Greystones, 6-11-08

People:me

Duration:3-7pm

Tide:rising high at 17'10pm

Weather:dd showery, mild ,getting fresher later

Bait:rag and mack
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Rigs:2 hook flappers,mini rig

Results:4 whiting, 2 pollock,3 corkwing wrasse, dab, 2 scorpion fish, blenny, pouting and hermit crab




Report:had 20 rag and some mack leftover from wicklow harbour last night so finished work early(had an early start ) and headed to one of my favourite spots, greystones. It was raining as i passed Bray but wasnt too bad in Greystones when i arrived. I put on the waterproofs and there were a few heavy showers but on the whole it was quite nice, mild with southerly breezes. I fished 2 rods, one at distance, 60-80 yds , with a 2 hook flapper, and the smaller rod in close at the base of the rocks with a mini rig consisting of a 1 ounce lead with a size 2 hook attached to a 12 inch snood.
As usual the small rod produced the goods first with a pollock of about 25 cms, followed by a corkwing wrasse, which gave a good scrap on the light line. I caught 3 wrasse altogether , all on rag, and without the measuring stick i would have thought i got the same one 3 times , but they were all slightly different sizes . I was happy out with the wrasse as i particularly like them , then i got a blenny which gave a much softer bite and 2 scorpion fish, one quite chunky.
This was turning into a bit of a species hunt with every cast turning up something different . As the tide was rising it was easier to fish in close and i didnt lose any tackle this time!.I started to get nibbles on the distance rod and got another pollock, then a double of a dab and a whiting. Another couple of small whiting followed and then another double of a pouting and a whiting, all going for the mackeral as the rag were gone. The fishing died down about 6 after the last double but i stayed on for another hour trying to beat the traffic (great excuse for staying a bit longer ), and getting a hermit crab on the last cast. He took the biggest hook i had, a 3/0 on a pulley penell which was supposed to catch a passing monster . Using him for bait flashed across my mind for a second but i guess i'm just not that kind of guy so i released him back into the deep . I didnt want to push my luck any further so i packed up and headed for home happy with 7 species, i think my best species result ever . 2 good sessions in 2 days so i guess i cant put off painting the back room any longer now

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Nice fishing eyes plenty of species those hermit crabs do make a good bait particularly for the wrasse but i guess after having the cohonas to take the size 3/0 it was right to give him another chance

nice goin dave well done,
you goin 2 south beach arklow on sat 4 the open day?
if so ill see ye der

nice fishing eyes! your pulling in even more species than us lately

well done eyes great to catch a wide variety like that, had six other night on the beach there

Well done Dave,
That was a great session - great to get a good bit of variety like that.

nice goin dave well done,
you goin 2 south beach arklow on sat 4 the open day?
if so ill see ye der

Cant make it Wayne, just back from b+q with paint ,couldnt put it off any longer ,,, and the trip up north is coming up soon too .

nice fishing eyes! your pulling in even more species than us lately

And thats saying something

Thanks for the comments lads, great to get one like that every so often . Last week, same spot, same tides, sea a lot more choppy, i struggled to get a fish, was glad to get 3 in the end

well done dave , great way to get rid of the leftover bait

Great session plenty of species. Nice pic of the hermit crab greedy little fella. Nice to see the wrasse about still had a couple last week myself.

another nice session eye's
great report, nice fishing, and some cracker pic's, well done