kerry, cork & antrim. 27th dec to 5th jan 2010

Jeez, fair play to the lot of you as even the eskimos don't fish in that weather! I am in hibernation for a while longer...........
Yeah, MikeQ is a top bloke, really enjoyed our session with him last summer.
Well done on the fish you got

Hard luck mate, I know you were lookin forward to that trip but everything was against you from the start. At least you gave it your best shot when most would sit indoors and look out. Congrats to Jordan on the PB flounder, the bass and givin his Da another thrashin. Happy new year to you both and tight lines for 2010.

firstly happy new year to one and all, well done jordan on getting those fine fish, glad to see that the headlight i gave you is still going strong, will look forward to seeing you both this year, roll on those smoothies

well done again lads , thats some serious fishing been done in our savage weather .

jes' al what a trip!!!!! the fishing may have been bad but i bet yous all had great crack, and that drive home must have been a real nightmare alright. fair play to yous all, one things for sure, no one can label yous fair weather fishermen, hail rain or snow yous are always out there. and jordan nice one on your pb, well done mate

Hi lads
Typical irish weather the best laid plans just go out the window but fair play the ye use
for making the best of it ,well done to jordan on the pb .that must have been a night mare of a
drive 10 hrs in those conditions .well done least u got 2010 of to a good start in antrim

Ive gotten some mileage outta that can of de icer you gave me Al Nobody can fault us for trying anyway! Utter maddness but still good craic

no probs mike,, my dad thought 4 cans of de-icer and 5 ltrs of blue screen wash was a bit excessive for only a week,,, but who's laughing now when we got up home i descovered it has a higher street price than crack now i really should've been a boy scout BE PREPARED!!!. . great to meet you man and we'll deffo get down again (just as soon as all this bloody ice dissappears )

Well done lads! Brilliant! Looks and sounds like a brilliant few days! congrats again!

yeah chris. despite all the disasters we had a blast, sometimes it's all the calamitys that make a trip something you chuckle about when you look back on it

well done for perserveering with the conditions, ye still got some good fish. 3rd time lucky i bet next big session ye plan with be stonking

cheers seanie, we're overdue a good one soon thow i gotta admit, it would feel strange to go away on one of our travels without something going wrong now that we have set the bar in fishing disasters

Jeez, fair play to the lot of you as even the eskimos don't fish in that weather! I am in hibernation for a while longer...........
Yeah, MikeQ is a top bloke, really enjoyed our session with him last summer.
Well done on the fish you got

cheers fenton. mike tryed his best to get us a fish but the conditions were against us from the get go . i don't get too down about it thow. just see it as a bit of a reccy for our next trip out that way

Hard luck mate, I know you were lookin forward to that trip but everything was against you from the start. At least you gave it your best shot when most would sit indoors and look out. Congrats to Jordan on the PB flounder, the Bass and givin his Da another thrashin. Happy new year to you both and tight lines for 2010.

cheers ivan. the fishing might not have been great. but we did get to meet a few more lads from the site and put faces to names also the tralee bay SAC lads gave us a few pointers for marks where we were staying at . real sound bunch of lads who really made the effort to get to dingle in mental conditions there's dedication for ya

firstly happy new year to one and all, well done jordan on getting those fine fish, glad to see that the headlight i gave you is still going strong, will look forward to seeing you both this year, roll on those smoothies

HAPPY NEW YEAR NEIL!! yep man,, headlight is still going strong and serving him well i forgot to ask you how long do you charge it for to get a full charge into the battery?? i've just been giving it 6 hours as i was afraid of overcharging it this will be a bit of a lean month for us on the fishing front as i'm still a bit skint from christmas and the car is due it's MOT next month . but we'll be back down the east coast soon enough i'm still trying to hunt down 2 sakuma sea measure for us both, but they have stopped making the bloody things . but i'm sure if i keep on the ball with it i'll come across 2 soon enough. need to get them before the summer mini munchers descend on our harbour and pier marks the national federation of sea angler's minimum retention sizes on them were great. speak soon man

well done again lads , thats some serious fishing been done in our savage weather .

cheers bokofinn, even with more layers on us than an onion it was still freezing jordan looked like the michelin man with all his layers 3 pairs of thermal socks, bib and braces, then into his chest waders, t-shirt, 2 jumpers, a hoodie, a fleece and 2 wooly hats. you should have seen the state of him trying to get in and out of the motor if you look closely at the pics of him with his doggies you can see where the splashes of water that came off the fish froze into wee white dots of ice on his coat car was reading outside temp as -4 that night. god only knows what it was including the wind chill

jes' al what a trip!!!!! the fishing may have been bad but i bet yous all had great crack, and that drive home must have been a real nightmare alright. fair play to yous all, one things for sure, no one can label yous fair weather fishermen, hail rain or snow yous are always out there. and jordan nice one on your pb, well done mate

cheers don, sent you an email about next weekend man and got loads more funny texts let me know if you're free for a session and we'll all get out (even if i have to put chains round the tyres we'll be out )

Hi lads
Typical irish weather the best laid plans just go out the window but fair play the ye use
for making the best of it ,well done to jordan on the pb .that must have been a night mare of a
drive 10 hrs in those conditions .well done least u got 2010 of to a good start in antrim

thanks ger. wee man was made up with the flounder he has'nt let me forget that he got the biggest flattie of the trip yet,,,, and probably won't for a while to come yet our target this year is to fish every county in ireland that has a stretch of coast on it, so that's kerry, cork and antrim ticked off our trips out with fishermannum1 will sort donegal and derry, and getting out to see zeke and doggie3131 will notch off sligo, mayo and galway that's our target for the end of february

