Wed May 28, 2008 4:44 pm
People: Me
Duration: 8.00 pm - Midnight
Tide: HW at 11.30
Weather: LIght easterly wind, mild, mostly dry, with light sprinkling of rain for half an hour
Bait: lugworm, sandeel, squid, mackerel
Rigs: size 1, 1/0. 2/0 two and three hook flappers
Results: 2 dogfish, 1 three bearded rockling
Report: Since the bass ban rather than fishing I spent a bit of time last week roaming around the coast checking out potential marks. On Sunday evening I discovered one that looked promising, a bit of sand with low cliffs on either side. So on Tuesday night the urge to go fishing got too great to resist so I headed out there.
The sea was quite calm and there was just a very light eastern breeze. I had a couple of missed bites and something was eating my bait - it did not look like crab terrain so I presume small fish were pulling the bait off the hooks.
Eventually after dark I got the first dogfish in close - on size 1 hook baited with lugworm and tipped with a small slice of sandeel. It was about 60 cm.
Maybe 40 minutes later I got the second dogfish on sandeel. I think it was the same one - about the same size and colouring.
I had another bite in close, good pull on the line - but the line snapped at the knot on the clip. It was probably another dogfish.
About 11.30 pm I got a knock on the rod that was cast at distance - at first I thought it was another missed bite but when I reeled it in I discovered that there was a three bearded rockling on the line, about 28 cm. A new species for me :lol:
I fished for another half hour - had one more missed bite and decided to pack up at Midnight.
I will have to return to this mark. I think it could fish well under the right conditions. There is probably a good chance of pollock and wrasse off the rocks too.
Wed May 28, 2008 5:22 pm
sorry rockhunter that looks like a shore rockling (that does have three beards just to confuse you) - but not the right patterns or colouring to be a 3 bearded one - good size to him all the same
Wed May 28, 2008 6:17 pm
well done on ur new spot :D
Wed May 28, 2008 6:35 pm
Thanks Corby,
Last month I caught a couple of shore rocklings but the beards on their snouts were not so obvious as on this one - so I thought that it must be a three bearded rockling - I stand corrected :oops:
So what kind of colouring does a genuine three bearded rockling have?
Wed May 28, 2008 6:40 pm
generally the 3 bearded rockling is far more orange in colour with large dark blotches on the side
check out ronalds species guide
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... hp?t=16063
Thu May 29, 2008 12:21 am
That's the Rapala folding measure that I'm looking for
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... hp?t=10265
Please tell me you picked it up in a Cork tackle shop (I'm there this weekend)
Thu May 29, 2008 9:13 am
Hi Mga,
I did indeed - I got it in the Cork Angling Centre.
Its off the Kinsale Road Roundabout, beside Harvey Norman's at the back of a tile store.
Thu May 29, 2008 9:21 am
RockHunter wrote:Hi Mga,
I did indeed - I got it in the Cork Angling Centre.
Its off the Kinsale Road Roundabout, beside Harvey Norman's at the back of a tile store.
Excellent. Thanks RockHunter. :wink:
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