west cork rock mark 2nd feb 2008
Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:19 pm
[b]People[/b]:me
[b]Duration[/b]:0900-1400
[b]Tide[/b]:hw@ 1300
[b]Weather[/b]:heavy showers, freshening sw breeze, gusting quite strongly as i left
[b]Bait[/b]:frozen mack and herring
[b]Rigs[/b]:pulleys
[b]Results[/b]:2 huss, 6-7lbs and 12lb 2oz (109cm), and 1 5lb strap
[b]Report[/b]:
because of the incoming weather and the tide times it called for an early start (6.30
) . also the fact that the roads were frozen meant there would probably be 30 mins added on to the journey.. arrived at 0900 and set up straight away but remained biteless until 11 o clock when i got hte smaller of the 2 on a mack and herring fillet cocktail. half an hour later i got a savage bite on the imax on a mack head and guts and herring fillet cocktail. when i struck it felt as if the fish had got its head into the kelp so i gave him a load of slack. when i tightened into him after 2 minutes rest he budged and with some vigerous pumping he came to the surface..a nice male of 109cm and 12lb 2oz. he was quite lean, most likely after the breeding season and i think if it was late summer/autumn he would have been around the 13.5/14lb mark.
a few casts later i got the small strap on a mack/herring fillet cocktail. decided to call it quits at 2 when some of the waves made it a bit dangerous to fish.
[b]Duration[/b]:0900-1400
[b]Tide[/b]:hw@ 1300
[b]Weather[/b]:heavy showers, freshening sw breeze, gusting quite strongly as i left
[b]Bait[/b]:frozen mack and herring
[b]Rigs[/b]:pulleys
[b]Results[/b]:2 huss, 6-7lbs and 12lb 2oz (109cm), and 1 5lb strap
[b]Report[/b]:
because of the incoming weather and the tide times it called for an early start (6.30
) . also the fact that the roads were frozen meant there would probably be 30 mins added on to the journey.. arrived at 0900 and set up straight away but remained biteless until 11 o clock when i got hte smaller of the 2 on a mack and herring fillet cocktail. half an hour later i got a savage bite on the imax on a mack head and guts and herring fillet cocktail. when i struck it felt as if the fish had got its head into the kelp so i gave him a load of slack. when i tightened into him after 2 minutes rest he budged and with some vigerous pumping he came to the surface..a nice male of 109cm and 12lb 2oz. he was quite lean, most likely after the breeding season and i think if it was late summer/autumn he would have been around the 13.5/14lb mark.
a few casts later i got the small strap on a mack/herring fillet cocktail. decided to call it quits at 2 when some of the waves made it a bit dangerous to fish.
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Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:24 pm
lovely fishing neil........... really whetting my appitite for the decent fish over rough ground
Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:41 pm
Well done, great result for braving the elements. :)
Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:09 pm
Great fishing neil nice to know that there are a few huss around
Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:25 pm
good to see the biggy in the second pic - nice going
Nice fishing
Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:19 pm
Great fishing given the weather
Those huss are much darker than their shannon counterparts
Jealous and housebound
Kev
Those huss are much darker than their shannon counterparts
Jealous and housebound
Kev
Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:24 pm
cheers lads, nice to be getting a few quality fish this time of the year.
ya they are quite dark alright. they tend to take on the colouration of the ground they live over.i think alot of the shannon fish are over clean to mixed ground, these fish are in pretty rough grond thus tend to be darker. have one very rough mark where they live in thick kelp beds where thay are almost charcoal black..
ya they are quite dark alright. they tend to take on the colouration of the ground they live over.i think alot of the shannon fish are over clean to mixed ground, these fish are in pretty rough grond thus tend to be darker. have one very rough mark where they live in thick kelp beds where thay are almost charcoal black..
Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:05 pm
well done mate... your some man for the huss ;)
Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:34 pm
Fair play to you Neil, your getting a bit better fishing than this time last year.
Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:04 pm
definately pete, hardly got out this time last year, never mind catch some fish..