slipway salthill 1/2/08

Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:50 pm

People:just me

Duration: couple of hours into dark

Tide:neither here or there ( neaps )

Weather:calm freezin

Bait:mack lug squid

Rigs:3hook flapper and one up one down

Results: more whiting than i can remember 20+




Report: got out cos i wont be fishing the weekend :oops:
set up just as the sun was very low in the sky, just used the one rod (profile) had a feeling i would be kept busy with whiting and i was right..

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Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:22 pm

did u fish of the higher rocks?

Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:27 pm

no.. just took the pic halfway up them.. fished off the slip

Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:48 pm

ya nice night for fishing. i kept looseing things that side last nite cause the tide was halfway in.moved to the other side and got the fish there in 2 or 3 casts! lol

Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:35 pm

not bad, beats practising :lol: is the slip near you?

Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:29 am

MC wrote:not bad, beats practising :lol: is the slip near you?

about 10 mins walk with all the gear

Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:03 am

nice pic steve :D

Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:16 am

Kraken wrote:nice pic steve :D

believe it or not, its not a common sight to see the sun go down over Galway bay.. it usually goes down over knocknacarra (well it does through the summer) but then they would have to change the lyrics of the song...

profile

Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:30 pm

hows the bite detection on the profile for the whiting steve ... ?


tks

Re: profile

Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:02 pm

ifitswims wrote:hows the bite detection on the profile for the whiting steve ... ?


tks

excellent...

even at 141 meters :D

(and yes i did measure it)

profile

Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:37 pm

good stuff ... just getting a profile myself ..
casts ok too then ..

Re: profile

Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:15 am

ifitswims wrote:good stuff ... just getting a profile myself ..
casts ok too then ..


it casts only as good as the person casting it...

and having said that.. its a dream to cast.. easily cuts through the air making for a comfortable swing :D