donegal rock mark 12.07.09

People:me & mick

Duration:8.00-12.000

Tide:high at 10

Weather:warm, medium swell

Bait:rag & lug

Rigs:pulley

Results:pollack, wrasse




Report:On the drive to one of the usual marks we got chatting about a headland we had spied and said could be worth a walk so with our boots on we headed off into the unkown. Things looked very promising but the bottom proved to be very rough and I lost more rigs than I even thought I had with me , Then I tried a jelly worm I found crawling around the bottom of my box and soon landed a small but deeply coloured pollack and then lost the jelly worm on my next cast , naturally I spent some time exlaining to mick how I at least hadn't blanked , so he duely wound in a 41cm wrasse at 2.5lb , I must admit I had it coming as he spent the next hour discussing and comparing the 2 fish
no matter where we moved to we lost tackle for the whole evening so must explore it again with a spinning rod and loads of lures

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Well done lads

Paddy

nice one, its always good to try out new spots. some times they dont pay off, but every so ofen you hit the jackpot well done guys...

good stuff mr livingstone nicely coloured fish

well done on exploring new ground,by the colour of the pollack i would say there is a lot of kelp around,some of the tackle grave yards can produce lovely fish might be worth a try again

soul destroying losing loads of gear. fair play to ya for giving it a go

Is that not a 'while' size of a lead in your bottom pic?

Did you try float fishing the rag? I dont even bother bottom fishing from rock marks anymore.

Is that not a 'while' size of a lead in your bottom pic?

Did you try float fishing the rag? I dont even bother bottom fishing from rock marks anymore.

thats part of my next plan of attack

Well done nice fish float fishing would probably be the answer there alright vary the depths you can also use a weaklink and junk leads when the fish bites you strike if the lead is snagged it gets left behnd but the fish comes up... try 8lb / 10lb line with a couple of overhand knots in it from a 3 way swivel down to the lead obviously you can't belt out a cast with this setup just for dropping in close..... tight lines

well done