Salthill, Co Galway 16/1/08

People:me

Duration:100minutes (approx)

Tide: rising

Weather:calm

Bait:mack and squid

Rigs:3 hook flapper / single hook clipped down

Results:see photo below




Report:
seeing as it was a calm day(first time in a long time) i decided to walk to on of the local beaches ans really put the zzippy profile to the test :)
cast out my other rod with a single hook clip down hen proceeded to wang a bit of lead to distance.. no idea where it went as it was getting dark but with the amount (or therefore lack of) line left on the reel i knew i was getting good distance, with little effort too :D :D
then clipped on a 3 hook flapper with mackerel tipped with squid (one cast before packing up) and managed to pull in a whiting and a shrimp :shock:

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you really are a jammie git :lol:

he is isnt he! haha decent whiting though!

all you needed to do -cast again with what you got on the hooks....

you really are a jammie git :lol:

come on Martin you didnt actually think he had skill did you? I know how lucky he is

decent whiting though!

yeah.. massive shrimp too :shock: :shock: :twisted: :twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol:

sure you were not using shrimp as bait,maybe your on to something and keeping it quite :lol: :lol: .

sure you were not using shrimp as bait,maybe your on to something and keeping it quite :lol: :lol: .

Don't be mocking poor Steve, that shrimp is probably bigger than the five bearded rockling I got at the SAI comp the other week.....

add that to your species list............... only if your pretty desparate :roll: :roll: maybe its a conger, you'll have to ask mackeral though cos hes the expert

sure you were not using shrimp as bait,maybe your on to something and keeping it quite :lol: :lol: .

well it ended up in my cooler bag and the contents of which are now in my freezer... it just might get chucked on a hook sometime :wink:

you really are a jammie git :lol:

come on Martin you didnt actually think he had skill did you? I know how lucky he is

i know he is the only person i know to catch a conger while reeling in his last cast :?

maybe its a conger, you'll have to ask mackerel though cos hes the expert

it don't look like a fresh water eel to me :wink: :lol:

i think its a spent lobster looks a bit anemic as well :shock:

it just might get chucked on a hook sometime :wink:

Or a cocktail stick ...

Saved the blank there Steve.
Pity you could not get down this week. A lot of fish to be had down here at the moment.
Might see you soon if you manage to get down