waterford 22/23-12-08

People:me n davewalt

Duration:8.15 to 2.15

Tide:hw 1.30

Weather:cool, sw wind

Bait:lug, razor, mussel

Rigs:various feeder rigs

Results:coalie, rockling, whitin, bass




Report: after some slaggin from davewalt at the beginnin of the session about me not catchin any of these other species besides bass and comments like "trophy hunter" i said i had better try for somethin else for the first hour or so. Got rockling and whitin. Went quiet and then we both got coalies. Right on hw we both got bass. Will post some pics at a later stage. Then someone can tell me wot kind of rockling they were!

sk

5 beerded are the most comman of our beaches in winter we had a few in clonea the other night.

err,

ye can can inform me from these pics of the rcokling. At the end of the session davewalt said there is only one shore t/king

sk

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some nice fish. which was the best bait

shoreking you have a shore rocking and a 5 bearded rockling

shoreking you have a shore rocking and a 5 bearded rockling

thanks

some nice fish. which was the best bait

lug n razor got bass, shore rockling, and coalie for me.


sk

Ill be getting a few KG's of razor in a couple of weeks for getting down to cork over easter cant wait!!!!

Just so i can have a go at this BASS BASHING

Well done shoreking. The Bass need not worry last night from me, I blanked on Clonea beach. I know I am not the only one, but one of the few brave enough to say it. I fished with fresh crab and razor, ledgering along the beach. I meet another guy on the castle side who had nothing when I left him but I think he was planning to stick it out for longer. Conditions were not to bad, a small moderate surf, plenty of movement in the water and wind from the southwest. I was blaming the neap tide, as I had to blame something other than my own lack of ability. I am determined to put things right soon.

As soon as I have a blank I'll post it up too. think I've just been lucky lately.

sk

Well done shoreking. The Bass need not worry last night from me, I blanked on Clonea beach. I know I am not the only one, but one of the few brave enough to say it. I fished with fresh crab and razor, ledgering along the beach. I meet another guy on the castle side who had nothing when I left him but I think he was planning to stick it out for longer. Conditions were not to bad, a small moderate surf, plenty of movement in the water and wind from the southwest. I was blaming the neap tide, as I had to blame something other than my own lack of ability. I am determined to put things right soon.

no luck for me at castle end last nite drseafish, I thought myself conditions were ideal but sure that's the way it goes, maybe we should have gone to bunmahon with shoreking

no luck for me at castle end last nite drseafish, I thought myself conditions were ideal but sure that's the way it goes, maybe we should have gone to bunmahon with shoreking

Err,

better luck next time.

sk

nice mixed bag there sk

Ill be getting a few KG's of razor in a couple of weeks for getting down to cork over easter cant wait!!!!

Just so i can have a go at this Bass BASHING

Make sure you bring plenty. Lots of kg's could be needed. And lugs.

sk

shoreking you have a shore rocking and a 5 bearded rockling

top one is definitely a shore - very hard to call the second onewith out seeing the barbels

generally i find (i catch a lot of rockling when im meant to be fishing for bass, thornies, cod etc. you get the picture) that 5 beards are smaller - i would have called the second a shore also on first view

Err,

they r just rockling to me, but i should learn the difference. Wots the best way to tell between the diff species for future ref.

sk

shore rockling has 3 barbels - 5 beard rockling has 5 barbels

then just to confuse matters - there is also a 3 bearded rockling - but this is generally much bigger than the other two and is definitely got large mottling or patches on it - usually of a more orange brown colour with darker spots

i have found you only get the 3 beards over rougher ground and deeper water

most of the time its the shore or the 5 beard that you get

check out ronald and steves mini species pdf on the site - do a search - will probably explain it a lot better

i would love to have your problem shore king - instead of knowlegdge of tiddlers cause i never seem hook into anything decent!!!

check out ronald and steves mini species pdf on the site

Here you go

http://www.esnips.com/doc/1977619e-0433-4e59-9886-76b2061cf178/mini-species-book

Thanks for that guys.

I'm more informed now - about rockling anyway!

sk

shoreking you have a shore rocking and a 5 bearded rockling

top one is definitely a shore - very hard to call the second onewith out seeing the barbels

generally i find (i catch a lot of rockling when im meant to be fishing for Bass, thornies, cod etc. you get the picture) that 5 beards are smaller - i would have called the second a shore also on first view

errrr actually the top one is a 5 beard, look at the colour, 5 beards dont vary that much there almost always sub 20cm and sandy in colour, the bottom one is a shore rockling, the coloration is spot on as is the size, how many five beards have you seen that are 28cm long?