20 March - Sligo Beach

People:Mate Declan and myself

Duration:1pm to 5pm

Tide:Flooding

Weather:F3/4 north westerly, bright sunshine, quite pleasant

Bait:Frozen mackerel

Rigs:Three hook and two hook flappers

Results:Flounder & sea trout(all released bar one that was gut hooked)




Report:Beautiful spring day for fishing so headed to a beach up the road that for some reason i'd never fished, had drove by it countless times but with plenty of other good marks nearby had never bothered. Clearing the sand dunes we were well impressed when we eventually set foot on the strand, quite big with a number of streams entering along its length. The surf running was perfect but soon found there was a really strong lateral run taking the 5oz roller around in an arc, moved up to the right hand corner and found movement a little gentler there.

First time this year i've really felt that summer is coming, tucked in that right hand corner out of the wind was perfect, proper sun trap and must have dozed off on the sand a couple of times 8) . It wasn't really until the sun got a little lower in the sky before we got any action, flounders first up to 30cm before the sea trout arrived. Five in total poppped out, with the best being roughly around 2lb although he was a bit on the thin side. All this came in about an hour and a half before the fish moved on again. Still it was nice to catch especially for a first try on a new venue. Definitely be back in May when the trout have managed a bit of feeding put on a bit of weight.

pete
You had better luck than me i went to trawee on weds sunny day, nice surf fished for about 6 hours not a thing .
did get to try out my new rod though i think i may have bought one a little bit on the heavy side.
which beach were you at ?
cheers
mike

I think i know the beech that pete was on :?: :?:

hey pete did you walk down past the football pitch to get to it :?: :?:

Yorkshire Man I'll send you a pm. Danny your not far off with your guess :wink: Some good fishing about Sligo generally, more we've started to explore the more surprises its continued to produce.

nice fishin pete, and good to see a bit of exploration being done in Sligo,

had a run of blanks myself recently, but got one small coalie on a 1/2 hr session at strandhill midweek . (family day trip, snuckin one road and 1/2 a frozen mack :-))

davy