Aran Island June 6 - 7 - Are seals counted as species?
Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:13 pm
People: Me, Gabriel & Sophie
Duration: 2 hours
Tide: high
Weather: Strong gusts of wind
Bait: Mack & squid
Rigs: Pennel Pulley, feathers
Results: Blanked
Report:
After I posted last week asking for tips for Aran Islands. I was on high hopes that our trip from Limerick to Aran would be great on the fishing aspect. I even bought a new bag from Argos that can carry all 3 rods / reels and gears. Hehehe too bad weather wasn't really going with us. Everything was calm until the time when we started walking towards the east side of the island and started casting. We were greeted by very strongs gusts of wind a few rumbling thunder over heavy looking clouds.
I setup the 3 rods and we all started casting. 30 minutes went by and no bite at all our baits are all intact and Gabriel got his first snag. Lost the first rig. I fixed Gabriel a new Rig, we cast again and waited behind a big rock while the strong winds was blowing and the clouds threatening.
Then Sofie was jumping up and down... oh oh oh... daddy daddy... I thought she got a good bite. She was pointing at her line and there was a huge seal swimming up and down looking at us (like a sea adventure show). As if like waiting for us to throw something. No wonder no fish were around.
Decided to move to another mark 20 minutes away by bicycle.
Hehehe same thing after an hour blanked with bait untouched
and a couple of seals swimming around.
I was tempted to use my 50lb line, put a whole mack catch the seal and reel it in on the shore. I wonder will it be counted as a species catch?
Just to have fun... I am not sure if doing that was even legal.
Blank doesn't mean we didn't have fun. We saw the biggest Conger we've seen in real life, a couple of them are being brought in by two boatman who caught them on Lobster PODS.
Failure is just a delay of success... were going down the estuary later after office and hopefully the blank wont continue... wait for my post tomorrow hahaha...
Duration: 2 hours
Tide: high
Weather: Strong gusts of wind
Bait: Mack & squid
Rigs: Pennel Pulley, feathers
Results: Blanked
Report:
After I posted last week asking for tips for Aran Islands. I was on high hopes that our trip from Limerick to Aran would be great on the fishing aspect. I even bought a new bag from Argos that can carry all 3 rods / reels and gears. Hehehe too bad weather wasn't really going with us. Everything was calm until the time when we started walking towards the east side of the island and started casting. We were greeted by very strongs gusts of wind a few rumbling thunder over heavy looking clouds.
I setup the 3 rods and we all started casting. 30 minutes went by and no bite at all our baits are all intact and Gabriel got his first snag. Lost the first rig. I fixed Gabriel a new Rig, we cast again and waited behind a big rock while the strong winds was blowing and the clouds threatening.
Then Sofie was jumping up and down... oh oh oh... daddy daddy... I thought she got a good bite. She was pointing at her line and there was a huge seal swimming up and down looking at us (like a sea adventure show). As if like waiting for us to throw something. No wonder no fish were around.
Decided to move to another mark 20 minutes away by bicycle.
Hehehe same thing after an hour blanked with bait untouched
and a couple of seals swimming around.I was tempted to use my 50lb line, put a whole mack catch the seal and reel it in on the shore. I wonder will it be counted as a species catch?
Just to have fun... I am not sure if doing that was even legal.Blank doesn't mean we didn't have fun. We saw the biggest Conger we've seen in real life, a couple of them are being brought in by two boatman who caught them on Lobster PODS.
Failure is just a delay of success... were going down the estuary later after office and hopefully the blank wont continue... wait for my post tomorrow hahaha...
Re: Aran Island June 6 - 7 - Are seals counted as species?
Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:47 pm
hard look on the blank,fair play for sticking out the bad weather,i wouldn't like a seal on the end of the line,they can be dangerous if they attack,if you had hooked him you would be back down in Limerick in 10 mins 
Re: Aran Island June 6 - 7 - Are seals counted as species?
Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:58 pm
The Aran islands are a Lovely place to fish even with a blank,but im sure the eastury will be good to you today