Wicklow Harbour, 24-10-10

eyesreilly my sympathy goes out to you. i blanked a few weeks ago, got soaked and lost 4 traces in a row. utter nightmare of a day.

Cheers, blanking is a nightmare, I usually go out again as soon as I can to put it behind me but havent been able to get out this week

wow there's not a lot you can say about that

except get back out there and hopefully things will get better

"It was great to be out though",,,,,,,,,,,,,There , I've said it

unlucky guys, dave i'm sure you will make up for it on your next session.

Aw, sure it could be worse Don,,,,,,,nobody died after all

Unlucky Dave especially after that place being so good to you through the year. Hoping to get down your way this weekend, if you guys are about??

Who'd have thought it, blanking on Wicklow Harbour, the shame and horror of it all

Fished south arklow today quite strong winds and blanked. Is it like that all on the east coast at the mo. Heavy weed in Laytown yesterday.

Weed all around the East coast at the mo,lots of blanks and poor fishing

fished a few local beachs this week, not great, only one small Bass, fished out of skerries on the kayak too, nothing but pin whiting.

I wouldnt say no to a small bass Eeler

Dont feel too bad Eyes. I fished all day saturday and not only blanked but also lost nine yes nine traces and lead weights Total distaster of a day. Things can only get better as they couldnt get much worse. Going out on Wednesday so hopefully will have a better result and wont have to go home and kick the dog again.

Poor old dog

eyesreilly, if it makes ye feel any better, i blank most times that i go out. Not many places to go to from newry without havin to travel a bit so i keep going to the same place hopin that some fish gets lost and picks up my bait. But, even with blanks, its better than havin to watch the friggin soaps at this time of the evening. i'm sure that some of ye will agree, he he.

I'll agree with you there Flyno

I didn't have a great day's fishing on Sunday either.
I went to Absolute Fishing's open day (Tramore), spent far to much money on lures etc. Then on the way home tried a new mark along the Copper Coast. It looked a great spot for Bass, shallow rock platform with plenty of gulleys, I reckoned the Bass would be all over it as the tide rose. Chucked out all my shiny new lures, as well as some of my old reliable ones, until my arms ached Not a tap, but I was sure that at dusk the fish would show up in force. But as the sun dropped still nothing - then suddenly I felt a bite - a small pollock on my new Feed Shallow, but not much bigger than the lure. I thought that must signal the start of an improvement. But that was it - not another bite.

I planned to fish until 7 pm and told Melissa I would be back at the car shortly afterwards (she was patiently waiting in the car for me) but I got cut off by the tide - and have to wait until about 8.45 pm before I could make it around a rock promontory. She wasn't happy!!!!

I'm sure Melissa is well used to your fishing antics at this stage Frank, say hello for me

hard luck on the blank dave, tho it would do me a world of good to get to the beach, 2 month old daugther now will keep me busy for a while , ill be back for a crack at a few cod after xmas i give ya a shout mate tight lines and better luck next time

2 month old daughter, congrats James, the 'oul back must have improved . See you in the New Year so