Hook Lighthouse, Co. Wexford, 5/4/08

People:me

Duration:12 - 5pm

Tide:arrived at low tide, fished incoming tide

Weather:perfect, warm sunny & dry

Bait:lug, rag, fresh peeler, sand eel, squid

Rigs:rotten bottom pennels, float rig

Results:pollock, coalie, dogfish, bull huss, wrasse




Report:great day fishin in a new mark, clear sky, calm water, conditions looked great and i wasint disapointed.. picked up my first ever wrasse and i was chuffed with the size of it, very strong bite and it didnt stop fighting until i got him back in the water, was very suprised to be hooking dogs and a small huss on such a bright sunny day, the water was crystal clear and i didnt expect to pic up any shark species until dusk at least. some good size pollock and coalies around also :twisted: , will definitley be fishing this spot again, and drop down a few conger baits.. ASAP :wink:

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Nice fishing, good pics, well done. 5 species and good sized fish too. :)

I take my hat off, nothing like hitting it off first time on a new mark.

Glad to see the Wrasse taking too, I'm just waiting for this cold spell to carry over then I'll be hitting my fav. local marks.

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cheers lads, best days fishing iv had in a good while.. hopefully this summer is one to remeber :twisted:

fair play to you nialler :wink:

some great photos as well.

that is a very nice coalie you got yourself.
steer clear of that area if there is any decent southerlies blowing

Well done mate :)

thanks lads, was a good strong coalie alright, i was thinkin that meself john ... id say youd get a big swell rollin in there in a southerly... could be very dangerous

Great fishing there well done!

Can be extremely dangerous down there with a bit of a blow!

id well believe it, all you have to do is take a look at the coastline around there, its battered...

great fishing there nialler its a place i always wanted to try. next time give us a shout :wink:

oh ye get your hair cut!

bru

ah it keeps me brain warm out on them windy beaches man... :lol:

what weight was the wrasse :?: :?:

not sure, 4 pound maybe, he was a chunky bugger..

Very nice fishing well done.

4.75 is a specimen. next time :wink:

hopefully!.... cant complain seein as that was me first one anyway..

good fishing looked like the middle of summer say it was cold tho,bring on good weather and summer species

Fair play nialler, good days fishing. Whats the water depth like around there nialler? is there any rough ground? Any one had any luck spinning for pollack around this area?

it was my first time fishing this mark keith, from what i gathered it was all rough ground, certaintly for 100-150 yards out anyway, id say rotten bottoms are a must, its all rock legdges and drop offs some only shallow where you can see the bottom, others much deeper down in to darkness, defo worth a go with a jelly worm or a spinner, not sure if the pollock would be there in enough numbers yet to take a lure tho, i caught all mine at distance, nothing in close