Co. Wexford East Coast 30/12/08
Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:22 am
People:Me, Century Man (AKA Crack-off), Dave, Philip & Paul
Duration:5pm-10pm
Tide:High 9pm
Weather:V.Light S.E breeze
Bait:Lug, Mack, Squid, Jelly babies
Rigs:3 Hook Flappers, Pennel Pulleys (me)
Results:A few Rockling and more Whiting than we could count...
Report:
Thought maybe the SE wind might have been a bit more productive than an easterly, so we fished a well known productive mark on the east coast. There was a very high surf running, although 6oz seemed to hold the bottom OK.
Crackers was first into the whiting (as usual
), quickly followed by Dave. The whiting were just taking everything. I tried live-baiting one of Crackers' small whiting but there were just too many of them about and no decent fish to be seen.
The two lads hammered the whiting, while I was greedy and had two rods - 4/0 pennels with mackrel & squid (after removing a mackrel head, which Dave found most amusing!!
). I soon got jealous on missing out on all the action, so I rigged up a 3 hook flapper on one of the rods - hauling trebles of whiting also before long.
Philip and Paul then arrived (after a change of plan), but were too lazy to make it all the way to the mark...
Paul forgot his battery ('again', so I'm told - becoming quite a habit apparently!! ) so I sorted him out with a spare headlight. Before long they were into many rockling and whiting trebles also.
Dave reckoned he had a magic bait in his box, which later turned out to be sugarfree jelly babies . Crack-off's magic bait was Heineken...
PeteWex turned up to say hello just before we left... we thought there was storm-troopers comin up the beach with the headlights!! (Twas nice to meet you, Pete 
)
Twas a good nights fishing all the same, better than a blank. Thought there would have been a few codling though, or at least a bass with the heavy surf...
Didn't bother with any pics, I'm sure everybody knows what whiting look like at this stage!!
Duration:5pm-10pm
Tide:High 9pm
Weather:V.Light S.E breeze
Bait:Lug, Mack, Squid, Jelly babies
Rigs:3 Hook Flappers, Pennel Pulleys (me)
Results:A few Rockling and more Whiting than we could count...
Report:
Thought maybe the SE wind might have been a bit more productive than an easterly, so we fished a well known productive mark on the east coast. There was a very high surf running, although 6oz seemed to hold the bottom OK.
Crackers was first into the whiting (as usual
), quickly followed by Dave. The whiting were just taking everything. I tried live-baiting one of Crackers' small whiting but there were just too many of them about and no decent fish to be seen. The two lads hammered the whiting, while I was greedy and had two rods - 4/0 pennels with mackrel & squid (after removing a mackrel head, which Dave found most amusing!!
). I soon got jealous on missing out on all the action, so I rigged up a 3 hook flapper on one of the rods - hauling trebles of whiting also before long.Philip and Paul then arrived (after a change of plan), but were too lazy to make it all the way to the mark...
Paul forgot his battery ('again', so I'm told
- becoming quite a habit apparently!! ) so I sorted him out with a spare headlight. Before long they were into many rockling and whiting trebles also.Dave reckoned he had a magic bait in his box, which later turned out to be sugarfree jelly babies
. Crack-off's magic bait was Heineken... PeteWex turned up to say hello just before we left... we thought there was storm-troopers comin up the beach with the headlights!!
(Twas nice to meet you, Pete )Twas a good nights fishing all the same, better than a blank. Thought there would have been a few codling though, or at least a bass with the heavy surf...
Didn't bother with any pics, I'm sure everybody knows what whiting look like at this stage!!
Last edited by Security man on Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Co. Wexford East Coast 30/12/08
Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:58 am
Sounds like ye had a good Craic,
Hope ye managed a few nice sizzler’s for the pan,
Hope ye managed a few nice sizzler’s for the pan,
Re: Co. Wexford East Coast 30/12/08
Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:39 am
well done, did the jellie babys work
Re: Co. Wexford East Coast 30/12/08
Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:19 am
seanie35 wrote:well done, did the jellie babys work
Dave packed up and went early.... so I don't think so!!
At least he went home with a full stomach - the packet was empty.
Re: Co. Wexford East Coast 30/12/08
Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:45 am
was good to meet ye lads
hope we get out for a session in 09
hope we get out for a session in 09
Re: Co. Wexford East Coast 30/12/08
Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:09 pm
Im not called "Crack-Off" anymore btw.
Changed that name a long time ago.
Changed that name a long time ago.