belmullet & erris marathon trip 7th to 10th april

That was some trip.Sounded like ye had a great trip and jordans rod must have seriously doubled over at times .lovley sea trout (shocking that ll the fish were covered in sea lice)5 species of flatties .Best of luck with that spider crab look forward to watching a few more videos of your upcoming norway trip "oh My God"
ferg

great trip there Al, seems you had realy good time, and is good to have friend like doggie3131 where you can find a shelter at the tough weather
nice fishing lads, well done

im glad the trip turned out to be more than worth it for you. got some good fish there
now why is it everyone seems to be able to catch sea trout except me?

cheers brian. just stick with drew. that boy could fall into a sewer and come up with a trout between his teeth .

some nice beaches back there al.theres so many.i have an idea where you where..well done guys

cheers brian. it is a lovely part of the world with so much fishing potential. i think we could spent a month there fishing a different mark every day and still not get round them all. we have a few tope marks out there to try from the shore, but i think we'll leave it until later in the year to give them a go. sure it just gives us a reason to justify another trip out that way

Very nice, would love to go there, looks awesome and great fishing too!!

thanks dave. i was just shocked at how few anglers were out and about that way when we were there. if we had beaches like that up here we'd be out fishing every day

Thats some nice fishing lads,well done

thanks man. it's great to get out and discover more new marks that warrant furthur exploration

great report, i will have to reread that. nice fish too, mainly those wee trout

thanks martin. those wee trout were belters . it's great to be making the transition from winter tiddler bashing to get something on the end of the line that you know is there tugging back

Report of the year me thinks great sport lads, thats a fantastic trout you got yourself jordan very well done

thanks john. i just wish i had have been able to get him catching that one on video when we saw the forecast before leaving belfast i just left the video camera at home . but that trout gave a great account of it's self in the shallows leaping clean out of the water 2 or 3 times. heart stopping stuff as i was convinced it was gonna throw the hook. but jordan wo'nt let me forget about it any time soon he's already told anyone with a pair of ears about his scrap with it on the tiny rod

You boys do get about a bit Some nice fish that you got just a pity about all the lice..

sure you know us tom no journey is too far in my book under the prospect of some decent fishing i felt really sorry for those poor fish with the lice i've never seen so many big lice on a single fish. some of those trout had the lice eating into their flesh behind the second dorsal fin and anal fin. so we did them a service and removed them all with the foreceps before returning them. not a bad trade off seeing as they gave us a bit of sport too

Great read and result as usual men
Sounded like a really good trip
Well done

cheers plumster. are you getting out much yourself lately? we are gonna try for the silver boys back on the beach at mornington this summer again. been trying for one there the last 3 years with no joy so far . but we have seen them taken down there, just not by us yet . but we'll keep at it until we come good

it was a great weekend as usual,al and jordan,ye are great craic,and all arrived with HARP! top man....and a load of fish to boot..god but im GOOD!

ahh sure noel i could'nt turn up empty handed you know me man . great to see you again man and many thanks for the hospitality as always you were the perfct host and you do a mighty fine roast chicken dinner
roll on norway in july!!!!!! ye ha!

Great results guys and anothercrackin report!

cheers andy, we'll have to get drew, dawsey and yourself out over there some time man. in the summer there are great ray marks out there too to explore

great report once again al you have a way with words and thats the first time ive ever seen a foto of jordan where he looks more bewilered than the fish he just landed good luck to both of you

thanks eddie. hope you feeling better man and on the mend . we'll have to tie in with you again and head up to donegal for the thornies soon all the best man and keep well

brilliant report and sessions lads - sea trout heaven
and describing yer man as having "..the banjo playing four toed look about him " nearly made me choke laughing
an Spider crab is damn tasty

cheers davy. aye, he was an odd character right enough the level of aggression he was displaying was fearce and unwarranted. i'll have to do a bit more research regarding that beach as i was informed it was a public beach but he had a herd of cattle on it, and told us it was private . come to think of it, it could well have been him who turned all the signposts around leading to it to keep it to himself
but seeing as we did'nt fancy taking the chance of ending up doing a reinactment of the scene from pulp fiction where the spider gets a few ball gaged flys in his basement, we decided better of it and moved on

Well done lads, and yet another great report Al . Some amount of species on that trip

thanks dave. it was brilliant. we can't wait to get back there, but i feel a few east coast excursions coming on soon smoothie season is almost upon us

Brilliant report as always Al, some serious
fishing and great pictures. Well done to you
and Jordon, puting mayo on the fishing map.
Good luck on you forth coming trip to
Norway looking forward to the cod reports.
Thanks for posting reports.

thanks man, no probs at all . this thumb still has me outta action, but down to the docs on monday to get it sorted for once and for all and then i'll be back with a vengeance

Brilliant stuff lads I've heard of flattie bashing but sea-trout bashing is something else!

thanks sweetwrasse. that was our best ever results for trout. i've never had such a good session on that second day. 5 between us was something else man. and we still have about 20 other marks out that way we did'nt get to including the deep water rock marks that deffo desreve some good long sessions

That was some trip.Sounded like ye had a great trip and jordans rod must have seriously doubled over at times .lovley sea trout (shocking that ll the fish were covered in sea lice)5 species of flatties .Best of luck with that spider crab look forward to watching a few more videos of your upcoming norway trip "oh My God"
ferg

cheers ferg. hopefully plenty more "oh my god " moments to come this summer
i did feel a bit sorry for those lice covered fish . i've never seen anything like it. i'll have to see if there are salmon farms out that way as it's the only explanation i can think of as to why so many fish were so badly infested. we have salmon farms up in red bay just hundreds of yards off the coast and i have never seen a lice on any fish that we have taken from around there, even when we tie the boat off on the cages. so i can't see why there was such a drastic difference in those poor fish.

