TEAM DENOVAN AT BUNCRANA

Charlotte and i fished Buncrana pier on Saterday with my friend David aka Beachcaster for on the forms who came down for a fews hours and with the weather against us managed 8 Rays and 5 Mackeral for Myself, Charlotte with 4 Ray 4 Mackeral and to Flatties and David in his few hours had 2 Ray 2 Tub Gurnard. nice days fishing and a very enjoyable day
I nearly had my specimen Ray at 7.23lb. so as David said to me there are specimen Rays to be had in the Swilly.
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well done nice rays

good going nick, im not so sure about specimen rays up in the swilly, the specimen weight is 20lb i think.

well done to both of you ,charlotte will be a very good angler some day.not many ladies like to bait up themselves or handle the catch,but it was no problem to her even the gurnard with its spikes was no problem at all.she has no confidence in her casting at the minute but i think this is down to the rod being to long for her to manage at the minute,that is why i said a rod of around 11/12 ft would suit her better to get that confidence.really enjoyed my time with both of you.john

enjoy fishing with you and i am looking for another rod jus now.
just checked the sea angler and is 8lb for a shore thornie unless its changed

enjoy fishing with you and i am looking for another rod jus now.
just checked the sea angler and is 8lb for a shore thornie unless its changed

thats for england nick over here its 20lb cos ireland is backwards we need to sort out ower specimen list
i dont no if the nort have there own specimen list

sounds about right to me for this neck of the woods for the sea angler specimen award badge,but the ifsa award is something like 20lb for a specimen thornback but who is to say there arenot fish of that size in the swilly its finding the right mark.

yes it is 20lb just checked and 8lb for sea angler. think we need to get onto isfa as 20lb is a joke

yes its a bit much for up here 20lb half of that would be more like it for a specimen ray.haveing said that i once seen a trawler leve rathmullan pier and when it came back in, it had three boxes of thornback rays on it and the biggest looked over 20lb easily.it was fishing where i showed you yesterday nick so you never know.

we need to have a go, or that rock mark where the birds were diving

yes i think that would be a very good mark alright if we find out how to get to it,would charlotte be ok on the rocks??maybe give it a go after your hols mate.

oh yes charlotte is great on the rocks. we fish dunseveric all the time and thats where she started her fishing so she knows the risks of the rocks and freak waves so she will be fine

great session nicki d charlotte and john, nice fishing.
and guys there is specimen rays in the swilly, a guy pulled in a ray at that pier last year that was well over the 20lb mark, he could not get it up the pier so he worked it along the side towards the slipway were my son landed it for him.

OH THAT MAKES ME FEEL ALL WARM INSIDE.

nice goin nicki there and good pics.did u find nite produced better while fishing

hi, no found the day better

Nice fishing Nicki and Charlotte. It was nice to meet you both on the pier with Beachcaster. ( I was the guy with the big dog.) Perhaps we can wet a line together soon.

hi, yes it was good to meet you and look forward to fishing with you.

you know you are welcome any time tom.i thought you went to shroove or i would have said to you.but there will be other days mate.