South Wicklow 14/06/08

[shamoo0804]

People: Myself, Eyesreilly, Eric

Duration: 20.00 - 02.00

Tide: In & out

Weather: Fine

Bait: Peeler, rag, lug, mack

Rigs: Pulleys, flappers

Results: Me - 1 Thornie (my first ever :D ), 1 Starry Smooth Hound (my first ever :D :D ), 5 Dabs, 3 Whiting, 9 Dogs
Eyesreilly - 10 Dogs, Dabs, Whiting, Spider Crab
Eric - 1 Common Smooth Hound, 17 Dogs, Dabs, Whiting



Report:I'll keep this report brief, as I'm just about ready for bed after an early start to pick up the bait this morning.

Had the session planned early in the week, and was eagerly anticipating adding to the species list, smuts and ray.....great

In the car on the way down, eric had been bold enough to promise us ray and smuts, so my hopes were high (I didnt tell eric he was gonna be walking home if we didnt catch 'em :lol: )

Eyesreilly was first to catch with a small whiting, quickly followed by a dog, eric was next then with a small dab.

It was gonna be one of those nights for me I thought :shock: .

I was finally of the mark after around an hour with a small dab, then a couple of whiting.

We were all fishing a rod at distance and one close in.

We had seen fish jumping out in front of us quite regularly, but couldnt see if they were Bass, Sea Trout, Macks or Herring, nice to see all the same.

The action was quite regular all evening, with the odd quiet spell, but you know how it goes sometimes,,,,,no bites for 1/2 an hour, then bites on both rods at the same time :roll:

Eric was the first to catch a target species, with his smut, around the size of a doggie.

We all seemed to be missing a few bites here and there.

I had noticed a few very slight bites on my distance rod, and when reeling in it felt like a double doggie in terms of its weight, then it started to give a good pull and ran off to my right, managed beach him, and was well chuffed to see my first ever thornie. I've only been fishing since March this year, so I'm real happy to have caught a ray so soon. Eric says it was around the 3 - 3 1/2 lb mark.

I rebaited that rod and cast out, then though it was time to reel in the rod that was fished close in. I hadnt really seen a bite, but thought it was time to change the bait.

I was delighted to see a smut on the end, a starry, he was an absolute cracker, but with conservation in mind, I wasnt gonna keep him to claim the record :wink:

Both of the smuts took rag, and the ray was caught on peeler.

The dogs, whiting and dabs didnt seem to be fussy about the bait.

So all in all, not a bad session, we got our target fish, I'm gutted for eyesreilly, would have been great for him to get a ray or smut, but I dare say he'll have his day soon.

(I did take him to a mark yesterday where he got his first ever wrasse, so he's had a good week anyway :wink: )

Thanks to eric and eyesreilly for the company.

Thanks to eyesreilly for the help in digging the lug yesterday, and thanks to eric for the heads up on the mark.

The lads I'm sure will add their bit to the report.

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Last edited by shamoo0804 on Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Well done lads. Sounds like ye had a busy nights fishing. Iv never got a smoothound. Does anyone know a good spot near Kerry? What tactics did ye use?

Well done lads. Sounds like ye had a busy nights fishing. Iv never got a smoothound. Does anyone know a good spot near Kerry? What tactics did ye use?

Well done lads. Sounds like ye had a busy nights fishing. Iv never got a smoothound. Does anyone know a good spot near Kerry? What tactics did ye use?

Great session lads lots of fish and nice mix of species too :) well done on the new species shamoo & eyesreilly (wrasse) :)

Mus - not sure about Kerry but we don't get smoothies on the west coast around Galway I'm sure someone will clarify it for you[/quote]

Great report lads.
Good fishing too.

John D.

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Report:I'll keep this report brief, Eyesreilly was first to catch with a thornie and a smut .
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I was delighted ,
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Thats the report I wanted :lol: :lol: ,,, but seriously well done Mark, great thornie , was a pleasure for me just to see it :lol: . Also nice to see youre still targeting the mini species :lol: . Thanks Eric for bringing us through that assault course, i mean nature reserve, on the way to the beach. Someone should set up a stall selling water there, next time i'm bringing a rope to lasso one of those ponies :roll: . I'm just glad that all those hours spent watching the Deadliest Catch finally paid off with my first ever Spider Crab. Thanks again Mark for the help in getting the Ballan Wrasse on Friday.

Thanks again Mark for the help in getting the Ballan Wrasse on Friday.

No prob's Dave, we'll fish that spot again soon if ya fancy, and add corkwing wrasse and pollock to your species list, just need plenty of rag for that mark really, thats all.

Well done Shamoo, I only started Feb 08 myself. I moved over here a couple of years ago and was big into Carp and Barbel fishing(not much of that around these parts). Still havnt managed a Thornie yet even after a trip to Fahan. I am hoping to go back to Fahan within the next couple of weeks or so to try again. Saying that, a few have been caught around Red Bay over the last few weeks.

Good session guys.

Well done Mark. Nice ray

Thanks lads :wink:

Now im jealous....!!! never had a ray or a smoothie :cry: :cry: :cry: defo on the species list this year. Would be very interested in targeting them if i could tag along the next trip. :p :p :p

Thornback Ray :shock: Well done lads :wink:

well done lads, jealous as hell..

another great report fella

jealous as hell..

I somewhat doubt that.......judging by your profile pic 8)

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jealous as hell..


I somewhat doubt that.......judging by your profile pic

I want a smut though.. I want one.. I want one.. Its a long ole drive to that mark though. :)

I would love to get a huss, starry and a bass this year and that would make me very happy!! :)

Next on my list are Bass, Huss, Common Smut, Conger and plaice, but not necessarily in that order

Oh, and more ray :wink:

well done lads..

you'll remember that ray for years to come, the first one is always special :wink:

you'll remember that ray for years to come, the first one is always special

Ah, I dont know about that, I'll have caught so many by this time next year, this first one will be just a distance memory :lol: :lol: :lol:

Only kidding, yeh your right, I'll never forget this one.

I didnt realise just how rough the skin was, I couldnt believe the cracking noise it was making as it wriggled around :shock:

I didnt realise just how rough the skin was, I couldnt believe the cracking noise it was making as it wriggled around :shock:

yeah the do make some noise when they grind there teeth/pads..

and if you hold them slightly higher up the snout they are less rough there and you are less likely to get injured by them..