currean achill 24-06 2009

People:me and jason

Duration:7pm-11pm

Tide:high 8pm

Weather:rainstorm then sun

Bait:german sprats,mackerel,rubber eels

Rigs:three hook flappers,one up one down flappers

Results:me one conger,two pollock,one dog jason 2 pollock,one three bearded rockling




Report:got a chance for a short session so we decided on currean,were set up about seven and on the first cast got a small pollock soon after jason got a pollock and we thought we were in for a great session!then the rain came and i mean rain,at one point we could not see the sea it was that heavy but it was over in about ten min so all was well except the fish went off the feed.I have heard that thunder and lighting can put the fish down and i think we proved that last night got the second rod out and after about fifteen min i saw a funny type of bite on the rod,waited till it happened again and struck,all hell broke loose there was a great bend on the rod and the scrap was the biz!finally i landed a conger eel my first ever was well chuffed! soon after,jasons float rod got a hit and he played and landed a fine big three bearded rockling that looked specimen size he returned it (thats the second specimen he has returned) and for his good deed he was rewarded with a nice size pollock which was to be his dinner today my turn then came and i got a smaller pollock that was returned.changed over to a one up one down flapper as the tide went out and gave it welly,(getting used to these multipliers) soon after got a doggie(had forgotten what a bad scrap they were)we stayed at it for another hour but nothing else happened so we packed up and went home.good session and hopefully jason will get a few new species in portugal next week.

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well done congrats on the conger eel they give a great scrap

good fishing there nice to see a hungry conger turn up and good size rockling

nice conger noel well done

Nice fishing Noel and Jason well done on the new species you don't have a close up of the rockling by any chance?

nice one on the conger Noel - knew you were keen on picking up you first - you sure as hell know you have a fish on when you hit in to one of them,

well done

davy

Well done lads, seriously decent fish there

nice one on the conger Noel - knew you were keen on picking up you first - you sure as hell know you have a fish on when you hit in to one of them,

well done congrats on the conger eel they give a great scrap

jesus lads ye are not kidding,it was about 10-15lb but fought like a demon!!

nice conger noel well done

good fishing there nice to see a hungry conger turn up and good size rockling

cheers lads lovely to catch a new species will be going after them again soon

Nice fishing Noel and Jason well done on the new species you don't have a close up of the rockling by any chance?

sorry conor only the one pic but the three beards were clear as day.

Well done lads, seriously decent fish there

cheers eyes had fun with the conger and jason was well pleased with the rockling

No Probs Noel.... I working on a little project just looking for some good close ups

sorry conor only the one pic but the three beards were clear as day.

The Shore Rockling also has 3 beards.... the Three bearded is the biggest of the rockling in our waters usually has mottled patern high on the back.... its a fine sized Rockling regardless

did not know that conor,it was clean,not mottled, deep reddish orange,mabye it was a shore rockling?