Killiney Beach-06/01/08

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Duration:me

Tide:rising

Weather:a bit chilly but good

Bait:sand eel,lugs,mack and squid

Rigs:2 hooks flapper

Results:17 pin whiting




Report:the sea was perfect just a little surf and a little breeze, alot of small whitings, and two big bites but just completely snag after, it's not the first time it happens at this place, is somebody have an idea of what is this... The hooks are snag not just the lead because i use a rough bottom system so if it was just the lead i could keep my rig and the fish???

Hello there Aurelian. Could be a decent codling in the rough ground there. Another option is to use large fine wire hooks along with your rotten bottom rigs. They should bend out of snags and still strong enough to land most fish you might encounter there.

Try keeping your rigs as simple as possible too. Less gear on them, the less things to get snagged.

Maybe up your mainline to 25 lb for this area.

Hope this helps and best of luck.

Hello there Aurelian. Could be a decent codling in the rough ground there. Another option is to use large fine wire hooks along with your rotten bottom rigs. They should bend out of snags and still strong enough to land most fish you might encounter there.

Try keeping your rigs as simple as possible too. Less gear on them, the less things to get snagged.

Maybe up your mainline to 25 lb for this area.

Hope this helps and best of luck.

spot on 8)

Thanks guys for your answers... I will follow your advices and try to land this mysterious fish....

conger ?

Last time I fished here I had 2 really big bites. The 2nd one ran parrallel to the shore about 30 feet out for about 40 feet then broke me off. It had the rod at a pretty good bend and was moving fast enough. Gutted I lost that one, and plan to upgrade the strenght of the line as suggested.

Hi aurelien
If you are fishing between the end of the raised green area and whiterock , you have a chance of a conger or bass. I have seen conger taken in front of the old tearooms and I have been fishing Killiney for over 30 years! A one hook trace is a must in that area with rotten bottom and as the lads have said, heavy line.A similar area, at the other end of the beach is corbawn lane.
GOOD LUCK AND i look forward to hearing how you do.

I was thinking about a conger at the beginning but thinking there was no eel on the beach, so maybe it's my customer.... I'll try this week end again....

fished it a couple of days ago lost two nice fish,est 3lb each in the rough. by the time i got the lead out of the snag the fish got off :roll: :roll:

forgot to mention the guy i was fishing with, a cork man i may add :wink: got a nice collie around the 50cm mark, apparently thats an average cork fish :roll: :roll: :lol: