south wexford 16 feb

People:myself

Duration:6.30-10.30

Tide:rising

Weather:calm westerly

Bait:lug squid mack and razor

Rigs:clipdowns flappers pulleys

Results:2 rockling and 2crabs




Report:Not a great session of fishing for the good night that was in it.
Thought there would have being a few doggies around with the sea being fairly calm
but not a sign of one.
Fished two rods; on my first retrive i had only one hook left on my three hook clipdown
next retrieve my pulley rig was no more[DAM CRABS]
Carried on fishing,then i caught two of the culprits[big boys pinchers like bolt cutters]
Ihad two rockling before the end of the session and lost another six or seven hooks to the crabs
Not great for four hours fishing but thats fishing for ye.
Going to give the east coast a shot tomorrow night to see how it goes.
Sorry about the poor pictures only getting to know how to use the camera on the beach

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those crabs can be a pain in the arse alright thats fishin for ya well done on the rockling and better luck next time

jaysus, it's bad enough when the crabs steal your bait. but taking the rig and all hope you had the car locked up, might get back to find they robbed the stereo too

:shock: jaysus, it's bad enough when the crabs steal your bait. but taking the rig and all hope you had the car locked up, might get back to find they robbed the stereo too

Good one
Clever crabs down here in Wexford