East Coast Raiders MA#4 wicklow north beach 13/6/09

People:eric,dbrock,wayne reilly,fishaholic,tonyfella,bigsod,shaneh,rodger de dodger,croppyboy

Duration:6-11pm

Tide: the drop

Weather:gusty southerly clearing to a mill pond

Bait:all sorts

Rigs:clip downs and flappers

Results:tub gurnard,dogs,plaice,whiting,dabs




Report:with reports of huge numbers of doggies about, hopes where high of for a busy comp, when they failed to show in the expected numbers i think everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
i decided to go for three sandeel at distance, with one tipped off with rag, as luck would have 15min later i was reeling a lovely 23cm counting plaice! next a dog and the following cast a double dog, this was going to proove to be a busy comp, however only a few of lads where catching, most where struggling to find the fish, alby up on the top peg was bringing a fish every cast and was begining to take a steady lead. all of a sudden the fishing went off the boil, and it became very scratchy. another dog came in for me after two blank casts to lift the spirits, which was followed by an undersize dab.
the other end of the beach was now experiencing the wrath of a mackerel shoal, and as i looked down i saw fishaholic was reeling in fresh bait
i decided as it was scratchy to leave the primo on the spare rod stand and take out the fixed spool jobby and scratch for a few flats. after 5min the rod was hoping out of the stand, sure enough 10min later i reeled in a treble, a dog and two dabs. savage i went out again and was rewarded with a whiting-dab double. i looked up to notice alby taking his dh out and started at the same craic, denis who was also in the running was having none of this mini fish fiasco and stuck at the dogs which was to prove the winning factor. i added at least a fish a cast for the rest of the comp, including a lovely little tub gurnard! running up and down the beach like a lunitc getting fished signed in left me wrecked still i was happy when it was over.
back to the van for the results and denis was the runaway winner with 1040 pts, having caught 17dogs, and a load of others small whiting and dabs,

pos---name---no of fish--pts
1st---denis----35------ 1040
2nd---alby-----37------ 867
3rd---eric------36------- 829


longest round- mark sinnot- 30cm tub gurnard
longest flat- tied---eric gasparro and fintan kavanagh- 23cm plaice

thanks again to viking tackle for the prizes!!

i looked up to notice alby taking his dh out

Just to save any possible embarasement, a DH is a fishing rod

well done eric and all the other lads,great selection of fish

nice comp lads and congrats to the leaders..

well done lads, cracking fishing. roll on the weekend

few pics

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great comp lads and fair play to all that attended, enjoyed myself , although watching eric run around made me quiet tired, at one stage myself and mark sinnot did run a little bit

Well done Dennis on the win and the lads who came 2nd n 3rd

great fishing lads

great fishing lads

cheers mick
your friendly neighbourhood spider crabs payed myself and mark sinnot, a visit at one stage we both reeled in 3 hook clipped down rigs without hooks, i went through 9 rigs with them carefully removing the hooks

nice variety of species there, great thing about sea fishing, you just never know what you are going to pull out next.

wheres boycie

Enjoyed this comp it was good craic well done on the win Dennis and the lads who came 2nd n 3rd it was hard going for meself at the start i had 2 fish on the card until the last hour and a half then things were hectic i managed to get another 18

same here fishaholic had two dab till it went dark then the whiting started to hammer my rigs was a hectic last hour after a quiet afternoon of drinking tea and smoking too many fags

great days fishing thanks to everyone for turning up and to viking for the prizes.

didnt have a great one myself had 5 dogs and some whitting place and dabs but realy enjoyed it.

fintan

wheres boycie

He was at home fixing his w/s bait digging thingy