greystones, wickla, 09/05/08

People: myself and blackie

Duration: 16.30 - 22.50

Tide: LW 21.00

Weather: bright until 6 then overcast - no wind

Bait: fresh rag and mack

Rigs: 2,3 hook flappers, single pats, pulleys

Results: me 4 flounder (1 poss plaice) 2 whiting, blackie 2 flounder 3 whiting

Report: what can i say glorious day knocked off work early - blackie was vvv eager - heard the macks were in colimore and went down before lunch and got 5 - had one for lunch - others for bait

arrived down and the tide was on the ebb
there was one chap between us and the fence using rag stayed for about an hour - didnt seem to be doing much and he left

there was another chap spinning the far side on the steps

so we just set up on the point of the left of the bay - it was only as the tide went out did we realise the mine field we were casting into
:shock:

after about an hour got the first flat on mack at relative distance - then blackie got another - both on mack - both counters

then we started to get snagged lost 2 and blackie one

got a small flounder on rag in close

then it went quiet

as the overcast conditions coupled with the dusk coming in started a bit of feeding - i got another counter poss a plaice was very oval rather than diamond shaped and didnt have the rough lateral line - hard to tell in the half light

then knocks started a plenty - thought they were ravenous flats but no - whiting - dropped a good few and got another flat in between another counter

it apppears they went on the feed with the turn of the tide

blackie got another flat aswell as lots of whiting landing 3 - christened his beachcaster nicely - but lost the handle on the reel while bringing in the first whiting - must have forgotten to tighten the handle!!!

the mack was better in the day then the rag took over - then it didnt matter in the darkness

nice looking bay - kept one well out for a dog but the didnt show - seemed pretty shallow out there at low tide - a very flat bottom

good long session and the blank run busted 8)

Whoppie, let that be an end to the blanks :D :D :D (fingers crossed)

Good fishing lads, you fished the rocks by the harbour then?

I had a doggie in close last weekend, and missed a few doggie bites, so they are there at close range.

I fished there last sunday aswell (but never got round to putting up a shore report), had a few flounder, but could have sworn 1 was a plaice :roll:

I am sure they are there because the north beach throws them up quite regularly (so I'm told)

Last 2 times I fished there never had any whiting, and with what you said the other day I thought they would be gone by now :shock: Still, nice for blackie to start with a few different species, we'll soon have him hooked(pun intended) hey brian.

Give him my number if he wants to head out over the weekend, I'll be fishing sat & sun.

Good luck in the comp back home brian :wink:

:lol: thanks mark

another fella was up talking to us and he got a dog the other night close in - we were litterall 40meters down from the construction fence on the harbour which was on the left of the bay we were fishing into

i think blackie mightent be out for a while as i dont think his fisheries permission officer was happy at all with his late arrival home!!!

there were other anglers coming and going down by the fence and over on the far side of the bay at the steps - but i didnt see any catching

another chap was talking to us telling us about a 15lb bass he got there 30 years ago - if only that was now!!!

another chap was talking to us telling us about a 15lb bass he got there 30 years ago - if only that was now!!!

That Bass should be a new Irish Record by now then, what rate do they grow at, I reckon it should be 35lb atleast by now :roll: :roll: :wink:

another chap was talking to us telling us about a 15lb bass he got there 30 years ago - if only that was now!!!

I saw a Bass landed there last year by a mack basher on feathers :shock: , it was certainly 10lb maybe 12!, they are about and when theres a shoal of macks in that area you can get them.