Some tough going guys but well done jordan on pb Flounder & al on your pb ls sea scorpion

as far as i can remember it makes no odds as the battery wont burn out

Hi Al sounds like ur trip turned out a bit like ours only we got the downpours of rain just b4 the big freeze hit, not 2 mention the gales, worst weather trip 2 cork we hav ever had but like urselves we battled thru it none the less, think the madness of us anglers is showin thru

great report there lads and well done on the fish in them conditions, was thinking if you do come to bettystown in the summer looking for tope let me know and ill take you out for a days toping in dundalk bay, keep up the reports cause theres not many out there willing to fish in this weather, or able should i say

Super report al.that's some quality fishing well done.

hard luck al.. hope the year gets better for ya.. fair play to ya for sticking it out. .. wishing ya luck for the coming year pal

Sorry to hear the fishing didn't work out as hoped for. But you did well to get a few bass before the weather turned too cold.
Amazing that Dingle Harbour froze over

Pity I didn't know you were coming to Cork on the 1st - we could have met up as I was fishing that day.
You will have to make a return visit later in the year and we can see if we can get you a few bass.

Hi Al mate, well have you thawed out yet after our trip?!
I've never fished in such cold temperatures before and hopefully I never will again!
It was a pity about the weather but it was still nice to be away with you's. We certainly made a right dent in the food and drink we brought down anyway!
It was great that Jordan got his first bass for the year and his new PB flounder, as well as you getting your bass, good on the two of ya's!
Thanks for the birthday cake and card as well, that was so kind of you.
As promised I have put on for you the picture of your bass that you caught on the first night, that was taken on my camera, well done mate
Thanks again for coming down with us. It was a good laugh, espicially Jordan trying to scare the life out of me when watching Paranormal Activity!

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as usual great report Al and Jordan congrats on your pb flatfish big well done to yous guys

nice bass reckon about 3lb

Sounds like a complete nightmare trip Al.

Some tough going guys but well done jordan on pb Flounder & al on your pb ls sea scorpion

cheers FK. just hope we get better weather in the summer when we get back down again

as far as i can remember it makes no odds as the battery wont burn out

thanks neil, i was just a bit worried about frying it

Hi Al sounds like ur trip turned out a bit like ours only we got the downpours of rain just b4 the big freeze hit, not 2 mention the gales, worst weather trip 2 cork we hav ever had but like urselves we battled thru it none the less, think the madness of us anglers is showin thru

ahh well man, sure there's always next time gonn give that wee beach a go tonight man . i'll stick a post up and let you know how i get on

great report there lads and well done on the fish in them conditions, was thinking if you do come to bettystown in the summer looking for tope let me know and ill take you out for a days toping in dundalk bay, keep up the reports cause theres not many out there willing to fish in this weather, or able should i say

will do plumster. we would love a go at the tope when we're down in the summer . i'll give you plenty of notice before hand, and you could get a run out to the deep water rock marks we fish up at clogherhead. we've had some nice fish off them during the summer months

Super report al.that's some quality fishing well done.

cheers brian, have you been getting out much lately man?

hard luck al.. hope the year gets better for ya.. fair play to ya for sticking it out. .. wishing ya luck for the coming year pal

thanks stevie. same to yourself man. we'll have to get a run down the east coast again this summer. mabey this time we might even get a smut or 2

Sorry to hear the fishing didn't work out as hoped for. But you did well to get a few Bass before the weather turned too cold.
Amazing that Dingle Harbour froze over
Pity I didn't know you were coming to Cork on the 1st - we could have met up as I was fishing that day.
You will have to make a return visit later in the year and we can see if we can get you a few Bass.

thanks frank. i'm hopeing to get me and jordan down for a week during the summer so when i get dates and accomodation sorted i'll give you a shout and get a session in with you man

Hi Al mate, well have you thawed out yet after our trip?!
I've never fished in such cold temperatures before and hopefully I never will again!
It was a pity about the weather but it was still nice to be away with you's. We certainly made a right dent in the food and drink we brought down anyway!
It was great that Jordan got his first Bass for the year and his new PB flounder, as well as you getting your Bass, good on the two of ya's!
Thanks for the birthday cake and card as well, that was so kind of you.
As promised I have put on for you the picture of your Bass that you caught on the first night, that was taken on my camera, well done mate
Thanks again for coming down with us. It was a good laugh, espicially Jordan trying to scare the life out of me when watching Paranormal Activity!

thanks paula. despite all the disasters it was just good to get away for a week. we had a laugh the whole time we were away . now you see why i never let stuff get me down too much when you have disasters happen on a daily baisis you just get into the habit of rolling with the punches . i'll email you a link to a photo resizing web site that is brilliant, you can resize your pics for the reports without loosing any quality so they are still really sharp and it's only 3 simple clicks,,,,, totally idiot proof. that's why i use it

as usual great report Al and Jordan congrats on your pb flatfish big well done to yous guys

cheers zeke, i'll drop you a PM after the weekend man about getting a run out to your patch

nice Bass reckon about 3lb

yeah man. k1 has a pic of her one and my one on the measure togeather. needless to say my one is the smaller of the 2 by far when i get the pic i'll pop it up

Sounds like a complete nightmare trip Al.

thanks colin. sadly there's bugger all we can do about this stinking weather, just gotta make the best of a bad situation . but taking all things into consideration we did well enough while facing harsh conditions

yeah big time mate.. looking forward to getting a couple of smuts