bray harbour 23-06-09

People:me

Duration:22.00-01.00

Tide:high at 10'30pm approx

Weather:calm, fine

Bait:mack, squid, some rag

Rigs:2 hook flappers and mini 2 hook flappers

Results:1 x lsd, 3 x silver eels?, 8 x whiting, 1 x dab




Report:Hadnt been out in over a week so I headed to Bray Harbour for a few hours to shake off the cobwebs . When i arrived at 10pm the pier was packed, and i headed down to the last available spot. Got set up with 2 rods and cast out. Was only using frozen mack and squid at first but some kind teenagers (i'll never moan about them again ) gave me their left over rag. The few bits of rag produced 3 whiting in a row which got me off to a good start. The pier started to empty as it got dark but i suppose some people had to get up in the morning, i'm off for a few days .I gave a few whiting to some guys beside me but when they asked me for a small dab, that was it,,,lecture time ,,,"if you put the small ones back they'll be bigger next time you catch them",,,,.I got a doggie on mackeral next and put him back while being told how nice they tasted.Think they wanted the doggie but instead i gave them some mack to catch their own but they didnt catch any . They told me the fishing had been hectic here the night before. I was delighted to catch my first ever eel, followed by my second and third. As i reeled it in it looked huge in the glare of my headlight but was only about 25cms,,,the biggest one was about 30cms,,,but its hard to measure and photograph them as they wriggle about. The first one made a right mess of my trace and i had to cut it off him, but i learned my lesson on the second one and held him away from the rig body and unhooked him quickly. It was very weedy so i wonder if this had anything to do with them being around in numbers . I had been thinking of going to courtown with some garden worms to target them,,,, didnt expect to get them here,, dont you just love fishing


ps,,,,I should have said that i was targetting eels

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nice wee sesh, a few silver eels there and plent of whiting, nice one.

Now you've got your 1st eel, they'll follow you everywhere

Atleast, thats how it happened to me last year

well done them eels are messy bustards get a big one though and youll have a scrap on your hands.......along with lots of gunk

Well done on another new species.

Well done on the new species Dave

well done on the eels,very tasty to eat,but whats with the whiting thought they would be long gone by now!!

one fish i can safely say i detest catching is silver eels i despeyes rielly em well done dave sounds like you did well just to get a spot never mind get some fish just goes to show ya some teenagers are ok just not the ones in my house

one fish i can safely say i detest catching is silver eels i despeyes rielly em well done dave sounds like you did well just to get a spot never mind get some fish just goes to show ya some teenagers are ok just not the ones in my house

Allied Irish Banks Roger , now not only am i famous in Greystones but i'm part of the Ben Lang . I left a party for my current bun, whos off to Canada for a few months to visit my one and other. As you say, the eels are a pain in the Gregory Peck to unhook, so now that ive added them to the brahms and liszt I wont target them any longer . For got my towel to wipe my hands when the trouble and strife dropped me off so i had to wipe me hands in me jumper, the peggy dell off it later was patrick pearse

Mince pies

well done on the eels,good mixture of fish,fishing will always throw up new surprises

well done lot of dif speices there

Always good to get the target species. Must give Bray H another lash

well done mate nice session them whiteing dont no what time of year it is

good stuff dave well done on the eels