Wicklow rock mark 29-06-09

People:me

Duration:4-9pm

Tide:high at 6pm

Weather:lovely day thank God

Bait:mack, rag,

Rigs:flappers, 1 and 2 hook mini rigs

Results:flounder, plaice?, whiting, codling, mackeral, bass , blenny




Report: Last day off work so i headed out to a rock mark thats been good to me in the past but which must remain nameless cos i caught a bass Got off to a great start with a tiny codling which is a new species for the year, so i didnt care what size it was, sad or what??. Weather was great and bites constant all day. The fish were small , but i'd rather be catching small stuff that feathering for macks who arent there. Had a battle with a small blenny who stripped my bait 5 times before i nabbed him. Got a thumper of a bite on the big rod baited with rag and reeled in a nice 30cm mack, much to the amazement of the mack bashers who were feathering all day with no macks .Got a flounder and a plaice??,,it had the bony nodules , let it be a plaice,please . Used the freshly caught mack as bait anfd on the last bit of it i cast out a 2 hook flapper a few yards and held it waiting to strike. Didnt feel a bite although i had the line in my finger but when i reeled in i connected with a bass which took off like a rocket. I must have struck just as he took the bait. I didnt think i'd land him as i was quite high up but i kept his head up and a wave took him onto a little ledge which gave me the opportunity to hand line him up. The oul heart was thumping i can tell you as i lifted him up to a round of applause from a group of onlookers. 45cms, i was well chuffed and went home happy as Larry

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Let me the first to congratulate you on a lovely session, Are they size 2 hooks? How'd you get the little fellahs on them?

well done on getting the plaice,nice to add another species

well done nice bass

Well done on the bass Dave.
Nice variety of fish as well.

Congrats on the Bass Dave

well done eyes. cracking session fella.

Great session. Any joy with the prawns.

Davy

Nice going man, what a session!

well done eyes,nice selection of fish,lovely bass and nice plaice too!!

Thanks for the comments lads

Let me the first to congratulate you on a lovely session, Are they size 2 hooks? How'd you get the little fellahs on them?

Thanks Cormdogg, Hooks were size 2 and size 4. The bass was actually caught on a size 4 . I gave a trace and some mack to a young guy who was waiting for his mate to arrive with bait. I was telling him that his own hook (yes he only had 1 hook ) was too big and that small hooks would catch small and big fish. He got 2 small fish on his first 2 casts, his first fish ever, then he saw me catch the bass on the small hooks so i guess he's converted

Great session. Any joy with the prawns.

Davy

None Davy, i think i still havent got the knack of salting them, i cant keep them on the hook . Plenty of guys tell me the fish go mad for them though. Aguy in Wicklow Harbour had them threaded on and sprayed with wd40.

was that you on the castle the other day

was that you on the castle the other day

No Phil, i presume you mean the castle beside Wicklow pier.

Grand session Dave, you made the most of your few days off

nice one Dave, sounds like a cracking days fishing

the king them prawns look like a light snack to me dont be wasting them on fish

well done on the fish great result and the pranws do work i have got fish on them

nice one dave you're certinly knocking up the species rightly. i'll not be out again for a while myself. head gasket blew on the motor last week and my computer is still on the blink so it looks like it will be work, work and more work for me for the next week or 2

congrats on the new species dave a good mixed bag of fish there well done, and a nice bass to round the day off, great stuff!!!!
report & pic's great as useal dave, keep it up