east cost raiders MA #6 ballynamona 26/9/09

People: 8 turnrt out

Duration: 10am to 3pm

Tide: up and over the top of the tide

Weather: great

Bait: maddies,rag,lug,wraps,mack,herring,sandeel.......

Rigs: flappers and clip downs from what i could make out, no secret stuff

Results: plenty of flounder, a few turbos, 2 dogs and a couple of happy codling



Report:


leg 6 six of our master angler series, work, holidays and alcohol, meant we would have a small enough turn out today, however the weather gods where smilling. expected species where mainly flats, with the possibilty of a dog or two at distance. at 10 past 10, a slightly late start, i put three small lug n maddie baits tipped with mack, up onto the sand bar in the hope of a flounder or two. masterkeane, fishing his first ever comp, got off to flying start with a treble, all undersize , i took the lead with 22cm counter after my first cast.
after a few more casts it was appearent the local flatties where more than obligingto dine out, more so on the higher pegs than the lower pegs, but everyone was catching. i eventually added a lovely undersize yet perfectly formed baby turbot to my talley, although tiny i was delighted to see him. a few more flats later, had myslef, denis and masterkeane all in the mix. i added another counter, which made a big difference in the scores. just after tide peaked myself and denis went out for dogs, launching sandeel baits into a patch of rough ground about 110/120 yards out. would you believe it, without noticing any sort of bite i found myself trying to free a dog out of the rough stuff, he eventually came out of it was soon beached happy days. fishaholic soon followed suit. a few more fruitless casts at distance, led to me coming back in in search of flats, as the tide ebbed the fish began to switch off with only singles coming in now and then. masterkeane was still catching well, shane h was also starting to notch few up too. denis persisted at distance taking a couple of undersize codling, but try as he may fishaholic's dog signalled the end of the dog action.
the last hour saw the flats starting to come on the feed again, i added another turbot to the list and another counter of 26cm, saldy my biggest flat of the day last cast saw me into one last counter, blessed and jammy are not the words, the diffrence between 19 and 20cm is cruel, match angling can be most fickle!

well done to masterkeane, his first comp, only really fishing a few months, pulled 16 fish out of the bag for second place!

final scores--

1st-------eric----------241pts----30 ma pts
2nd------ masterkeane-144pts----29 ma pts
3rd-------shane h------105pts----28 ma pts
4th-------fishaholic---- 102pts--- 27 ma pts
5th-------croppyboy----82pts---- 26 ma pts
6th-------tonyfella-----80pts-----25 ma pts
7th-------boycie-------72pts-----24 ma pts
8th------ dbrock-------50pts-----26 ma pts

few pics of mr turbot, and my genious plan to problem that doesnt exist, ever wanted to suspend your rod parallel to the sea off the ground? use a piece of wood on your peg to hold the butt. ian golds rod rest, tut tut, driftwood is where its at makes twitching esier and is kinder the planet. thank viking tackle for the prizes!

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was an amazing day to be out with pleanty of fish been caught, i had 10 myself after 3 hours and spent the last 2 hours in a fruitless search for dogs,
try as i might i couldn get a fish in all day, all undersized,
so as typical on the flounder venues i finished last a trend which also happened in kaats strand later with eric and fintan

excellent report Eric. Looks like a cracking day to be at the beach. Where were those days when we were looking for smoothies?

nice report eric myself and alby both in kerry for weddings,we met on the way home in mcdonalds in Roscrea to tally our score cards it was a draw ,we both looked like death warmed up ,had a great time but was a bit peed off at missing the comp ,waderballs managed to sneek in a quicky session on sat morning and got one mac on the spinner,i went for breakfast in bed followed by a quicky instead

we'l need some more carbon emmisions mac, if we're to see some more days like that.

I'm working on it this Morning Eric. Farting great after a weekends worth of beers

we'l need some more carbon emmisions mac, if we're to see some more days like that.

Here here! Mediterranean weather here we come.

Fair play lads nice session
Might take the plunge and join in January myself

Fair play lads nice session
Might take the plunge and join in January myself

too late sub consciously you have made your descision. we look forward to having you

Fair play lads nice session
Might take the plunge and join in January myself

too late sub consciously you have made your descision. we look forward to having you

true

enjoyed the comp .... was a bit of a step up from pleasure fishing and i got a prize (Thanks to the lads for help and tips )

God i hate flounder fishing 3 counters 1 u/size wasted an hour going for dogs. but sure it was a laugh anyway went to katts after 4 flounder for me 1 for eric denis 0 and we were glad that eric got 1 god he can be as narky as a woman

fintan