Mullranny Newport Co Mayo 28.8.2008

People: Myself and the boys, Eoin 8 and Cathal 5

Duration: until bedtime!

Tide: heading out, low surf

Weather: drizzle threatening all the time, very low cloud, light wind

Bait: very old sandeel and razorfish, prawn

Rigs: two hook flapper, pulley rig

Results: several hundred kilos of weed




Report: Being the lads birthday I simply had to bring him fishing or be denounced as the worst dad in history so we went down to the beach and I know to expect nothing. Weed in mounds on the foreshore, weed in horrible slews in the sea, even the rockpools were covered in the sh*32 so it came as no surprise that we caught feck all except good manure. Boys were very taken with the shrimps in the rockpools to which the younger fed all my only decent bait, a packet of sandeels. Incredibly no fish or crabs, got to worry about that spot. Very heavy drain runs in above it, pure bog water and lots of it, probably sent any marine species scarpering. Eoin is mad about this and dying to go out again. Cathal can cast a ten foot spinning rod which amazed me, its at least three times bigger than him! Nice evening out.

Mythical Mayo bass remains just that...

Sounds like you had a fairly normal evening for this year , mullranny has being a wash with fresh water and always has the promise of good fishing and some time it produces . I have had some great sessions over the summer and cought some of the best fish there for years but when its not fishing its totaly barren .
Like you no sniff of a bass yet on the mayo shores i have seen them if you find any biteing let me know .
Oh just of note had a cracker of a garfish in little killary on sat just over 1lb water must be very warm if they are in to shore some bass arrived in the evening just as i was packing up and had to go .
hear from ya soon
Declan

People: Myself and the boys, Eoin 8 and Cathal 5

Duration: until bedtime!

Tide: heading out, low surf

Weather: drizzle threatening all the time, very low cloud, light wind

Bait: very old sandeel and razorfish, prawn

Rigs: two hook flapper, pulley rig

Results: several hundred kilos of weed




Report: Being the lads birthday I simply had to bring him fishing or be denounced as the worst dad in history so we went down to the beach and I know to expect nothing. Weed in mounds on the foreshore, weed in horrible slews in the sea, even the rockpools were covered in the sh*32 so it came as no surprise that we caught feck all except good manure. Boys were very taken with the shrimps in the rockpools to which the younger fed all my only decent bait, a packet of sandeels. Incredibly no fish or crabs, got to worry about that spot. Very heavy drain runs in above it, pure bog water and lots of it, probably sent any marine species scarpering. Eoin is mad about this and dying to go out again. Cathal can cast a ten foot spinning rod which amazed me, its at least three times bigger than him! Nice evening out.

Mythical Mayo bass remains just that...

People: Myself and the boys, Eoin 8 and Cathal 5

Duration: until bedtime!

Tide: heading out, low surf

Weather: drizzle threatening all the time, very low cloud, light wind

Bait: very old sandeel and razorfish, prawn

Rigs: two hook flapper, pulley rig

Results: several hundred kilos of weed




Report: Being the lads birthday I simply had to bring him fishing or be denounced as the worst dad in history so we went down to the beach and I know to expect nothing. Weed in mounds on the foreshore, weed in horrible slews in the sea, even the rockpools were covered in the sh*32 so it came as no surprise that we caught feck all except good manure. Boys were very taken with the shrimps in the rockpools to which the younger fed all my only decent bait, a packet of sandeels. Incredibly no fish or crabs, got to worry about that spot. Very heavy drain runs in above it, pure bog water and lots of it, probably sent any marine species scarpering. Eoin is mad about this and dying to go out again. Cathal can cast a ten foot spinning rod which amazed me, its at least three times bigger than him! Nice evening out.

Mythical Mayo bass remains just that...

your day will come

People: Myself and the boys, Eoin 8 and Cathal 5

Duration: until bedtime!

Tide: heading out, low surf

Weather: drizzle threatening all the time, very low cloud, light wind

Bait: very old sandeel and razorfish, prawn

Rigs: two hook flapper, pulley rig

Results: several hundred kilos of weed




Report: Being the lads birthday I simply had to bring him fishing or be denounced as the worst dad in history so we went down to the beach and I know to expect nothing. Weed in mounds on the foreshore, weed in horrible slews in the sea, even the rockpools were covered in the sh*32 so it came as no surprise that we caught feck all except good manure. Boys were very taken with the shrimps in the rockpools to which the younger fed all my only decent bait, a packet of sandeels. Incredibly no fish or crabs, got to worry about that spot. Very heavy drain runs in above it, pure bog water and lots of it, probably sent any marine species scarpering. Eoin is mad about this and dying to go out again. Cathal can cast a ten foot spinning rod which amazed me, its at least three times bigger than him! Nice evening out.

Mythical Mayo bass remains just that...

your day will come soon