west cork 13-6-07

People:me and met pete there

Duration:1500-2130

Tide:lw around 2245

Weather:started sunny, had persistant drizzle for an hour and then dead calm (slightly surreal)

Bait:mackeral

Rigs:pulleys

Results:1 bull huss (6-7lbs), 1 thornback (2 lbs ish) and countless dogs

Catch and Release:: Yes



Report:

had the day off and had an itch that needed scratching so decided to hit my ray mark. arrived an hour after hw to bright sunshine and a gentle w breeze. didnt get a touch for about 2 hours and then the dogs came on the feed. had around a dozen when i got a classic ray bite which resulted in a monster ray all of 2 lbs. at this stage pete arrived. a few dogs later i got another good bite on the rod about 30yds out which looked like a doggy. seemed to come in pretty easily until about 20 yds out when it woke up and began to pull abit, when i finally got it to the shallows i was surprised to see it was a huss of about 6/7 lbs, first this year. missed one other weird bite when my rod was sat motionless before it was slowly pulled over and nearly off the rest before i grabbed it. waited about 5 mins before striking which resulted in a dog, dont think this was the origional bite tho.weather became very still and the fish appeared to go off the feed so i called it a night. pete stayed on so dont know how he finished up....

Over a dozen dogs is how I got on :oops: Headed up to the rougher part Neil shortly after you left and fished there until around midnight..more dogs there. Lastcast arrived around 8.30pm and on his third cast took a ray of about 5lb.

Nice evening's fishing and great to see the huss being caught.

typical that happens.ya was nice to get one alrite.hopefully might get a few more at the weekend