wicklow pier 15/05/2008

Sun May 18, 2008 9:56 pm

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Tide:rising

Weather:sunny but windy with a swell

Bait:rag

Rigs:float set up and a bottom set up

Results:wrasse,pollack




Report:
decide 2 get a bit of early fishing in before the mackeral bashers gt their so gt and arrived at the pier at 6.set up my old spinning rod with a bottom set up and dropped dwn the side of the pier.then set up my float set up and dropped it out a bit off the pier.a big swell came up the the first step of the pier so need to step back a bit.then seen a bite on the bottom rig.so i picked it up nd struck into it.lthe was a big bang nd half the top section off my rod went dwn the line.then i needed to pull for a break.the line snapped nd i had a a bit of my rod in my hand and the rest i watched sink 2 the bottom.laf.sh#t happens.so i picked up my rod with the float on it and found tat it had a small pollack tat had been 2 small 2 pull the float under.it was deeply hooked bt i managed 2 gt the hook out with the forceps and through it bck bt a seagull seen it sittin on top of the water nd swept it up.i had my first wrasse of the season nxt cast .nd then torrnts of small pollack which were a gd craic on the float.i decide 2 gt of the pier at half seven as the tide was rising and with the height of the swell it was gettin a bit dengerous.went bck to the quay nd tried for a flounder for 15 minutes or so.bt gt bored so headed home.