great trip there Al, seems you had realy good time, and is good to have friend like doggie3131 where you can find a shelter at the tough weather
nice fishing lads, well done

thanks grady. doggie3131 is a trooper and has been looking after us over on the west coast for years now. in fact all the lads in the galway buccaniers sac have been more than kind to us. puting us onto good marks and looking after us. there are far too many of them to mention and they have become firm friends over the years. and for me that's what sea angling ireland is all about. anglers from all corners of ireland helping each other out. over the years we have met a lot of the site members and i would go so far as to say that now there is'nt a county in ireland that has a stretch of coast that we do'nt have friends in . if it was'nt for sea angling ireland, we would'nt have got a fraction of the fishing done that we have over the years

Very nice Fishing Lads & great report Al well worth the trip Ye caught some lovely Trout & well done Jordan we'll fit a few good sessions in over the next few months when the Wrasse arrive back inshore

more of the same Al, excellent, happy days. great report as usual and always good to hear about your never-ending fishing adventures. its just great to be getting out and about and exploring the country some lovely trout there. pity about the sea lice!....

That was some trip.Sounded like ye had a great trip and jordans rod must have seriously doubled over at times .lovley sea trout (shocking that ll the fish were covered in sea lice)

i've never seen anything like it. i'll have to see if there are salmon farms out that way as it's the only explanation i can think of as to why so many fish were so badly infested. we have salmon farms up in red bay just hundreds of yards off the coast and i have never seen a lice on any fish that we have taken from around there, even when we tie the boat off on the cages. so i can't see why there was such a drastic difference in those poor fish.

the only thing i can think is that there must be cages around there somewhere. the ones in red bay are the only ones in the uk&ireland that are placed 'offshore' in comparison to those placed in sheltered bays elsewhere - sheltered bays obviously encourage less 'flushing' and more chances of sea lice, amongst other things. i worked on them for a spell and there never saw any sea lice, not even on the salmon themselves. fair play to you de-licing the fish, i would most have certainly done the same thing.. for what it was worth

Thats the way to do it great few days fishing nice one lads

Very nice Fishing Lads & great report Al well worth the trip Ye caught some lovely Trout & well done Jordan we'll fit a few good sessions in over the next few months when the Wrasse arrive back inshore

thanks brian. we can't wait to get over and wet a line with you again man. roll on the summer

more of the same Al, excellent, happy days. great report as usual and always good to hear about your never-ending fishing adventures. its just great to be getting out and about and exploring the country some lovely trout there. pity about the sea lice!....

the only thing i can think is that there must be cages around there somewhere. the ones in red bay are the only ones in the uk&ireland that are placed 'offshore' in comparison to those placed in sheltered bays elsewhere - sheltered bays obviously encourage less 'flushing' and more chances of sea lice, amongst other things. i worked on them for a spell and there never saw any sea lice, not even on the salmon themselves. fair play to you de-licing the fish, i would most have certainly done the same thing.. for what it was worth

cheers charlie. the lice thing was mental. even the poor flounder were crawlling with them, allbeit smaller ones.
i remember watching a tv programme on bbc 1 with that fella darryl grimason. he had mentioned that the salmon farms in red bay kept a good head of rockcook wrasse in the pens as they were cleaner fish that ate the lice off the salmon. an amazing idea. kinda like the wrasse species you see cleaning big predator fish in warmer waters. brilliant enviromentally friendly idea that negates the use of chemicals

Thats the way to do it great few days fishing nice one lads

cheers man

super report al thats some amount of species and great quality fish as well well
done to all

excellent all round report fishing species

Not bothering much at the moment as all you get is blanks around here ,so keeping busy flyfishing the rivers
Let me know when your coming down and I'll put an end to that blank on the bass for ye
Keep up the good work

Ever have one of those times you feel like burning your place of work to the ground?? Yep, this is it. Brilliant report lads, I'm sure jordan had an amazing time... I miss Mayo, there I said it *Clicks like*.

super report al thats some amount of species and great quality fish as well well
done to all

cheers ger, the flounder were'nt those big bin lids you boys get down wexford direction, but at least they were'nt the postage stamp sized ones we're used to

excellent all round report fishing species

cheers man

Not bothering much at the moment as all you get is blanks around here ,so keeping busy flyfishing the rivers
Let me know when your coming down and I'll put an end to that blank on the Bass for ye
Keep up the good work

thanks very much man, will do

Ever have one of those times you feel like burning your place of work to the ground?? Yep, this is it. Brilliant report lads, I'm sure jordan had an amazing time... I miss Mayo, there I said it *Clicks like*.

there's always the august trip out that way to look forward to man
i'll bring the matches and you sort the petrol

Epic trip guys. Well done.

Another successful road trip Al, great report and photos.
Cracking session...

Mick

lethal stuff al, glad to hear it went well for you.
dave

a great few days fishing very well done lads best report i have read in a while

kudos lads...lovely seatrout:-)


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Great trip great report and great pics

Lovely report guys, very enjoyable read!

Well done lads that was a great expedition for you and the trout were there big time. As usual your report was excellent and well written, full of detail and the pics were stunning, the one of the spider, close up, was very good. I had a really good read and you deserve praise for compiling it so well.

I really look forward to hearing about your trip to Norway and the cod bashing that will take place for sure, but they got some very big Haddock there also and I am sure you will hit into some of them too. Thanks for this good read and good luck to you both Wez.