BALLYGANNON, GREYSTONES

PEOPLE: ME N TWO MATES

Duration: 1300-1800

Tide:RISING

Weather:WET

Bait:RAG, MACKEREL, CRAB,

Rigs:THREE HOOK FLAPPER

Results: (8 SPECIES) 30 COALIES TO 41CM, 10 COD TO 37CM,1 FLOUNDER, 1 ROCKLING, 1 DOG, 1 POLLOCK, 4 CORKWING AND MY FIRST SEA TROUT.

Catch and Release:: Yes / except two cod, 1 sea trout and bout 5 deep hooked coalies



Report: planned the sesion with two mates during the week and seeming one drove all the way down from dundalk we didnt let the weather stop us. had lines in the water at one and two of us were straight into a cod each, then we hit coalies next cast and there was a steady stream coming in. the lads then picked up a dog and a small rockling. coalies kept coming. we then had three corkwing wrasse in quick succession. coalies died off for bout an hour with only the odd fish coming in and a few small codling and one small pollock. we noticed fish breaking the surface bout 5 metres out so i dropped the line in the middle of them and had a double coalie and a small flounder :? their mouths were full of small silver bait fish not sandeel more like white baitfish ya get in fishmongers , and every cast into that area then produced a fish every cast. coalies were too easy at that stage so stopped dropping into them. stuck a load of crab on hoping for cod and got another wrasse. it got dark then and we were still pulling coalies and the odd codling and then my rod tip rattled and i thought another coalie but when he came into the glare of my headlamp i could see my first sea-trout :P i was happy to call it a day then after a cracking session and a new unexpected species on the list. :lol: :lol:

forgot to say fished it yesterday

just to lat ya know mate i got this fro the central fisheries website

All Salmon and Sea Trout (over 40cms) retained must be tagged and recorded in the logbook.

so i hope you had a licence :wink:

That and the fact that the season is closed as well...

Cheers will remember it next time, oops :oops: he got a good home though. Maybe it was a coalie after all....!!! :wink:

the gannons produces the goods again , was a trawler out of the point staying fishing in one spot ? last three times i fished the gannons and kilcoole he was sitting about a thousand yards out anchored looked like he was letting the tide fill his nets it ripps past that headland at about 8 knots

Funny you should mention that as the mate noticed a trawler sitting out there and commented on it as he moved up the coast towards greystones just before last light which coincided with high water funnily enough