and reading his posts and i wish him all the best
Ps he's promised not to post anything on the site he catches over 100lb when he fishes back home.

PPS tight lines mate

Nice session lads, well done. Nice way to say your farewells rather than gettin sloshed, Good Luck to Zeke and family and safe journey.

Glad the last session produced a few fish worth having. Zeke: I never met you but I always enjoyed your contributions if, as a (relative!) newcomer to the site you'll allow me to say so. Also, your motto on your posts has increased my familiarity with the Bible by at least 10 syllables

Good luck on your travels Zeke, really enjoyed your reports on this site, just make sure you post some when back home!!!!

best of luck zeke im sure we will all be green with your tropical reports

sorry i did not get to fish with you one last time zeke,best of luck, and report those whoppers from time to time and nice fishing lads!

Best of luck on your travels Zeke and keep the posts coming when you get back home.

Good luck Zeke, I enjoyed reading your reports. Please keep posting reports from home - so that we can all turn green with envy

Good luck Zeke to you and the rest of the family. I hope you have a safe journey home. Take care and keep in touch with us all and tell us about the amazing fishing & weather you are having over there. I'll miss your reports from sligo etc.....it's been great fun talking to you on here, speak to you soon......Paula

best of luck on your travels zeke,keep us up to date on your fishing exploits.john

Best of look Zeke, always enjoyed your posts and tips, I can remember when you were just a bait ball Keep us posted, will you have room for us if we all come to visit?

It was a nice little session to give Zeke a send off, it was only a pity more thornies didn't turn up. Mike you forgot the little rockling I pulled out at the end. He took a double sandeel on a 3/0 pennell, I think he had big ideas about himself. The sandeel were nearly longer than him.
Zeke it's been great fishing with ya mate, i hope the journey home goes well and that the fishing is good when ya get there!
I'll keep trying for that tope and I'll let ya know how it goes.

Cheers
Shane

well mike - at least the perseverance paid off for the thornie - maybe zeke is the only one with sense - we are all wasting our time with these tiddlers! good luck

safe journey zeke and all the best mate, loved your posts
and hope to see more from afar

Nice fishing guys. All the best Zeke on your travels home. Enjoyed the repots and looking forward to hearing about your trips back home

Best of Luck on your Travels Zeke, never met you but got great pleasure in reading your fishing reports. stay safe and keep us posted....

what a send off . well done guys and all the very best to zeke and the family . hope you enjoyed your stay and have a safe journey home man. sorry we never got the chance to wet a line togeather but it was great meeting you and having a chat man
kind regards,
Al.

Safe travels Zeke to you and your family. At least SAI will only be a touch away. I'll miss your reports too like the others but will deffo look out for some sexy fishing reports from a far!

Well done lads & good luck to you & your family zeke, safe trip

best of luck zeke always enjoyed your reports .safe journey and
keep those reports comming