greystones rocks, 17-08-09

People:me

Duration:7-30pm-10pm

Tide:rising

Weather:lovely and calm

Bait:lug, mack

Rigs:mini rigs and flappers

Results:wrasse, codling, whiting, blennies, coalies ,and 1 mack




Report:Went to Greystones rocks to use up leftover lug from Sunday , always a good excuse. One lad there when i arrived, fishing baited mack feathers. I set up at my spot and dropped down to get a couple of coalies and some blennies straight away, plenty of bites and i knew it was going to one of the better nights . Some other young guys arrived and set up beside me, and I had a good bit of craic with them. I was getting a fish, or two even, on most casts, the hardest part was getting the lug onto the small hooks without bursting them. The first lad still hadnt caught anything, but kept looking at me wondering where he was going wrong . He wasnt the friendliest but i was going to offer him some lug and some advice as i knew his hooks were too big and baited with huge lumps of mack, but then i saw him bashing in a crab with the butt of his rod . "What do you get out of that ?", i asked him, and the reply was that "He wont get any more of my bait" . I told him there was a couple of thousand others out there and how pointless it was to kill one but he wasnt having any of it. He muttered something in my direction which i didnt catch , but there was an atmosphere there after that . When he left later on, after catching a tiny dab, the other lads told me i shouldnt have said anything, that he could have been a dangerous so and so. I told them that i couldnt stand idly by and let a crab be harmed and besides if i felt i was in any danger i would curl up in the foetal position and wait for him to tire himself out . He was one of our own ethnic minority . With him gone and no sign of any Hi-ace vans arriving, i could relax and get back to fishing. On the distance rod i had a bite from a codling, then the other hook was grabbed by a mack on the way in , a rare catch this year for me . This session has brought me over the 1000 mark for the year, i'd never have believed it 2 yrs ago when i started out, and a few of them have even been over the 20cm mark . With darkness came the rats, so i rang the missus to come and rescue me, and happy days had a double on the last cast.

ps, i didnt catch that skate in the mack picture, it was just in the paper

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great report as always Dave, i haven't been fishing down that way for a while.
mack are still scarce in dublin too!

great report dave as usual you should startin sellin your material to comedians, fetal position keep up the good work

Nice selection and good pics. Well done. Good on ya for giving that lout a piece of your mind.Taxi service and all, she will be diggin your bait next.

well done on the 1000 mark, wouldn't you love to see a giant crab coming outa the water after the d**e

Great report as always Dave and well done on hitting the thousand mark. Its a bit strange alright that the mackerel seem to be so thin on the ground this year, I havent had too many myself either.

way to go dave, another productive session . saw a guy crush every crab he reeled in at donaghadee one night. he used the heel of his boot to mush them up and kick them over the edge of the harbour into the sea . i was a bit puzzled and asked him why he was doing it. he reckoned it was great groundbaiting. but seeing as he was casting 30 foot out in front of him i could'nt see how it was helping him i guess some people just like to kill things we'll have to get you and neil up this neck of the woods sometime. we could take you to our huss and mini marks for a bit of sport all good craic

nice wee session there dave, good report and pic's as always as for the lout well you get them everywere, i seen a guy at lenen crush a scorpion fish just to get his hook out he said you cant touch them things for they are full of posion and he was no young buck he was well into his 30's, jes' there is some stuiped people out there....

well done dave, nice few fish there mabye that lad had a bad experience with the "crabs" before!

well done dave, nice few fish there mabye that lad had a bad experience with the "crabs" before!

bet he dosen't bite his nails, keeps them long just in case

Fair play eyes, good session. You're braver man than I for taking on a young oik like that. Good man!

Well done Dave - another fine session.
And well done on passing the 1,000 mark - that's some amount of fish

Good man dave dont take any s*** off them boys they dont like been told what to do ,by the way they dont drive hi aces so much more like audi's and volkswagon's.keep up the good work

Great report and photo's as usual Dave and well done on the 1000 mark

Paddy

Taxi service and all, she will be diggin your bait next.

That might be pushing it a wee bit

nice wee session there dave, good report and pic's as always as for the lout well you get them everywere, i seen a guy at lenen crush a scorpion fish just to get his hook out he said you cant touch them things for they are full of posion and he was no young buck he was well into his 30's, jes' there is some stuiped people out there....

Hi Don, sometimes its hard to mind your own business and keep it zipped

way to go dave, another productive session . saw a guy crush every crab he reeled in at donaghadee one night. he used the heel of his boot to mush them up and kick them over the edge of the harbour into the sea . i was a bit puzzled and asked him why he was doing it. he reckoned it was great groundbaiting. but seeing as he was casting 30 foot out in front of him i could'nt see how it was helping him i guess some people just like to kill things we'll have to get you and neil up this neck of the woods sometime. we could take you to our huss and mini marks for a bit of sport all good craic

I'll defo make a trip up there sometime soon Al, i'll try to get the missus to stay over and i'll head out with yis, john Bunn tells me that Fishface has to be all tucked up in bed by 12 o clock

:lol: great report dave as usual you should startin sellin your material to comedians, fetal position keep up the good work

Thanks James, dont think i'll give up the day job just yet, these days the Council gets more attractive daily

Thanks for the replies lads, hope i dont come across as bragging about the 1000 mark ,,,i'm quite a humble guy really , but there were some good ones in there , that Sea Fishing Handbook 2009 has been great for keeping a record among other things.

a very big well done mate . thats some mile stone to hit (1000 fish), maybe if i keep going i'll hit sometime in 2012 .
fair play for giving off to the young buck

well done dave good report and photos
1000 fish what kind of trawler have you will take me 20 years to get that many

good report man