west cork marks 26th-27th aug 2008

People:me

Duration:2145-0230 (26th), 1330-1630 (27th)

Tide:hw @ 0145 (26th), hw @ 1430 (27th)

Weather:(26th) wf3/4, cloudy, drizzly/misty, (27th) w/sw f3/4, cloudy mild

Bait:fresh lug, mack, squid

Rigs:(26th), wishbone pulley loop rig, pulley loop rig, pulley rig, (27th) float rig

Results:(26th) 4 flounder to 30 cm, (27th) 6 ballan wrasse to approx 3.5lbs, 2 corkwing wrasse, 1 long spined scorpion fiosh




Report:

26th Aug 2008
havnt had the chance to post a report here in ages but have finally managed to get some time to do so. fished a beach ive been anxious to fish for ages last night. conditions were perfect with a lovely surf and no weed present. because of time constraints and the fact i was really only prospecting as to what was present i fished 3 rods. a wish bone pulley loop rig on one targeting flatties, a pulley loop on a second targeting bass and dogs and finally a pulley rig and mack fillet in the hope of a ray.

first cast resulted in a single flounder on the pulley loop rig and a double on the wish bone rig, these coming to lug and mack or lug and squid strip cocktail. the third rod resulted in a slck liner and mauled bait, what it was i am unsure as i wasn't really paying attention to the initial bite. things became decidely quite ater this with only a few timid bites to break the silence. with the ray rod being quite since the initial run i tried loading it with lug and casting maximum distance in the hope of a bass further out. this was left out of gear with the ratchet on as i had to bait up the other 2 rods. 2 minutes after casting out i had a good run on this, but alas it dropped the bait. pretty certain it was a bass. things stayed quite until about half an hour after hw when i had a good bite on the wishbone rig. this was followed by a good tussle which had me sure i had a small schoolie but surprisingly it turned out to be a flounder of about 30cm..this proved to be the last action of the night so off home i headed. interesting night with a little food for thought as to the potential of this beach. flounder were pretty small but seems to be a few present





27th Aug 2008
with a good bit of lug left over from last and a brief restbite in the southerly winds i decided to head off and try for a few wrasse on one of the local rock marks. fishing a float set at 10 feet i had a constant stream of bites from the time of arrival to half an hour befor i left. most of the wrasse were only about one and a half pounds with one better fosh of about 3 and a half putting a pleasing bend in the ultralite. first time ive float fished for wrasse in years and had forgotten how enjoyable it is. also nice to have all the wrasse hooked in the lips, nice change from the occasionally gut hooked fish you get when bottom fishing for them. also think it was my first corkwing wrasse ive caugth. think its the first new species ive had in about 3 years.

goodsession lad and lovely pics , well done

nice fishing - 30 cm flounder are a good size - you clearly need to start catching a few tea bags again to appreciate the size of these

wrasse fishing is very underestimated alright

Nice report Neil, I was begining to think that you were not fishing any more....

Kev

Great report, its been a while

I love the float fishing for wrasse, its such good craic, they give some fight the 2-3 lbers on light tackle, but the smaller wrasse can drive you mad with constant bite but very little hook ups

Thats a male corkwing in your pic, so well done on the new species, very vivid colours in the males, its a shame they dont grow as big as the ballans.

Good fishing, wrasse are good sport alright - it is only from the beginning of this month that I have made a serious effort at targeting them. They put up a tough struggle alright - even the small ones - you think you have a 2.5 lb fish until you land something about 1 lb

Prior to last month I had a few with lug - but they were few and far between - it is only since I recently discovered a prolific king rag worm bed not far from home that I have switched over to mostly using rag and that really seems to make the difference. But you seem to manage to get them with lug without too much of a problem.

thanks lads, enjoyable few days alrite..hopefully will have a few more over the weekend.

kev, been doin a fair amount alrite but just been pretty busy with work havnt had time to post. had a few nice huss up to 9.5lb and a couple of nice conger to low teens.. hopefully get a few good sessions over the weekend if the weather holds up. might be able to get to some of the more exposed rock marks.