clifden bay co galway 23 september 2009

People:myself,ronan,noel,tony and mike

Duration:10:00 to 20:00 10hrs

Tide:high 08:29 4.7m low 14:31 1.1m high 20:51 4.4m

Weather:dry and windy

Bait:rag worm,mackerel,green crab,limpets,sand eel

Rigs:various

Results:bull huss,ballen wrasse,corkwing wrasse,dogfish




Report:kaner from the site offered to bring some rag down for me yesterday so took him up on the offer,many thanks for doing that for me and telling me of the wrasse mark,sound guy
when the brothers heard of the rag they decide to head back to clifden with 2 friends they collected 30+green crab as well
took the day off work myself and when they arrived back this morning we decided to head to my conger mark first,and after what saltydog said about the conger gear i decided to go with a stronger set up,when we arrived there and i set up the rod for the conger,some of the lads were wondering what the hell i was doing with the 10/0 hook and half a mackerel on it then 5 minutes later landed this monster

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no sight of any conger but happy to get the huss biggest one i got this year,after that they all wanted the big hooks,the brother ronan lost another huss a bit later,not as big but a decent size as well

after a bit we decided it was time for food and after getting a bit we said we would try my ray mark,the tide was very low but the water was very clear so we didn't expect much but decided to give it a go for 1hrwhile the food settled,no ray so headed off to mark number 3

arrived at mark 3 and met kaner and a mate from the site cant remember his name ,after a chat for awhile move on a bit and set up to try for my first wrasse with the rag kaner got for me,thanks again
the lads had got a couple of wrasse before i set up beside them so things were looking good,10 minutes after setting up a two hook flapper with the rag on it i landed my first wrasse

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tony later landed a corkwing wrasse,hope i have the id right

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good day had by all,and i am delighted to get my last target species of 2009 all thanks to kaner and blackiemc for all the tips and advice they gave me

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nice goin GF, glad you got yer first wrasse, and the huss is a cracker

Beaut of a Huss there Gerry!! Will have to come conger hunting with you soon!

Nice session and lovely fish there GF well done

Warren

Well done Gerry

Crackin' huss mate, ya's put the hours in and were rewarded, still in search of my 1st

Great session lads well done gf the wrasse give a great scrap

well done gerry,thats a fine huss,and you got the wrasse!

Well done Gerry, I'm delighted you got your first, and many more to follow without a doubt

Blackie

Well done GF on the new speicies, Some size of a huss,

Well done

Seamus

so far that's the biggest huss i'd ever seen congrats gerry

nice huss gerry did he give a good scrap ,all big hooks from now on only big fish in clifden damian

Well done on the wrasse and huss, sounds like a great session was had by all

nice goin GF, glad you got yer first wrasse, and the huss is a cracker

took awhile but i finally got a wrasse

Beaut of a Huss there Gerry!! Will have to come conger hunting with you soon!

any time you want to head for a conger hunt give me a shout,got the huss at my conger mark and the brother lost another big one,bring plenty of big hooks

Nice session and lovely fish there GF well done

Warren

thanks warren i am happy after that session

Well done Gerry

thanks for the tips conor it paid off

Crackin' huss mate, ya's put the hours in and were rewarded, still in search of my 1st

head for clifden you have a good chance of a huss,some nice ones caught around here over the last few months,spindlefist and d.kane62 had nice huss a little while back,good luck with the hunt for the huss hope you get one soon

Great session lads well done gf the wrasse give a great scrap

thanks fk,great fight from them,even the small ones

well done gerry,thats a fine huss,and you got the wrasse!

thanks noel,finally got the wrasse after a long hunt

Well done Gerry, I'm delighted you got your first, and many more to follow without a doubt

Blackie

thanks Blackie for all the advice and the marks you gave me it worked for me,will have to try get to the other big wrasse rock one of the days,hope i get one like you got,cracking fish had 2 more wrasse since

Well done GF on the new speicies, Some size of a huss,

Well done

Seamus

i am happy to add the new species its always nice to add a new one

so far that's the biggest huss i'd ever seen congrats gerry

thanks zeke biggest one i have caught so far

nice huss gerry did he give a good scrap ,all big hooks from now on only big fish in clifden damian

where can i get 15/0 hooks damian i am trying to get a bigger huss then you did great fight from it

Well done on the wrasse and huss, sounds like a great session was had by all

they all enjoyed the day they are talking about doing it again,they will all be using big hooks the next time i think