Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:41 pm
People: Myself, stephen8wood
Date : 22 Feb
Venue: Greystones Beach
Time: 9 - 11.30pm
Tide: Incoming.
Weather: Mild, pleasant. No wind.
Bait: Lug (dead), Mack & Squid
Rigs: 3 hook flapper & 2 hook (1 up 1 down)
Results: Stephen 5 whiting; Me 1 whiting 1 flounder all pretty small
Report: We hadn't been out in a while and having fished Killiney beach many times without producing anything approximating a decent session, we decided to go a little further away. Our favourite local spot fishes better on the drop. We fished almost straight out from the tunnel by the car park. We thought we saw head lamps further up the beach (heading south). I hope they had better luck than us. That said, it was a very mild evening and nice to get out and at least we didn't blank.
Thanks to Eric my ability to cast half decent distances is improving by the session. The whiting was caught at a reasonable distance. The flounder was only about 20 yards out. They were both quite small and it was only when I went to reel them in that I noticed them on the line.
I thought lug were pretty gross at the best of times, but dead ones are really grim. After the first cast or two I stuck with the mack and squid leaving the lug to rest in peace.
Let's all laugh at the novice moment: This came courtesy of me. I got a new boat rod and boat reel during the week and brought it with me for the hell of it. I thought I might just about cast it out 5 or 10 feet to see if any flatties were under foot. Of course I didn't manage to stop the reel in time and the reel just kept going, turning the line on the reel into a terrible mess. I'm not sure I'll manage to salvage it, given I just made it worse trying to untangle it. Lesson learnt. It's called a boat rod & reel for a reason. In fainess, Stephen did warn me but didn't want to dampen my enthusiasm with such triviality as 'you can't use a boat rod & reel on a beach!'. When I asked him if it would work, after a pregnant pause he replied: 'Mmmm. You could try.'