fahan ( again ) Donegal 30/8/08

[b]People me/son

[b]Duration 10.35am to 2.00pm

[b]Tide dropping/ and start of the rise

[b]Weather overcast and warm

[b]Bait mac;/sandeel

[b]Rigs pulley's

[b]Results son 11 thornback rays, me 9 thornback rays, 5 doggies, 5 tub gurnard




[b]Report had a few hours to spare so we took a run down to fahan for another go at the thornie's, and it was pure mayhem my son was frist to get a bait in the water, and before i even had my frist cast i found myself unhooking a ray for him. got my frist rod out, and in the middle of casting out my second, the first rod went, landed a nice thornie. before i could unhook it my other rod went and my sons at the same time, and another two rays were landed. got them all unhooked and returned safe. rebaited the rods and it all happened again only this time the four rods went at the same time jes; it was madness!!! we landed three rays and one doggie.again rebaited, before i could cast out my second rod i had to grab my frist one, another doggie. this was the way it was for ages, i could hardly get time to sit and have a smoke on the last half hour or so things started to slow down a bit, i ended up getting five tub gurnard one after the other. think i'll leave this spot for a while, for i need a rest

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excellent, Well done. i must get myself up that way soon.

nice going, lovely colours on the gurnard. Thats some haul of rays Well done

big bag of fish there lads well done

Great fishing I am going to have to head up that way soon and get my first ever Ray!!

What time of the year do they head off?

Cheers

Jonny

Great fishing I am going to have to head up that way soon and get my first ever Ray!!

What time of the year do they head off?

Cheers

Jonny

to be honist mate i dont know when they head off, but i get them on this beach
into oct:, after that i give this place a miss untill the end of march. but sometimes i would give it an odd throw in jan; but at that time of the year all it produces is doggie's....

Thats some fishing guys!! Well done.

cracking session lads, love the pic of the tub in the water, pec fins look amazing

some number of rays there don well done .any bigger rays don always seem to be around 5/6 lbs i find???

some number of rays there don well done .any bigger rays don always seem to be around 5/6 lbs i find???

cheer's mate
most of the rays were around 5 to 6lb allright
one at just over 2lb, and best one of the day came in at 8 1/2lb
best doggie came in at 3 3/4lb
best gurnard at just a tab under 1lb

great session

badly need one of those - the type of session you hear a lot about but good to see one!

another cracking session mate. great number of rays caught there. Fahan can be a great place to fish when it fishes well

great session...

not jealous at all