killiney

People:me

Duration:9:30-i:30

Tide:2 hours up 2 hours down

Weather:strong easterly with showers

Bait:rag and squid

Rigs:three hook flapper and a single paternoster

Results:cod,corkwing wrasse and bass

Catch and Release:: Yes



Report:decided to give this morning after cortaz's predictions for a good weekend, spring tides mixed with rough weather. i also thought a change was in order so i fished a spot that i never fish before. expected a few early coalies, but without mussel, crab or lug it wasn't going to happen. started off close in scratching for a flounder, but after an hour with none showing i decided to go out a bit further. spotting bites was hopeless due to the wind. then i reeled in to find a bit of weight on the line, my initial thought was weed but a few winds later a plump 46cm bass was in the surf. continued on for a while but decided a move as in order, so i moved down to a rocky spit that produced good cod last winter after an hour i landed a small codling and then on my last cast i picked out a small male corkwing wrasse. fishing would have been much better with nice scenty baits but who cares.

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anyone what species of crab this is, seems like a swimmer of sorts.

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yea its a swimmer alright - also known as velvet crab

nice going this morning

It's a common swimming crab Liocarcinus holsatus. Not a velvet, which is a different species (Necora puber).

nice variation of species there well done mate :)

Liocarcinus holsatus

not so common out west then?

thats why i thought swimmer similar as velvet, hence same name used

wont be making that mistake again

nice session gazo your some man for one man :wink: you dont seem afraid to try different spots on that beach and are reaping the rewards keep up the reports and pics must fish that beach some time all the years of fishing and all the venues i fish and i havent given it a go mad or what ?

cant believe it had a few of them corkwings this year and thought they were small ballans :shock:(idiot) another species i didnt even know i had. thanks for the photo. will have to fish killiney sometime, any rockcook there...? if not where would i pick one of them up..?
love nothing more than scratchin around for the weird and wonderful.
species bug , got infected this year. :?

you can get rock cook down the inside wall of dun laoghaire pier, if you want gobys, gunnells, blennies etc freeline a maddy at low tide in scotsmans bay of the rocks.

You should pay more attention to not soil a fish with sand, if you want to release it in good condition.

nice one will give it a try, :wink:

You should pay more attention to not soil a fish with sand, if you want to release it in good condition.

Gazo i would like to be constructive and say well done and fair play to you with the amount of brilliant reports and posts in general, and i wish most anglers were as eco friendly and had the same conservation policy's as you,

looking forward to seeing you compete next year


be careful you dont get sand in your shoes when on the beach :lol:

regards

mickeyfish

didn't mean to get sand on him, as i was tacking the photo he jumped of the box and on to the sand, as for the cod's bitten tail, he just came that way, seemed ok :shock:

well done there gazo.

not to SOIL the fish with sand did you ever hear the like of it.

is a bass sanded with sand and released to fight another day much better than a bass knocked on the head and never to get a chance to be sanded with sand in a sandy place again. :lol: :lol: :lol:

thats a good point john, i think il pat myself on the back :lol: :lol: :lol: 8)

is a bass sanded with sand and released to fight another day much better than a bass knocked on the head and never to get a chance to be sanded with sand in a sandy place again. :lol: :lol: :lol:

A fair point but we should take on board Tommy's advice as well. Sea anglers are not renowned for handling fish properly. I include myself in that.