My Reports 07 (Shannon region) 29-03-07

nice fishin lads i might be back in a couple of weeks, hopefully the ray will have grown a bit, nice fish.

Quality fishing lads. All the ray falling to sandeel?

john:don't spook the fish lads. . .
brendan:bluuuuuuuuh!

lol :D :D :D

i what to catch a ray :P

i what to catch a ray :P

I know how ya feel Merv sir :)

i what to catch a ray :P

the estuary is your place then, catching a dogfish is actually quite a novelty here!

Fished carig today, east side, caught f all. 3 hour session. Some very heavy showers and hail but I was under my buddy thank god. Wish there were a few doggies around. Mite fish it friday eve in darkness, say there will be a few fish around.

[Estuary Lad]

People: Me and ViperSD

Duration:6.30-11.15

Tide: Low water 11.30

Weather: nice cool calm, very bright moon until the lunar eclipse

Bait:lug mackerel eels

Rigs: 3 hook flappers, 1 up 1 down, wishbones, mostly with 20lb snoods and size 1 and 2 b940s

Results: Me 2 thornie, biggest bout 6-7lb other bout 2.5lb, 8 whiting rangin from 24cm to 28cm, 1 fat rockling. Sean 1 thornie, 9 whiting and a rockling

Catch and Release:: Yes/No 4 dead whiting taken home for the uncle



Report: Fancied our chances of getting a few whiting in darkness tonight and we were glad to see a few there. Good to get some predictions right. Didnt predict ray at this mark though although we have caught the odd one here before.

Having arrived to set up before darkness I knew we wouldnt have many fish until the tide went out some more. The first two hours I think we had two fish each. From about 8.30 the fishing begin to speed up. Missing a few bites from fish was frustrating but we started to hook them then.

The two of us were watching my rod, getting the classic whiting rattles, I turn away and next thing the rod is being pulled over along with the rod rest. Strike into it and it leads to a nice double, my biggest ray of the year so far and a nice whiting on size 2 b940 and 15lb snood. Sean started to get a few whiting too. Two casts later, I had my back turned baiting up a trace, rod rest keels over and rod smashs to the ground. Another nice double, small ray and whiting. Nice way to christen a new reel I got , Daiwa Emblem Pro 4500. Very good fixed spool, nice to use for a change from the multipiers.

Bout 9.30 Sean had the only treble whiting of the night. About 10.20 Sean got his ray, on a 10lb snood ha. He hooked into a BIG fish later, but it went to ground bout 20 yards out and the fish lost. Probably a big huss or maybe a ray, but Id say a huss tbh. Good nights fishing

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Shannon Sunset
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Me and my double, whitin and thornie
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My Second double
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Seans treble whiting
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Nice fishing lads well done if i could only catch ray like that on the east coast :) :) :)

ah man....seems we have the bass down here and ye have the ray up there!!! im mad 2 catch 1! fair play to ye lads 8)

Well done lads , good fishing. Very good ray Brendan.

Where did Sean buy that hat he is wearing.

[Estuary Lad]

People: Me and ViperSD

Duration: 10.30-1.30

Tide: low water 12

Weather: very strong southerly wind. few showers

Bait: rotten lug, mackerel, sandeel

Rigs: 1 hook clips, Wishbones

Results: Me 1 ray bout 3lb 2 flounders. Sean 1 flounder

Catch and Release:: Yes


Report: Arrived too late. Should have been fishing for 9. I had the ray first cast and it was fairly crap for the rest of it. not much to report on


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at last a good sized ray class fishing! a good swelled head on you in the pic aswel :D

People:Me and a mate

Duration:11-4

Tide:low 11

Weather: sunny odd shower

Bait: lug, fresh crab squid

Rigs: 3 hooks clips

Results: Me 10 codling 2 whiting. my mate had bout 16-17 codling

Catch and Release:: Yes/No all decent fish kept



Report: Got some fresh crab and lug so decided to try for codling. Great days fishing. Best catch was bout 50cm which came in with 2 others bout 35cm which put up a good fight.


PS last report on this thread putting future reports in my blog

Very thick cloud came in during this pic

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nice fishin lads...hate when those clouds come in and get in the way of things :lol: :lol:

You need to wash behind your ears. Is that the same spot you got the flounder. A lot of flat stones so that rules out a beach.

I'm in work, busy, so I'm locking this thread unntil some mods have a chance to look at the split posts
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You wont fool me lads :? I know where that run of cod are they are there nearly every year during this time and the waterford lads fished it now and again using peeler id love to let loose and say where it is but since I didnt mention my mark I wont mention yours :lol: