People:me on me tod (billynomates :roll: )
Duration:7am-11.30am
Tide:falling
Weather:cold, dry, breezy
Bait:mack, 2 lug, squid.
Rigs: :oops: , tangled mess.
Results:4 whiting, 2 dab.
Report: Hadnt much money so I scrapped plans to go to the Angling Show and decided to play it safe (again :oops: )and headed to Bray Harbour. Reversed the car down the pier and set up. Didnt use the lamps for long as it was getting bright .Fished 2 rods, one at approx 100 yds and the other 30-40 yds out (dont know what that is in euros :? ). First fish was the smallest whiting i've caught yet, but I knew i'd escaped the dreaded blank once again, touch wood! 9 trips since Xmas and no blanks, wonder how much longer my luck will hold out? It was quite breezy and hard to detect bites but I got 4 whiting altogether, one of which was my biggest yet, tipping 30 cms, (dont laugh you seasoned anglers out there :roll: ) I met a guy out walking who offered me great advice on knots, he probably felt sorry for me as he watched me reel in my tangle, i mean rig (with crab and whiting attached). He took some of my line and gave me a lesson on tying some really handy knots, grinner, i think. Under his gaze, with freezing, chapped fingers, I was under pressure , but thankfully was able to tie the knot myself. This knot is for tying hooks to snoods and the advantage is that , if tied correctly, you can slide the bait, eg worms, over the knot easily, and it also stops the bait sliding back down the hook :) . Thanks, Neil?( i think!) Some other guy came up to me asking for advice. He must have thought i was some kind of expert, he was from Moldova, which doesnt have a coastline. Anyways I showed him how to hook up his worms and he caught a small dab and a whiting! During this time i hooked into my biggest fish so far, a very large coalie. I nearly collapsed when it broke the surface, i reckon it was 60 cms, but you guessed it, it fell off the hook as it left the water :( I never felt so alone as I looked around for someone to console me :cry: . Never mind, I caught 2 small dabs, which i had been after, so at least i got another species :lol: I left soon after, sorry to the two guys who were trying to talk to me before i left, but i dont speak russian :oops: . Its been like the United Nations the last few weeks on that pier and I have to say that despite what ive read in some reports, I've only seen good things, mostly catch and release, no litter, and friendly anglers.
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