People:me, Neil(fishface), John and Derek(??)
Duration:6-30pm---11pm
Tide:rising
Weather:dry, mild slight breeze
Bait:mack and rag
Rigs:3 hook flappers
Results:me , 4 whiting, 4 doggies,,,,,others ,,,,couldnt keep count but dozens of whiting, some doggies, rockling, codling, and a hermit crab!
Report:Left Dublin in the lashings of rain but from Bray down it was dry and stayed like that for the rest of the session, till I returned to Dublin (rain again). Met lads at Wicklow Harbour and set up . Neil was in the hotspot and was busy pulling in whiting 2 at a time :lol: . I cast out and got stuck :cry: . Next cast I was into a small whiting and the pressure was off, no blank tonight Dave :lol: The other lads were catching regularly all night but it was slow for me. This was my first time fishing with a group of experienced anglers (they'll love that :wink: ) and I was enjoying watching them as much as fishing myself. There was a great bit of banter all night. Neil saw I was having difficulties catching and with his local (he can trace his roots back to the Norman conquest, De Bruin :roll: ) knowledge saw straight away that I was casting too far. Next cast saw me catching again, a whiting followed by a nice doggie. I had a chemical light on my rod tip and I have to say it makes a great difference, no more sore neck from focusing the headlight on the tip :idea: . The bait here was small slivers of mackeral and rag( Half a rag if theyre too big, the other half wriggles just as good on the next hook :shock: ). The lads left at 10 but I stayed till 11 as I had travelled the furthest and wanted to make the most of the trip. I moved into Neils hotspot and straight away had another doggie. I thought it was a coalie as it put up such a great fight. It was a doggie a cast and finally another whiting until a ship entered the harbour and it died down a bit. I heard the town clock strike 11 bells and it was time to go home. Not wearing a watch and having left my phone in the car, i'd still be there if it wasnt for that town clock :wink:
ps, I brought our rubbish away with me and as i was last to leave had a look around and picked up a few cans etc. Not much left to be fair but why dont the council provide a bin somewhere on the pier . Just a thought :idea: .
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