wicklow harbour 16-Aug-09

[eyesreilly]

People:Me, The Legend, Fishface, John Bunn.Cant remember the young lads name that was with Neil , but he's not into "gay" internet fishing and "gay" species hunts so he doesnt deserve a mention

Duration:5pm-10pm

Tide:high approx 8pm

Weather:calm evening, mild,dry

Bait:lug, gag, mack and squid

Rigs:mini rigs ansd flappers

Results:pollock,whiting,codling, corkwing wrasse, ballan wrasse, short spined sea scorpion, blennies, tompot blennies, doggies,coalies




Report:Had arranged to meet up for a session with the Legend in Wicklow Harbour so arrived at the pier at 5pm. I was the first of our group to arrive and i was lucky to get a spot with all the lads fishing for macks. No-one caught any macks as far as i could see .They cleared off after a while and by the time the Legend, James, arrived a while later, we had the pier almost to ourselves.After introducing ourselves we got down to business and James kicked off with a double shot of sea scorpion and wrasse . An old guy walked past me and told me that theres no fish there ,, but by the time he walked to the end of the pier and back i had caught 3 .I set up the distance rod and loaded it with lug ,tipped with mack. I got a couple of short spined sea scorpions on this, one of which was my best so far this year at 24 cms,a really chunky one .There was plenty of action all evening on the small rods in close, with lots of blennies, wrasse, coalies and pollock hammering the baits. John Bunn arrived down for a spot of mack bashing, but after a fruitless half hour i set him up with some bait and traces and he started to get fish. Fishface arrived soon after, but not before breaking a tip ring on his small rod . As usual he was off the mark in a flash with a double of wrasse, then getting some doggies on the distance rod. As Neil landed his doggie, i had a thumper of a bite on the small rod and struck, after a short but hard battle i managed to land a decent BALLAN wrasse, 28cms,my best here this year so i was well pleased . The Legend also had some doggies, these were very dark coloured, like the Northern ones we've heard about from Al and Jordan.Then he got a treble in close, just to round off the evening . We stayed on into darkness which gave Fishface a chance to show off his Petzl Ultra, did he mention he had one??, maybe a couple of hundred times . All us other anglers had the L1, which we all agreed was by far a more superior headlamp , and the Ultra was best left for lamping rabbits. In fact we all now know what it must be like to be a rabbit dazzled by the lights, thanks to Neil . Boycie arrived for congers and we all had a bit of a chat, gave him the leftover bait, then headed off. Another successful evening in Wicklow Harbour, and nice to meet the Legend , who i hope enjoyed the evening and had a successful return to fishing

PS,,,,WE WERE ONLY JOKING NEIL ABOUT THE YOUNG LADS SELLING THE ZZIPPLEX ROD AT THE LIFEBOAT STATION,,AND ABOUT THE DIVERS SEEING A ROD AND STAND ON THE BOTTOM

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Fishface arrived soon after, but not before breaking a tip ring on his small rod

jesus neil your not having much luck lately, well done eyes on the ballen,nice fish!and well done on the "gay"species hunt

did not break the tip the ring just slid off nothing a bit of hot glue wont fix, anyway i think that the rod is a bit gay,as for my petzl ultra ( did i mention that i had one, and that ts the brightest lamp on the pier or beach ) i use it to scare off gays.

or is it to attract them?

Well done Dave - another nice session - plenty of variety.
That's a fine lump of a sea scorpion

super pics again dave and i had a great time lovely to get back to fishin and fair play for pickin a mark with lots of variety, i think neils headlamp is responsible for all the ufo sightins in the area recently, wonder how the conger bashers got on

Well done lads,Thats a great wee session and a nice variety of fish

Paddy

Well done Dave - another nice session - plenty of variety.
That's a fine lump of a sea scorpion

Thanks Frank, think its the biggest one i've caught,lug tipped with mackeral .

Well done lads,Thats a great wee session and a nice variety of fish

Paddy

Thanks Paddy, it always throws up a nice variety, with the chance of something decent as well

super pics again dave and i had a great time lovely to get back to fishin and fair play for pickin a mark with lots of variety, i think neils headlamp is responsible for all the ufo sightins in the area recently, wonder how the conger bashers got on

Glad you enjoyed the evening James, good bit of banter always helps. The headlight was attracting every insect in Wicklow

Great report Eyes, and well done to all on a good session.
I'm impressed by the scorpion. We (or rather I ) only seem to get small ones up here.
Maybe I should stand beside someone with a petzl to increase my chances

Bait:lug, gag, mack and squid

was the gag for neil Id say if you had a tenner for evry time you heard petzel you'd be retiered by now

Nice going guys, god mix of species. Those dogs are just like those dark ones we catch at a few of the spots we hit. And a great variety of fish as always.

well done lads! good days fishing with a mix of species!

good to see you all got in on the action guys that has to be one of the most diverse marks for species in the land the sheer variety it throws up is just amazing cool pics and report as always dave

cheers dave was great to meet you and the other lads, had good crack me eyes are only gettin back to normal after the spotlight drubbin they got, at least i know i can drive in the dark bein blind

cheers dave was great to meet you and the other lads, had good crack me eyes are only gettin back to normal after the spotlight drubbin they got, at least i know i can drive in the dark bein blind

Yeah , i think i have permanent damage myself