greystones, 1-08-09

People:me

Duration:6am-1pm

Tide:rising, then falling

Weather:fine

Bait:rag, mack squid

Rigs:1 hook clipped down, 2 hook flappers. mini rigs

Results:whiting, flounder, codling, corkwing wrasse, coalfish




Report:Decided to fish Greystones early in the morming on a rising tide so set the alarm for 5am . Got up and was at the rocks for 6am, with a fine morming and calm sea. Got set up at my usual spot but i could see straight away that although it was calm enough at sea , it was rough enough at the base of the rocks, so i didnt hold out much hope that the smaller stuff would be around.First cast told me that the weed was horrendous and i spent a lot of the time cleaning weed off the line. The only fish that were around were the whiting , and i got 7 or 8 small ones that i didnt know were on .There was a big swell, and every so often a big wave would come in and make a splash so i decided to move up a level,,,just in time as no sooner was i moved up than my old spot was drenched . I thought the rocks might get a bit calmer on the drop and i was right, so i tried the mini rig again and got a few bites. I got a nice corkwing wrasse and a small coalie, and not to forget a beautiful velvet crab. I kept a bait in there on the off chance of a bass but no joy . On the distance rod i had a nice chunky flounder, and a couple of small codling and whiting and about a ton of weed . It was too much like hard work in the end so i left, but maybe thats because i was up at 5am

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Good slection of fish wel done.

some nice fish there eyes,would love to get a codling,none this year and nice pics too.

some nice fish there eyes,would love to get a codling,none this year and nice pics too.

Thanks doggie , codling is right , this is what we're talking about .

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I could post you one in a matchbox

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I could post you one in a matchbox

ya,well it still counts!

nice one lads, nice variety of fish too, nice session.

Nice 1 Dave,
Great report and photo's as usual and also another great session with plenty of variety of fish.

Paddy

Well done on the fish and getting out of bed so early on a Saturday morning

Well done on the fish and getting out of bed so early on a Saturday morning

If I was in East Cork i could have passed you on your way home