Tracht, kinvara, co. galway 02/04/07

People: Neilus and I

Duration: I started about 16.30 - Neilus about 19.30 - finished up 23.30

Tide: high at 18.20

Weather: warm, bright and virtually no wind - a bit developed from the NE cutting across us right to left - but very comfortable - bit colder with darkness and wind picked up a bit more

Bait: mack, squid, mussel, sandeel and a little lug - all frozen -

Rigs: 3 & 2 hook flappers, pulley (Neilus?)

Results: Nothing bar one swimmer crab and a doggie - on the shore :lol:

Catch and Release:: Yes



Report: cracking day - high tide, full moon - wind inland where i started out - like that bloody amstel ad "this is going to be great!"

im a firm believer, no matter how many times im told - that theres no fish in the most eastern and southern parts of galway bay - there must be fish there - ill keep trying!

the omens were against me as i wanted to get down for round 3.45 - but got snookered at roadworks in clarinbridge - so didnt get there until 4.30

when i got there no wind - sea was dead calm - wasnt too happy with this - banged it out on two rods - second round of casting - forgot to lock the link on one - and dropped a trace on the retrieve :x

at this point i was questioning my madness as you do - but hell it was a beautiful evening - so carried on

a pair of missed bites and neilus arrived - good chat and completely forgot bout the lack of fish

before we knew it was 11.30 - a few more "bites" - the crab marks were noted - the dogs we thought might be there never materialised

there just has to be fish there - lug beds about 150 yards out - rocks right and left - ill try it again when its a bit more choppy

yea one of the many walkers dogs connected with a trace off neilus' tripod - he was unhooked and released :lol:

no fish but good to put a face to a name

as i've mentioned before.. never seen of heard of fish caught on that beach

Sorry to burst your bubbles lads, but I witnessed (and netted) a lovely salmon for soom guy spinning there a couple of years ago! Also I've ha a couple of good days fishing off the rocks to the right of the beach, mostly pollock and mackerel, and also at the pier which is between that beach and kinvara itself. I can't remember where exactly.

did you ever try off Tarrea pier - between kinvarra and ballindereen?

is that pier your on about mountscribe or crushoa - pm me if your amnesia clears up! :D

I honestly don't know, just was out there once driving around randomly and found it. Now that I think of it thuogh, I think it's on the same road as the road to the beach, you come to a junction where one way was goes to the beach and the other to the pier??
Never tried Tarrea pier, to be quite honest that entire area is too close to Black Head / Fanore and proper fishing for me to be stopping there !

i know what you mean about the better fishing down the road - but i wouldnt mind locating a place closer to home - with a little bit of sport - and less of a crowd on a fine day!

think i know the fork in the road your on about - cheers

It was a good evening having a laugh and a bit of banter dont tell anyone about where estuary lad caught those cod lol, by the way does anyone know if that lady working in the shop down the road is single she must be one of the best looking women iv seen in a while she was a pure Irish lass she had the cliche colleen look about her and v polite :lol:

No Neilus but I think we need a pic of her just to make sure we agree..!! ;-)

:lol:

the pier in question is called Parkmore pier...

i've heard good reports about that pier...