fahan beach/Donegal 21/6/08

[b]People me & the son

[b]Duration 2 hours

[b]Tide dropping

[b]Weather dull/windy

[b]Bait mackerel/squid

[b]Rigs pullys

[b]Results 2 dogie's 1 ray




[b]Report we went to fahan to fish the last two hours of the falling tide, fishing was dead for the first hour, and then the rods started to go, i landed a thorn back with about a stone of weed!! a little while later my two rods went at the same time, a dogie on each of them, all fish were got far out. this wasent a good day for the son he blanked!!, but if i know him he will make up for it on our next session...

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Good size doggies too.......... 8)

nice fishing man, good to see the father, son balance restored :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Nice fish. I am hoping to get up to Fahan myself in the next couple of weeks.

nice fishing man, good to see the father, son balance restored :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: o' dont worry alan: he will make it a point to out fish me on our next trip out :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: and if he dose i wont hear the end of it :lol: :lol: :lol:

well done lads! can be a nitemare pullin in 20kgs of weed up there, taking it off isnt the easiest either

Well done on the Ray. Good to see the beach did not like it had too many people about. The thought of that beach packed with people has allways put me off trying it, but i may give it a go this year.

Well done on the Ray. Good to see the beach did not like it had too many people about. The thought of that beach packed with people has allways put me off trying it, but i may give it a go this year.

...........i know what you mean, at times this beach can be a nightmare with people letting their dogs run about on it, they are over p***ing on your box and trying to steal your bait, but i have found it fairly quiet on a dull overcast day, but if its a sunny day the place can be packed with people, and their mutt's running everywere!!

any size to the ray?

hi gearoid, they all seam to average around from 3lb to 6lb, but a lot at 8lb and 10lb are getting caught, a few weeks ago on down by the pier a guy got one, he could not get it up the pier so he worked it along the side to the slipway were my son unhooked it for him, he said it was the length of his leg and well into double figures.

Nice one....most big ones down here come from one particular mark..everywhere else they average between 2 and 5 lbs.....
In recent years this mark has had 2 16's,13,12,11 numerous 10's and lots between 8 & 10...and thats just what ive heard of...

great report and nice picture too...meet ur son a couple months ago down fahan beach...take my regards to him :D

no prob's zake, i mind him telling me that he was talking to someone from the site, was it you that was fishing down near the rocks in front of the marina ?

yes that's me...there's a yatch race that time so we can't fish on the good spot...

Nice looking ray must've been hard work getting that in through the weed!! Do you get any decent Turbot off that beach??

Nice looking ray must've been hard work getting that in through the weed!! Do you get any decent Turbot off that beach??

on down the beach there is a spot behind the golf club that is good for the sea trout and turbot, but the turbot are fairly small, no great size in them...

Well done on the ray :D

The weed has been a problem on most east coast marks this last week or so aswell, there seems to have been no getting away from it :roll:

It can make a fishing session soooooo frustrating at times :?