Fahan Beach 14/06/2009

People:Me and club

Date : 14/06/2009

Venue: Fahan Beach

Duration: 15:00 – 20:00

Tide:2hours down and 3 hours up

Weather: Sunshine no wind – overcast windy – thunderstorms and lightning - Sunshine no wind

Bait: Rag, frozen Mack, Bluey

Rigs: clipped down pulley, 2 hook flapper

Results:1 small thornie


Report: arrived at the beach about 14.00 in brilliant sunshine heat and no wind. Beautiful scenery up there, so I took a few snaps and had a chat with fishermanum1 who was also getting set up to fish. Next time I come to Fahan I will leave the bluey at home and bring squid.

Drew peg 1 for the comp, right next to the marina so went down got set up, had a few practise casts and realise I would be glad of the waders to be able to hit the channel.

Comp started and i spent the next four hours alternating mack and bluey on a plain pulley and a pulley with bling and a muppet with nary a bite, watching the anglers on the pegs further along the beach pull in the thornies. For an hour of that time deliberately avoided going near the rod as a thunderstorm was overhead and the beach became a shallow river.

By 7:00 o’clock began to get a bit anxious about a blank so started alternating a 2 hook flapper with Rag and mack and a plain pulley with mack and at approx 7:45 was rewarded by my fisrt ever thornback,

firstthornie.jpg

he may be small but he was mine - photograped and returned to swim away and grow much bigger. Though for all the size of him, i knew he was on the line.

Overall the competition results were good with i think the winner having 7 rays, a variety of fish were caught including gurnard, plaice flounder and mackerel, the first i’d seen off a beach though the 3 pegs next to mine had only a fish apiece.

Hope to get back their soon .

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not a bad comp then, congrats on you first ray, may the next one be bigger,

Well done mate - 1 ray more than me!!!

I've still not got one!!!

Jude

well done,the ray may be small but still nice to catch one

congrats on your first thornie, hope it is the first of many

For an hour of that time deliberately avoided going near the rod as a thunderstorm was overhead

same with me, i had a cracker of a full and it slacked lined, but there was no way i was lifting the rod, for the fork lighting was hitting the beach down to the right of me. scary stuff!!!!

nice one smicker i'm only just realising now who you are man that i've seen your pic:roll: i get chatting to people all the time when out fishing and it's only when i see a pic i twig who they are congrads on the new species man!!!!

Thanks guys


i am really looking forward to getting a bigger one next time i get up to fahan.