St Johns Point
Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:26 am
People:Me, Der Baron and Kev
Duration:10.30am-6.45pm
Tide:Down and up again
Weather:very windy from WSW, big swell, one heavy shower.
Bait:Lug,razor,squid,black lug,sand eel,mackeral,jellies.
Rigs:Float, flappers, pulley,clip down. Surface popper.
Results:Me-2 Ballan Wrasse, 2 Crabs! Der Baron-4 Pollack, 5 Ballan Wrasse, 1 Brill, Kev-4 Pollack, 1 Brill
Report:Road trip to St Johns Point, Donegal. After an early start, arrived at the point to find the wind in just the direction we didn't need it
It effectively wrote off 99% of the fishable marks as the swell and wind was just too strong. None of us had been there before so after a bit of exploring we found the ledge over the large gulley provided us with a fishable mark though the windage was still a concern as my rod rest blew over more than once! The tide was starting to drop as we started and Der Baron was first off the mark with a small Pollack. During the day we took turns picking up Ballan and Pollack of various sizes, mostly small, pics attached of the best ones. The one thing that surprised me was the lovely colouration of the fish, particularly Der Barons larger Pollack and Ballan Wrasse. The Wrasse had very strong turquoise colours, especially inside it's mouth.
Having been blown about for many hours and not caught the huge fish we were hoping for
we headed back down the road. The little beach on our right was very sheltered so having come this far we set up there for an hour or so. Der Baron noticed a small knock early on and pulled in a nice little Brill. Kev landed it's infant a short time later ! 
All I got was 2 dirty great crabs hanging off my hooks as reeled in
A good trip and definitely worth another visit on a more settled day
That gulley is a tackle graveyard, between us we lost 5 floats and 7 other rigs!
Duration:10.30am-6.45pm
Tide:Down and up again
Weather:very windy from WSW, big swell, one heavy shower.
Bait:Lug,razor,squid,black lug,sand eel,mackeral,jellies.
Rigs:Float, flappers, pulley,clip down. Surface popper.
Results:Me-2 Ballan Wrasse, 2 Crabs! Der Baron-4 Pollack, 5 Ballan Wrasse, 1 Brill, Kev-4 Pollack, 1 Brill
Report:Road trip to St Johns Point, Donegal. After an early start, arrived at the point to find the wind in just the direction we didn't need it
It effectively wrote off 99% of the fishable marks as the swell and wind was just too strong. None of us had been there before so after a bit of exploring we found the ledge over the large gulley provided us with a fishable mark though the windage was still a concern as my rod rest blew over more than once! The tide was starting to drop as we started and Der Baron was first off the mark with a small Pollack. During the day we took turns picking up Ballan and Pollack of various sizes, mostly small, pics attached of the best ones. The one thing that surprised me was the lovely colouration of the fish, particularly Der Barons larger Pollack and Ballan Wrasse. The Wrasse had very strong turquoise colours, especially inside it's mouth. Having been blown about for many hours and not caught the huge fish we were hoping for
we headed back down the road. The little beach on our right was very sheltered so having come this far we set up there for an hour or so. Der Baron noticed a small knock early on and pulled in a nice little Brill. Kev landed it's infant a short time later ! All I got was 2 dirty great crabs hanging off my hooks as reeled in A good trip and definitely worth another visit on a more settled day
That gulley is a tackle graveyard, between us we lost 5 floats and 7 other rigs!
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Last edited by Fentster on Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:11 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: St Johns Point
Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:28 am
More pics.
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Re: St Johns Point
Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:05 pm
well done for sticking it out on such a bad day,some nice fish there,especially the wrasse.
Re: St Johns Point
Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:41 pm
Nice going considering the weather its a lovely spot there especially on a calm day.
Re: St Johns Point
Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:27 pm
Nice fishing some nice Wrasse there 
Re: St Johns Point
Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:42 pm
well done lads....
Re: St Johns Point
Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:42 am
long day ... fair play for sticking it out
Re: St Johns Point
Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:17 pm
Pity about the weather as has been said that is a lovely spot on a calm day caught my PB Ballan and cuckoo wrasse there.