wicklow harbour ,not the light house one!, 5-11-08

People:me and neil

Duration:4-9.30pm

Tide:high at 4'30 approx

Weather:dd lovely and mild, calm seas

Bait:mack ,rag and lug
dd
Rigs:2 and 3 hook flappers, mini rigs

Results:30 odd whiting , 1 dab, 1 rockling.




Report: Took advantage of the good weather and headed to wicklow harbour. 2 guys already there had nothing but crabs for the last few hours but i reckoned i was arriving at the right time and my first cast produced a nice whiting,25 cms. I noticed the lads were using large hooks and advised them to downsize their hooks (far be it for me to advise others ) and he got a whiting on his next cast . They were soon both catching whiting, probably as it was just starting to get dusk on the high tide ,,,,but i like to think that my advice helped . I set the small rod up and dropped it over the side of the pier a few yds out and started picking up small whiting. This was the pattern for the next few hours and i had well over 20 whiting when neil arrived at 6pm. He had a new rod, MTI something or other ,,,which looked a serious piece of kit, powerful and light as a feather, strong butt section. Oddest moment of the night was when 2 swimmers ,in diving suits swam under our noses in the pitch black ,, whats that about . The fishing died down for the last hour or so and i went to the end of the pier and cast into the channel towards the lighthouse pier which resulted in a small shore rockling, a welcome relief after all the whiting, the largest of which was about 30cms,with most about 25cms. My last cast gave me a double of a dab and a whiting and 1 called it a day (night ) at 9'30 with my stomach rumbling. A good night, good company and plenty of fish, what more could you ask for (except for the odd bass, cod maybe )

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Jesus your having a cracking time down there!!!! That was a nice mix of fish you got there.

great fishing again eyes' well done!!!
by the sounds of it the whiting are really moving in down your way.

fair play to you, you made good use of a nice day.Nice one on the good advice what size hook were you using?

fair play to you, you made good use of a nice day.Nice one on the good advice what size hook were you using?

size 1 mostly, with size 2 on some of the rigs on the small rod.i'd rather catch small fish than no fish , no coalies though funny enough

great fishing again eyes' well done!!!
by the sounds of it the whiting are really moving in down your way.

Seems to be plenty of small ones around at the moment with the odd decent one thrown in, my neighbour fished greystones last night and had over 30 in a couple of hours also.

Another goods nights fishing. The rockling is very light in colour normally the ones ive seen (not caught ) are alot darker mottled colour.

Good session lads well done

good night alright dave .pity i could not have gone earlier.. change the rod got a conoflex anubis.. managed to get a reducer for it and got a fuji reel seat have it all ready , cant wait to have a cast with it, will se you when i get back from fuerteventura,, am i rubbing it in or what

Great fishing, its good to know that there is good fishing sessions still happening. Well done.

Well done, thats another great session.

30 whiting must have really kept you busy.

good night alright dave .pity i could not have gone earlier.. change the rod got a conoflex anubis.. managed to get a reducer for it and got a fuji reel seat have it all ready , cant wait to have a cast with it, will se you when i get back from fuerteventura,, am i rubbing it in or what

Another new rod ,,,are you printing your own money Enjoy your holliers,,see you when you get back. Not putting any pressure on you or anything ,,,,, but the other guys off the site usually catch a few fish when theyre away ,,,,anyways dont rub it in,,, give me a wet weekend in Ireland anyday,,, cant take those hot countries and packed beaches ps thanks for the bits and bobs, have them all sorted out neatly.