Greystones, 22-10-08

People:me and big mick

Duration:6pm-10pm

Tide:high 6-45pm

Weather:dd dry,mild

Bait:mack fillets,squid
dd
Rigs:2 hook flappers,mini rigs

Results:me, 2 doggies, 1 pollock,1 blenny,2 scorpion fish, 4 whiting,,,,,big mick, 1 pollock,5 whiting




Report:Headed to greystones after work, traffic not too bad, got there at 6pm and set up. We had arrived at the right time and while big mick was still setting up i had a blenny on the first lob into the water, followed soon after by a couple of scorpion fish. I used tiny strips of mackeral for these on a size 4 hook with 1 ounce lead. We just had mack from dunnes tipped with squid .Any bites we got were soon after the bait hit the water. Big Mick broke his duck with a whiting and we were expecting to be hit by hordes of them but then i got a stronger take on the beachcaster out about 60-80 yds which turned out to be a double of a whiting and a very lively doggie. I switched to the mini rig and the spinning rod again and got a nice fight from a decent pollock, about 30cms. Things went quiet for a while and we were about to pack up when i got another doggie at about the same distance ,80 yds, on a pulley rig. Mick got a small pollock and some more whiting. I had a crack off and while tying on some new leader line the spool rolled down the rocks into the water , i had a hold of the end and reeled it in, ,,,,50 metres,,,,which i'll have to put onto another spool.Then I lost two small rigs trying for small fish in close but what the hell . We were kept busy enough all night and looking at the weather today and for the weekend i'm glad we went out last night

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Thats a nice assortment of fish there Eyes

good man dave.

i must congratulate you on that super looking fish measuring tool you got yourself

its about time nothing worse than an experianced angler using a cowboys tape .
im sure were going to see alot more of it in the coming months .

good man dave.

its about time nothing worse than an experianced angler using a cowboys tape .
im sure were going to see alot more of it in the coming months .

well done dave, the weathers not the best at mo but fishing should be good when it calms down

Well done Dave, you got a good variety there.

But how are you going to measure the next 60 cm+ bass

I should have gone out last night myself - today the weather has been dire - maybe I will get out tomorrow evening.

good man dave.

i must congratulate you on that super looking fish measuring tool you got yourself

its about time nothing worse than an experianced angler using a cowboys tape .
im sure were going to see alot more of it in the coming months .

Thanks John ,,,the other tape is all rusted up from all the fishing trips (i'm trying to catch up after missing out for so many years ),,,,i suppose i'm overdue a proper measure .I was going to wait till christmas to see if i got a tape in a cracker that would do.

Well done Dave, you got a good variety there.

But how are you going to measure the next 60 cm+ bass

I should have gone out last night myself - today the weather has been dire - maybe I will get out tomorrow evening.

Thanks rockhunter, i'll probably just have to catch bass less than 60cms from now on,,,,i wont post any pics of ones bigger than that from now on

Well done Dave, you got a good variety there.

But how are you going to measure the next 60 cm+ bass

I should have gone out last night myself - today the weather has been dire - maybe I will get out tomorrow evening.

Thanks rockhunter, i'll probably just have to catch bass less than 60cms from now on,,,,i wont post any pics of ones bigger than that from now on

with all the long walks you will be going on dave to these marks you will be 11.5 stone before you know it
your going to have to ware a belt for your trousers a little trick is to use a 60cm marker on the back of the belt and you will tell no lies