Bridges of Ross, Clare, Oct 1

[jd]

People:jd,petekd,phanover,pj and jw

Duration:1-5pm or so

Tide:full at noonish

Weather:Fine

Bait: Crab,rag,mack

Rigs:Floats, paters,running leger

Results: Pollack,Wrasse,LSD

Catch and Release:: Yes



Report:
JD, PJ and JW met up with Phanover and Petekd in the car park of the Bridges of Ross. Phanover and Pete decided to cook up some mackeral, but had to drive to Kilbaha to get a lighter!! At least Pete isn 't lying when he says he has given up the smokes. In the meantime we set up below the car park. PJ had decided he had had enough fishing for a weekend, so he kicked back and started sketching his surroundings. That is until I got a bite on the rod that had a mackeral head and guts on the business end. Of course, as I handed him the rod I was holding to mind, the float went under and he brought in a nice pollack (caught on live peeler!). My mackeral head had disappeared
A repeat performance 20 minutes later, and he had a nice wrasse. I still had a mackeral head.

The rest of the afternoon was taken up with a succession of ballan wrasse, mostly taken tight to the bottom on ragworm. i also had 1 LSD on the conger rod, but that was about it.
jd

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What a beautiful mark..! Cracking wrasse too btw. Does it hold bass or is it too deep..?

I haven't heard of any Bass,and I don't think it is that kind of mark, but there are triggers around the corner. We were too shattered after the boat trip the day before to go another 400 yards or so!
I think around this venue is a good bet for a SAISAC mid summer outing next year..
jd

Some nice pics there JD. Biggest wrasse was just on the 3lb mark and the majority of fish were taken within a few yards of the rock on the simplest of rigs. As a matter of interest and experimentation as bites were so frequent,(there must be a massive head of wrasse down there) I tried some Berkely Gulp Rag. Lo and behold, it worked almost as well as the real stuff!! Thats the first time I've caught anything on it as a static bait, not spun, so it DOES work.....!

You may notice my jeans are a rather odd shade of blue, thats because I, ahem, may have fallen in...... :lol: On the way across to the mark, I was crossing a rather smooth stretch of rock, beachcasters, tripod and beta box taking up use of my hands when I started to slide. It was a gentle enough slope and I performed some rather fancy manoeuvres and pirouettes as to the echoing sounds of phanovers "careful, careful, careful!" (careful?! cos I was spaltering about like that on purpose....!!) I slid gently into the sea whereupon I spied a conveniently placed rock and laid back on it getting nicely washed by frequent waves whilst I pondered the best way out of my predicament. It took quite a bit of time before I was able to climb out, weak from laughing at the whole situation and Pauls rather helpful advice... :D (only messing mate, it was well funny though :lol: ) Note to self, take more care on slippy glassy rocks. Apologies to anyone in the area who may have inadvertently witnessed the top to toe changing effort at the side of the jeep.

Another little lesson learned was in relation to the BBQ. Always carry a lighter..... I found it hard to comprehend that after 12 years or so of constant smoking, there wasnt a lighter to be found in my motor. A scenic drive back to Kilbaha to get some fella to open his pub (we also managed to buy bread and paper plates in the pub!) and we eventually had the bbq lit. Another little note to self.....when using bbqs of the disposable type, allow sufficient time for them to burn off whatever inflammmable liquid it is they are soaked in before commencing cooking. Mack sandwiches were indeed very tasty until they began repeating on us with a wonderful flavour of paraffin/diesel or whatever oil based liquid it was.....mmmmmmm yummmy!

Not a bad day out all the same, thoroughly enjoyed the weekend in fairness. A good spot indeed for an SAI outing. Specimen wrasse are frequently caught around these parts as are Pollack. Could be interesting....

Never heard of any bass being taken around those parts Eoghan, methinks it could be too deep around that area in general. There are plenty however not that far up the coast so I suppose its possible.

The last pic looks a bit bassey but its clearly a deeper water mark.
Sounds like you had a great session.

Hi Guys,

New to the site but have seen that you spent some time at the bridges of ross. My parents live on the hill between Kilbaha and Loop head so are always walking the dog, and fishing round that way. I have had many wrasse and pollock, plus some small conger from the area in front of the carpark, however there are some other great gullies and rock marks in the area. You are right with what you say about the wrasse, there must be hundreds all waiting to say hello. The pollack fishing from that channel in front of the car park can be great, especially when using light tackle. Never seen any signs of any bass around there, although as you say there are some bass spots along the coast. Nice to see some people fishing areas that i know, although having to sit back here in england reading about it is not so good :( , Leave some for me guys....

lovely pics!

nice report, petekd

You may notice my jeans are a rather odd shade of blue, thats because I, ahem, may have fallen in...... :lol:

Jeez Pete, do you ever have uneventful fishing sessions where nothing goes wrong?!! :lol: :lol:

You may notice my jeans are a rather odd shade of blue, thats because I, ahem, may have fallen in...... :lol:

Jeez Pete, do you ever have uneventful fishing sessions where nothing goes wrong?!! :lol: :lol:

I stay 20 feet away from him on shore, and on the opposite side of the boat on the water!!

Ha Ha :lol: Very good lads, dont usually have too many problems on a beach/rock, its boats, and in particular, my boat that I tend to have the problems with. However, I must defend myslef from Johns remark...

I stay 20 feet away from him on shore

This is b-locks... Iturned my back for 30 seconds while I was baiting up and there was John standing in my recently vacted slot pulling out a big wrasse. The Git! :D

This is b-locks... Iturned my back for 30 seconds while I was baiting up and there was John standing in my recently vacted slot pulling out a big wrasse. The Git! :D[/quote] thats nothing new,most anglers,even your mates would steal you grave given the chance :lol: nice fish,great pics.regards ivan

This is b-locks... Iturned my back for 30 seconds while I was baiting up and there was John standing in my recently vacted slot pulling out a big wrasse. The Git! :D

That is not quite true- I'd moved as near the tide line as I safely could to pop a float into a particular spot- and then moved back (still keeping 20 feet away from you.. :p)

There was me thinking it was my eau de mackerel and bbq smoke aroma that was keeping everyone away..... Even my buddy Paul buggered off to the other side of the slab (and he smelt every bit as bad!) Now it all becomes clear, self preservation....

Great report lads,

can there be a finer way to spend a day, with super fishing / beautiful scenery / good grub and 1 of the lads getting a soaking, priceless!

And they wonder why we go fish!!!!

Well done lads good fishing there there are a few more marks in that area which are good for bottom fishing too, where you were fishing can be v dangerous on a big swell one big one could have washed ye in nice fish....

did you fish crab for the wrasse? i have pretty much given up fishing rag for them. longer wait with the crab for a bite, but worth it when the five pounders come calling.

nice fish and excellent report

The wrasse in the picture was taken on half a peeler. I then switched to rag and while I caught 2 more wrasse they were substantially smaller. I also missed a lot of bites on the rag. I found that the wrasse were very adept at sucking the worm off the hook. I also lost a big un when the 20lb snood got bitten clean through.

Great fun though. I reckon pound for pound wrasse must be one of the most powerful fish out there. Love to give it another lash next year.

Paul

Now that I've got the bug... Any good wrasse marks within 20 miles of Cork Harbour?

Paul

did you fish crab for the wrasse?

I had a few on crab. Started running out though.

All mine came on rag, couldnt be arsed whipping crab on. Rag picked up the biggest fish too..... :D