currean achill tues 2nd june

People:jason and me

Duration:4pm-11pm

Tide:high 1.15pm

Weather:beautiful

Bait:feathers,german sprats,mixed shads and eels

Rigs:single hook trace

Results:mack,pollock, ballen wrasse?




Report:bought a shimano cardiff reel from seanie35 on the site and had to try it out so we hit the flags on the way down to currean to try for mack and pollock,we hit the mark at four with the tide well out but this is a deep water mark so it fishes at all stages of the tide,popped out one rod at distance with the hope of a ray or huss,and went roving with the spinning rods for mack,over the next few hours the mack were being caught but not in any great numbers,very hit and miss we were getting the odd small pollock as well so we were happy enough another guy called bernie set up near us and straight away started to get pollock on small silver feathers so we switched over to them as well ! result!! pollock seemed to love them and a steady stream of 1lb pollock were being landed,a quick photo and they were back in the water with us hoping for there mammy or daddy, we took a break and the three of us had a feed of sausages and beans and macky portable gas cooker!best buy ever bernie left soon after that and i moved over to the spot he was fishing and put on a german sprat,straight away i was into better pollock up to three lb jason joined me and lost a huge pollock that we saw before he power dived and snapped the line he was well into double figures!!at this stage the tide was well in and as it was dusk the big boys came out to play,i caught a nice pollock of about 5lb and jason had one about the same size a few minutes later!we were still catching the odd mack as well so it was all go,i had put a small mini rig out and i noticed a small bite and brought in a small ballen wrasse?i think? by eleven i had had about twelve pollock and jason the same,with about twenty mack between us the mack and four of the bigger pollock came home for breakfast,dinner and tea!by the way seanie, brilliant reel and in excellent condition!thanks mate!!

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well done on the fishes noel and glad ya like the reel

tis a rock cook, mate, not seen in catch reports to often, well done

Well done lads, looks like you had a great days fishing there. That little Wrasse looks like a Rock Cook Wrasse alright and as Eric rightly pointed out, its a fish you don't often see caught. Good work

Nice fishing lads and well done on the new species

fantastic days fishing there noel your face says it all in pic ,well done ,we had one of them wrasse on the boat in clifden and skipper took a few pics of him as he"d never seen one so must be rare enough ,damian

well done mate some nice fish there have u ever tryed fishing annalonmoor in achill it just out off porteen haubour a bit of a walk but well worth it only apporach in good weather

well done noel! rare fish result!
and the regulars of good size!
keep the lines wet and tight

some lovely pollack there doggie sure beats the 8oz tiddlers we seem to be getting and the rock cook was a real bonus . we tried for them last year and came up blank you'll not see to many of them on angler's lists at the end of the year, so well done man

Nice session mate you cant beet fresh mac , will have to try Achill myself soon

thats the biggest rock cook iv ever seen , welldone

great to see the Rock Cook Wrasse,lovely fish nice pollack as well,i would say it was fun trying to pull them in

well done on the fishes noel and glad ya like the reel

sweet reel and a good days fishing!!

tis a rock cook, mate, not seen in catch reports to often, well done

thought you were pulling the p**s eric until i looked it up cheers

Nice fishing lads and well done on the new species

cheers conor

fantastic days fishing there noel your face says it all in pic ,well done ,we had one of them wrasse on the boat in clifden and skipper took a few pics of him as he"d never seen one so must be rare enough ,damian

really thought the lads were pulling the piss after saying about cooking the sausages on the stove had never heard of a rock cook wrasse!!

well done noel! rare fish result!
and the regulars of good size!
keep the lines wet and tight

wahey rare fish!!go me!cheers thomas






thanks to all the other lads i did not quote it was a great day out all right!

Well done lads,Some mighty fine Pollack there:)

Paddy