dun laoghaire east pier!!

People:just meself

Duration:3-5

Tide:out

Weather:small breeze, the rain held off

Bait: mackerel

Rigs:float set up

Results:mackeral,golsinney wrasse,pollock,codling,whiting




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went back to me roots today, hadnt been float fishing for mack properly since i used to fish with me granda back in the summer holidays when i was a nipper. set up the float kit and straight away it went under, got me first whiting of the session, one was about to become many. managed a 3 mackeral, which where quickly dispatched for tea. and to this i added a few small minis. was nice to be back and relive a bit of nostalgia

Were you at the end or the southside on the rocks?

second bend on the inside, near the bottom of the pier

any fish kissin did you give the macks the famous KISS OF DEATH

Eric I've never float fished so please forgive my question!!!!! But what snood length would you use from the float and would you use a shot to hold the bait down under the surface? Or is it just free lined from the float?

no problem dfella, i use a pike waggler float which slides up and down the mainline, i use a stopknot made with power gum to stop the float sliding up to far, for the pier about an 8ft drop is ample for most occasions. i was pretty sure yesterday i was the only one using a flourocarbon leader a size 4-6 hook is perfect for the mack also gives you a chance at the garfish that show up on the pier too

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Funny it was garfish I was thinking of I seen a program yesterday on Discovery Shed, Paul Meredith and he caught a garfish. The beaks look deadly with the all teeth. So you don't need to weight the hook end? The bait just weights/floats itself?