Wicklow Harbour 01-05-09

Duration:4pm -9.30pm

Tide:high 4-30pm approx

Weather:cool northerly breeze, dying out later, dry

Bait:rag, mack, squid

Rigs:flappers and 1 hook mini rigs

Results:2 x grey gurnards, 2 x shore rockling, 1 x flounder, 3 x ballen wrasse, 1 x corkwing wrasse, 6 x whiting, 1 x blenny(fishface)




Report:Arrived at the harbour at 4pm to find it fairly empty, but 7 or 8 lads arrived soon after me. I set up down the end near a father and 2 kids outfit. Fired out the 3 hook flapper baited with rag and mack about 80 yds and while I was setting up the spinning rod I got a good tug on the first rod. Reeled it in and found a nice grey gurnard on the end of the line ,, happy days, new species and all that. I had come here hoping that some of dfella25's luck would rub off on me after reading about his 37cm wrasse last week, well done , and although they werent that big ,I did get my target species with a succession of wrasse coming in all evening. In the first 2 hrs, I had 4 fish, grey gurnard, shore rockling, ballan wrasse and corkwing wrasse making it 4 new species to add to the list. Caught a small flounder some time later then the fishing died off and i moved up near the lighthouse but the breeze would cut you in two , so i stayed in the shelter of the wall. The wind seemed to be coming from the northeast, which was the opposite of the southwesterly that was forecast on any sites I looked up . I started to chat with a smiley bloke that was fishing beside me but soon copped on that he hadnt much english when he just kept nodding at me. I had to use sign language to explain how i was losing my rigs. He seemed surprised to see me dropping my bait just off the edge of the pier but suddenly the fish started feeding again and i was getting wrasse again and he understood what i was up to .I got another grey gurnard at distance and a shore rockling in close. Fishface arrived at 7-30pm and stayed till 9pm, he caught a blenny to save his blank after i gave him 2 rag and some squid (he forgot his bait ).He kept saying that he wasnt really fishing, just dropped down for a chat . Does it count when you catch on other peoples bait Then the whiting came and after 6 x whiting and nothing else i decided to head for home. A very enjoyable day out and 4 new species to add to the list, 3 of them christening my new spinning rod, shakespeare salt spin 10'.

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Well done Dave thats a cracking session nice one on the new species too

Nice going Eyes
See you going south of the border and leaving the Grey Rocks to others,
for a change!
A great diversity in that catch. Good to see some Grey Gurnard being caught.
Brought one ashore at Dillon Park, Dalkey last summer - made for nice, 'chicken-like'
meaty dish the following day.
Nice pics - your standard is rising!
A.

nice session dave well done on the gurnard shame they wernt bigger they are yummy

well done , fair haul of species got there, were the gurnards caught over clean or rough ground

nice.

Nice one dave.How much are shakespere paying you for all the advertising your giving them?

sounds like a great session well done on new species nice pics

Nice one dave.How much are shakespere paying you for all the advertising your giving them?

funny no one ever comments on the match measure that golds lad must be laughin all the way to the bank

great mix of species there dave, well done on another great session, and nice pic's as well

Nice session

Congrats on the new species

great report as usual dave

well done and congrats on the new species your going well

Nice one dave.How much are shakespere paying you for all the advertising your giving them?

funny no one ever comments on the match measure that golds lad must be laughin all the way to the bank

Theres plenty of advertising space left on the match measure if anyones interested

Nice results 4 new species!!

Gurnard pic are cool

Well done Dave on the Gurnard! And I still have not picked up any shore rockling there

Good report as always Dave, you got a nice mix of species there especially the Gurnards, they are one of many species that I've never caught.

well done mate sounds like you had a good session and nice pics too..................

nice session eyes, grey gurnard happy days its been a long time since ive seen one of them caught from the shore.

Well done on the four new species Dave, that was a great session. Great to get a couple of gurnards - I must try for one this year.
After the 15th (bass ban) I will have to concentrate on searching out some new species.