Galway Meet number 2 (june 30th - july1st) little killary

People:me, petekd, MC, Mr_Green, corbyeire, jparicka

Duration: meet at huntsman around 4pm... left lil'killary around 11am

Tide: all stages

Weather:heavy rain for 5 hours, light rain for 2hrs and clear in the morning

Bait:mack, sandeel, squid, blueys...

Rigs:various

Results:doggies, thornies, whiting, pollock, mackerel, conger

Catch and Release:: Yes(except mack, 1 mack was released)



Report:after bait collecting and coffee at my house with petekd and MC we met up with the rest of the lads around 4pm at the huntsman..
with varied amounts readiness a few of us had lunch (me MC, petekd) while the rest made their way out to the mark...(next time brian.. dont forget to fill the tank :roll: ) ended up meeting the rest at moycullen (not my colon MC :shock: ).. so the ones who stayed behind ended up being first to arrive.. after unloading the cars and spreading the load we headed for the rocks...
first catch was to Mr_Green with a nice thornie... a good sign of things to come..
not long after the barbie was sparked up.. there was more meat in the bags than there was walking around the field :shock: ..
fish were slow but steadily coming in.. but it wasnt looking good for petekd or corbyeire, until petekd caught a double shot of doggies.. on a pennel rig :D ..
the rain was disheartening and people were swimming inside their water proofs.. we lost jparicka and corbyeire(went home) to the cold and wet.. and petekd to sleep(hyundai hotel) all before 1am..

so that just left MC, Mr_Green and myself to fish the beach(after setting up the tents infront of the carpark)
turbot were on the minds of them who fished the beach, but unfortunately doggies were on the hooks :? :?
after a while we lost Mr_Green to sleep..
just myself and MC left to catch a few more doggies and MC got his first beach caught mackerel.. when the sun came up(behind the clouds) it became time to unclip rigs and clip on 4oz leads...
time to test MC's Primo Syncro... all i can say is.. niiiiceeee..
MC was hitting into new line each cast.. my turn :D i couldnt see where the lead was going.. but i could see that there wasnt much line left on the reel.. line used was daiwa tounament on a 7ht with only a millimeter from being totally full..
ended up about 5am ish.. back to tents and sleep.. woke about 8am and Mr_green was getting ready to hit the rocks for a cast to see if he could get another ray before starting on the breakfast BBQ...


catches:
me: 5 doggies 1 thornie 1 mackerel 1 conger
MC: 5 doggies 1 thornie 1 mackerel(mack released)
Mr_Green: 5 doggies 2 thornies
Petekd: 4 doggies (afaik)
corbyeire and jparicka.. unsure what was caught between them

good stuff.............

it was a grand night, would have liked to have got fishing sooner but fate has that way of laughing at you....was great meeting the lads (thanks for all the shrimping advice).... tent was great, but the soundtrack of mc next door was emmm...frightening...got 2 nice sized thornies :D im well chuffed, but im broke up to bits

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Nice ray lads, well done. Weather looked a bit awful.

Pete, that sausage looks a bit well done. You didn't let corbyeire cook again did you???! :roll:

And Steve, I never want to hear shrimping mentioned again. You're a sick, sick individual! :shock: :lol:

Its terrible kev really... and yes that was corbys sausage again...in fairness he was distacted by a bite... :oops: :oops:

lads i dont think that activity should be mentioned on the site.....it might prompt people to look up what it means.

people do not look up what shrimping means!!!!!!!

great night lads had a brillant time, and the cooking was fine we didnt have any tent pegs, :lol: and i am sorry Dave if my snoring keep u up :oops: , but 3 hours sleep has to be quality sleep if you have to drive home, :lol: thanks for the grub and hotwater, nice to meet you all and we have to do it again, this time without the rain :lol: that reminds me thanks petekd for sharing your beach buddy :D


ps i am now a full member of the zziplex club as all my fish where caught on the primo, fanastic rod

should have been called the zzipplex meet :lol: :lol:



teacher: you should have joined us.. there was even a chippy van on the way back.. :lol: :lol: :lol:

teacher: you should have joined us.. there was even a chippy van on the way back.. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Looking at the picture of the cuisine you managed to produce, I might have been forced to sample the chippy van's fine dining experience

the burgers and the chiken wings went down a treat before them sausages :lol:

there definitely wasnt as much peeling involved this time!

fair play mr green on the spread

got a mack (kept for bait) a pollack and 2 doggies - no bloody ray :evil:

when the move was being made to the beach, round 1 i said i had enough - was soaked to the skin with no change of clothes - was shivering badly

jahn - had 2 doggies and a whiting as far as i know

good to meet the heads again

so did ye decide - crinkly straws or straight straws :wink:

In fairness to Corby, the sausages were the only thing that got a scorching this time around. Your report card reads "much improved but needs to stay focused". :D

I of course, as is traditional, had a very heavy night the night before sampling all the delights Galway has to offer.... :wink: And was as such, consigned to a fairly miserable semi comatose state for the majority of the day. I moved into the beach buddy about a half hour after arriving and resurfaced a mere handful of times over the course of the day. Heavy fishing it certainly wasnt and I suppose 4 dogs was a fair reflection of that.

Following hours of seemingly endless wind and rain, (god, killary is a miserable spot when its like that!) and I pity the lads who stood out in it all day, i retired to the modest comforts of the Hyundai Hotel, complete with Duvet and pillows. All gear was pushed to one side, bed in the back was made and a much needed nights sleep followed. Fair play to the lads as I was somewhat wary about there being a pile of messing going on after dark and had locked the doors but I was left in relative peace for the night...!

Good to meet the lads again, fair play to all who made the trip and stuck out some truly awful conditions. To Dave Green for providing all the grub this time around, to Steve for doing the organising and to the god that is Ron Thompson who provided my beach buddy! I'm sure we'll all be back.

Big thumbs down to the bouncer on the door of "The Living Rooms" who wouldn't let me in on Friday night.... Apparently I'd had enough... Still hadnt had enough by the time the residents bar closed in the Hotel that night so I dont know where he got that from!

Jaysus! If you couldn't get into the Living Room you must have been in a right state! Must have been all those pints we bought you in Garveys... :lol:

No idea what the problem was TBH Kev as I was fine. Sure how and ever, didnt matter a hoot anyway but a little annoying all the same. Wasnt going to pander to the little mans ego by kicking up about it either, we just headed elsewhere without issue. Grumpy so and so....

I of course, as is traditional, had a very heavy night the night before sampling all the delights Galway has to offer.... :


Big thumbs down to the bouncer on the door of "The Living Rooms" who wouldn't let me in on Friday night.... Apparently I'd had enough... Still hadnt had enough by the time the residents bar closed in the Hotel that night so I dont know where he got that from!

roll on the 14th :lol: :lol:

Fair enough, when I left Garveys you were in good form, wouldn't have said you were drunk at all. Must be the company you keep....
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Steve! :lol:

Fair enough, when I left Garveys you were in good form, wouldn't have said you were drunk at all. Must be the company you keep....
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Steve! :lol:

i was passed the bouncer by that stage so it wasnt me...