North Donegal rock mark,12-7-07

People:just me(everyone else is in Norway :cry: )

Duration:8am - 6:30pm

Tide:all sorts

Weather:started cloudy then brightened up,calm but breezy(offshore)

Bait:rag,mack,squid,sandeel and skippers

Rigs:pulleys,fixed pats,two hook clipped

Results:pollack,coalie,ballan,corkwing,doggie,thornback-cuckoo-spotted rays

Catch and Release:: Yes/No



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I wanted to do some proper fishing while im off for a few days so i headed to a rock mark in Donegal that i haven`t fished in years,hoping for rays,flatties and wrasse.I arrived at 7:30am and was fishing by 8 and i only had to wait ten minutes for the first bite which turned out to be a doggie on the flattie rod.It was three and a half hours before i saw another bite at distance but i was catching ballan and corkwing wrasse in close which kept me busy.None of the wrasse were very big but i was using the mini rod so it was good fun.I also a couple of pollack and a coalie.
I finally got a bite on the beachcaster and reeled in the first ray of the day,it was a small thornie of 3lb.I started getting bites regular and was landing a fish every 30mins and after two more small thornies i caught a cuckoo ray of about 2lb.I`ve only had one cuckoo before so i was well chuffed.It went quiet for a while and even the wrasse stopped biting.The only fish i had during the next hour was a red gurnard.Thankfully the rays showed up again and i had another two thornies of 3lb and 3.5lb and missed a few bites before i caught a spotted ray of 2lb which is a new species for me.That was the last fish before the mackerel bashers turned up and were catching my lines every two minutes so i packed up.
I eneded up with 1 coalie,2 pollack(biggest 1lb),3 corkwings,20 ballans(biggest 1.5lb),1 doggie, 5 thornies to 3.5lb,1 cuckoo 2lb and 1 spotted of 2lb.

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Savage session davy, your species list is shaping up nice :D

nice fishing mate :D

nice fishing mate, what is the can of wd40 for :lol:
, where abouts in north Donegal where you mate if you wish to keep it quiet don't worry,

how far out where the ray feeding?

Savage session davy, your species list is shaping up nice :D

Cheers mr green,there wasn`t a lot of fish for the hours i put in but i still enjoyed it.Would`ve liked to seen more wrasse but they weren`t feeding hard.

nice fishing mate, what is the can of wd40 for :lol:
, where abouts in north Donegal where you mate if you wish to keep it quiet don't worry,

how far out where the ray feeding?

The rays were caught between 50-100 yards.I was using those skipper(bluey`s) dead baits along with squid and it was working as well as the mack/squid.The wd40 was used to oil my reels,honest :wink:

I`ll have to keep the mark quiet mate or i`ll be found hanging from a tree :lol:

flippen ekkkk north of donegal? it is a big place, anyware round malin? :lol:

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I`ll have to keep the mark quiet mate or i`ll be found hanging from a tree :lol:[/quote]


thanks for the info mate and no worries about the mark, nice rays too

nice rays well done

Well done Davey a fairly long species list for one session.

MC obviously hasn't heard of 'that' use for the WD-40 - he's missing out...

Jude

Sneaky fecker, should have given me a bell Davy :twisted: . Planning to head there next weekend, probably bring the tent too.

Davey sounds like you had a good session :evil: and right on my patch :twisted:

Those rocks look very familiar :? if its the place that i think it is you were lucky not to be plagued by Mack bashers all day.

Danny

sorry pete i never thought about asking you :oops: ,i was just wanting to get away for the day and take my mind of the fact that all my mates were in Norway :cry:

The mackie bashers didn`t arrive until 6pm and by 6:02pm they had caught my line three times :x The worst part was they were all townies from Belfast.