Gurteen, Co Galway 14/5/08

Thu May 15, 2008 12:35 am

People:myself and dave'handbrake'

Duration:5hours

Tide:low

Weather:clear with slight easterly

Bait:mack and sandeel

Rigs:various

Results:dogs thornies and turbot


Report:

got a call from handbrake in the morning, (un)fortunately papa smirff couldnt make it :lol: :lol:
got out there to have a couple of snorklers swim past just as we were setting up and that was the last we saw of them. this was the first time handbrake hadn't blanked on this beach in over a year, i was first to get a doggie, and lost a hook to spider crabs :shock: dave caught a teabag which turned out to be a turbot :lol: (there seems to be loads of small ones around at the moment).
had a rig in close (5 yrds) which something ran with for a few seconds.. had the ratchet set on the sl20 and it screamed... but no fish attached :(




Re: Gurteen, Co Galway 14/5/08

Thu May 15, 2008 1:08 am

stevecrow74 wrote: got a call from handbrake in the morning,



what you got up early, never mind that you answered the phone :shock:

Re: Gurteen, Co Galway 14/5/08

Thu May 15, 2008 4:48 am

MC wrote:
stevecrow74 wrote: got a call from handbrake in the morning,



what you got up early, never mind that you answered the phone :shock:


the phone woke him and he seen it was handbrake calling so he knew it was a fishing trip and answered :)

Thu May 15, 2008 11:41 am

looked extremely calm!

fair play to dave he badly needed to get out - he was ringing me in wexford to get out!

:lol:

Thu May 15, 2008 12:54 pm

Ah, is that who the text was from the other evening? I didn't have his number saved...

Thu May 15, 2008 1:11 pm

ditto - i thought it was some fella in wexford and agreed to head out - then dave rang me and i had to do a bit of groveling - it happens when you change phone and dont save the numbers to the sim

:lol: