Westport and North Connemara 02/10/09 & 04/10/09

People: Bradan, Myself and 6 others joined by doggie3131 and his crew on the Sunday

Duration: see below

Tide: all stages

Weather: blustery on Friday t-shirt stuff Sunday

Bait: Rag, Lug, Sandeel, Squid, Mackerel, Mussel, Razor, Bluey

Rigs: Various

Results: Doggies, Thornback Ray, Bull Huss, Grey Gurnard, Whiting, Coalies, Pollack, Flounder, Long Spined Sea Scorpian




Report: Friday session 1 Duration: 13:30-16:00
Headed out with Bradan on Friday to a North Connemara mark where we met Doug from "A Shore Thing" in Westport who provided the bait and his buddie Pete. We were joined be several other anglers. Pete was first in a nice Thornie followed by myself with 3 dogs Pete got a couple of dogs then i'd a grey gurnard and a dog and whiting double the whiting had a Huss holding onto it that let go near the surface the whiting was minced we packed up to head across the border into Mayo and left Pete and the 6 other lads fishing.

Friday session 2 Duration: 18:00-20:00
Arrived at a one of Dougs marks for this session. A mark that neither myself or Bradan had fished before the tide was on the drop and and the wind was onshore i had one rod with a pennel rig big mackerel bait banged out and we both fished in close. We were joined by 3 other anglers for this session. One of the lads reeled in a nice flounder and not to be out done so did Bradan with a 38cm i picked of a smaller flounder Bradan was in again and again he got 4 flounder in four cast just as we were packing up i had a treble shot of flounder that put us level at 4 flounder each. Off to the Helm in Westport for a quick pit stop then back to Galway.

Sunday Duration 12:30-16:30
Bradan and myself headed upto Wesport on Saturday evening and had a few drinks in the Helm the headquarters for the Skate Festival which was on over the weekend. Enjoyable evening talking with many people who share a common interest in fishing. We surfaced on Sunday and made our way to Dougs shop were we bumped into to doggie3131 and the lads. It soon became apparent that we were all heading to the same spot Inis Gort one of the Islands in Clew Bay. The Western Regional Fisheries Board R.I.B. kindly ferried us all out. Noel and the boys were setup when we got there on the Soutern side of the Lighthouse. We headed to the Northern side of the Island and fished into a deep bay. One of the guys had a good rattle but no hook up Pete had a cracking flounder. Nothing much else was happening so after a quick chat some of us decided to move Doug and a few lads went around the shoreline to the Eastern Side of the side of the Island. While myself & Bradan who promised me a Huss headed over the hill to the South Eastern side. There was a strong tidal run coming through the channel in front of us so grip leads on and first casts were sent out. My lead seemed to be holding at first but slowly started going with the current. I picked up the rod to reel it in and felt dead weight big raft of kelp i thought got it moving towards me then i couldn't budge it, must have caught the bottom i thought i stood there for a couple of minutes with a big arch in the rod trying to ease myself off the bottom when the bottom started to pull back I gave Bradan a shout "fish on" its a big un... it was great pulling in this fish against the tidal run... Bradan spotted the fish as it got close as the water was very clear. Its Huss a cracking Huss he said.... i just kept saying be a double be a double got it in a few pics then on the scales 10lbs 6ozs happy days that was me grinning like a cheshire cat for the rest of the day. One of the other lads got a cracker too weighing in at 9lbs 3ozs i had a small coalie and one of the guys had a long spined sea scorpion reports for the around the Island were dogs a thornie of about 6lbs a few small Huss. We headed back to the Helm for refreshments then back to Galway stopping for the obligitory snackbox on route. Bradan has some pics

Must say a big thanks to Bradan for the invite and The Western Regional Fisheries Board for taking time out to ferrying us all to Inis Gort. Thanks also to Doug from A Shore Thing for providing us all with bait and showing me a few new marks over the weekend sound fella and thanks to Vincent Keogh and all the staff in the Helm for their hospitality first class.

Crackin report and fishing. Congrats on the huss, well done.

nice one connor is that your p.b. huss

Hi Conor

Good sessions there mate and nice report

Nice to meet you, Braden and rest of lads Sunday, and well done on your Huss, excellent fish.

Good day had by all and thanks to Doug at "Shore thing" and WRFB for ferrying us from Rosmoney and back at 11am & 7pm.

Warren

excellent report and fishing, that's a very good Huss, congratulations, well done

great report conor, and well done on the huss mate, nice one

Very enjoyable report on a great outing

good to meet up again conor and braden,was a beautiful day,and the craic was good.well done on the huss again.on our side of the island we had the usual dog onslaught,ballen wrasse,corkwing wrasse,pollock and coalies,and spider crab!hope you enjoyed your tea davyp

Some pics from the day...

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Cracking Huss Connor, well done. Nice photos Bradan.

congrats on the huss

Well done - great fishing - that's a very mean looking huss

Brilliant Huss conor - dont know if i was more impressed with the fish - or how far you casted to get it

("where'd ya get him conor?", "see that bouy over there" ( he points to distant speck on the horizon) "about 20 yds this side of it" ) - I'm gonna need to learn how to cast

good to meet up again, and to meet Bradan for the first time ( I still wwant his jacket!!)

you look like a seriously happy man in those pics , well done

Great session there lads good slection of fish mighty Huss

Well done lads, and congrats on the huss Conor, great report and pics

Crackin report and fishing. Congrats on the huss, well done.

Cheers

nice one connor is that your p.b. huss

Cheers seanie yup a new PB i set out to get over 30 species and a double figure from the shore so just two species left to make it happen

Hi Conor

Good sessions there mate and nice report

Nice to meet you, Braden and rest of lads Sunday, and well done on your Huss, excellent fish.

Good day had by all and thanks to Doug at "Shore thing" and WRFB for ferrying us from Rosmoney and back at 11am & 7pm.

Warren

Thanks Warren good to meet you also, glad you enjoyed the day i'll catch you for a session up that way in the near future

excellent report and fishing, that's a very good Huss, congratulations, well done

Thanks

great report conor, and well done on the huss mate, nice one

Cheers Don much obliged

Very enjoyable report on a great outing

Thanks Hugo

good to meet up again conor and braden,was a beautiful day,and the craic was good.well done on the huss again.on our side of the island we had the usual dog onslaught,ballen wrasse,corkwing wrasse,pollock and coalies,and spider crab!hope you enjoyed your tea davyp

Nice seeing you guys again good day out plenty of species so in the end forgot about the wrasse ye had over your side, would love to have stayed on for a few beers i'd say the craic was mighty

Cracking Huss Connor, well done. Nice photos Bradan.

Cheers Neil.... plan on going Bassing Weds with lures if you fancy it?

congrats on the huss

Thanks Nige... must get a couple of sessions in before you head off

Well done - great fishing - that's a very mean looking huss

Thanks Frank he wasn't a happy camper... it was class when he went back he patrolled the area in front of us for a couple of mins before heading back out.

Brilliant Huss conor - dont know if i was more impressed with the fish - or how far you casted to get it

("where'd ya get him conor?", "see that bouy over there" ( he points to distant speck on the horizon) "about 20 yds this side of it" ) - I'm gonna need to learn how to cast

good to meet up again, and to meet Bradan for the first time ( I still wwant his jacket!!)

you look like a seriously happy man in those pics , well done

Good to see you again Davy will organise a trip up soon... I'll keep my eyes peeled for one of those jackets

Great session there lads good slection of fish mighty Huss

Thanks was a great to fish somewhere a bit different would love to get back out to that island again to see what else it throws up.

Well done lads, and congrats on the huss Conor, great report and pics

Cheers Dave you planning on getting over West for some fishing at any stage?? you'd be more than welcome

some fine huss there lads well done





bru

Great Report and some excellent fishing....well done lads.

Kev, What lens were you using. Looks like you were shooting at 12 - 15mm ish. Were you using a CPL? Really nice pictures mate.

Awesome days fishing lads! Crackin huss. Looks like a great wee spot. Some quality photos also

well done to all,nice weekend of fishing,well done on the huss conor great fight of them when they are that big