clifden bay co galway 24 july 2009
Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:22 am
People:myself
Duration:1900 to 2200
Tide:high 19:44 5.5m
Weather:sunny and dry
Bait:mackerel and sandeel
Rigs:3 mackerel feathers
Results:3 thornback ray 1 dogfish 1 sandeel
Report:decided to forget about exploring new marks for one day and headed to my favorite ray mark which didn't fail to produce,all the ray and dog were caught on mackerel feathers baited with mackerel and the sandeel was caught on the grip lead
Duration:1900 to 2200
Tide:high 19:44 5.5m
Weather:sunny and dry
Bait:mackerel and sandeel
Rigs:3 mackerel feathers
Results:3 thornback ray 1 dogfish 1 sandeel
Report:decided to forget about exploring new marks for one day and headed to my favorite ray mark which didn't fail to produce,all the ray and dog were caught on mackerel feathers baited with mackerel and the sandeel was caught on the grip lead
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Re: clifden bay co galway 24 july 2009
Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:30 am
well done mate and thats a good tactic having highly sharpened grip lead wires 
Re: clifden bay co galway 24 july 2009
Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:38 am
Well done on the Rays,some cracking fish there 
Paddy
Paddy
Re: clifden bay co galway 24 july 2009
Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:25 am
well done on the ray gf,sandeel does not count,if its not caught on a HOOK its cheating! 
Re: clifden bay co galway 24 july 2009
Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:23 pm
doggie3131 wrote:well done on the ray gf,sandeel does not count,if its not caught on a HOOK its cheating!
it takes more skill to catch them with the grip lead
still nice to see them around,that was the first one i have seen this year,met another angler and he told me he saw a small shoal of mackerel after them,hopefully the fishing will pick up a bit now
Re: clifden bay co galway 24 july 2009
Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:36 pm
wel done some nice rays there and good pics too.
Re: clifden bay co galway 24 july 2009
Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:10 pm
cracking ray gerry,well done ,there will be no stopping now