fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:52 pm
People:1st session,me and goldwing, 2nd session,saltydog,nige,alex,tomi,myself and goldwing.
Duration:10am-12pm
Tide:up and down and up again
Weather:shirt sleeve weather
Bait:all sorts
Rigs:flappers,"the rig of doom", pennels,
Results:thornies huss doggies whiting mackerel coalies and flounder.
Report:myself and john(goldwing)were due a good session, so we decided to fish a new mark that looked very promising in galway,set up with one rod each as the channel we were fishing was restricted,john with a pennel rig and me with a two hook flapper to cover the bases,fifteen minutes later johns rod gives a delicate nod,then a stronger one and he was into the first fish of the day,a nice thornie!
about four pounds(i really need to buy a scales)twenty minutes later my rod went mental and a lovely huss made it to the shore 
about 5-6lb gave a great scrap on the way in,we then swapped rigs,and soon after i was into a nice thornie about the same weight as johns then it was johns turn to land a nice huss of about 6-7lb so with a thornie and a huss each and us fishing in t shirts it was turning into the perfect day Things quietened down after that,an hour later i got another huss and that was it for this mark as the water levels were dropping rapidly,so we decided to head back to another mark where we were going to meet up with saltydog,nige,and stevecrow,saltydog and nige made it but stevecrow did'nt,he was feeling rather unwell with some mistierious illness he had devoloped after "the night before" 
it was still bright and the tourists were out in force,
strolling along the waters edge walking into our fishing lines
great fun! nige was first in with a flounder which had him surrounded with tourists,asking stupid questions,"did you just catch that mister" and my favourite,"is it hurt"considering it still had the hook in its mouth id have thought that was bloody odvious!!nige got the second flounder also and at this stage conor was getting jelous then i got one, and this nice cutie was over asking what it was, and when i said i was putting it back she asked could she do it so one quick photo later and it went back.then conor finally got one,the smallest flounder of the night 
so thats the way the night went,fish caught up and down the beach with nige clearly in the lead after he landed a treble,conor then got serious and started blasting baits out to the horizion and duly hooked a DOGGIE has to be one caught if im there!!john was disgusted!! so myself and john finally packed it in at twelve,our backs were broken and we left the boys at it,the final count of the day were
john one thornie,one huss and one flounder(THE BIGGEST OF THE NIGHT)me one thornie,two huss and two flounder.nige six flounder,salty one floundereen,two doggies two pin whiting,(think he thought it was a mini bashing session) alex one flounder, and tomi,one mackerel,two doggies two coalies and a pin whiting.great day and we will do it again!
Duration:10am-12pm
Tide:up and down and up again
Weather:shirt sleeve weather
Bait:all sorts
Rigs:flappers,"the rig of doom", pennels,
Results:thornies huss doggies whiting mackerel coalies and flounder.
Report:myself and john(goldwing)were due a good session, so we decided to fish a new mark that looked very promising in galway,set up with one rod each as the channel we were fishing was restricted,john with a pennel rig and me with a two hook flapper to cover the bases,fifteen minutes later johns rod gives a delicate nod,then a stronger one and he was into the first fish of the day,a nice thornie!
about four pounds(i really need to buy a scales)twenty minutes later my rod went mental and a lovely huss made it to the shore about 5-6lb gave a great scrap on the way in,we then swapped rigs,and soon after i was into a nice thornie about the same weight as johns then it was johns turn to land a nice huss of about 6-7lb so with a thornie and a huss each and us fishing in t shirts it was turning into the perfect day Things quietened down after that,an hour later i got another huss and that was it for this mark as the water levels were dropping rapidly,so we decided to head back to another mark where we were going to meet up with saltydog,nige,and stevecrow,saltydog and nige made it but stevecrow did'nt,he was feeling rather unwell with some mistierious illness he had devoloped after "the night before" it was still bright and the tourists were out in force,strolling along the waters edge walking into our fishing lines
great fun! nige was first in with a flounder which had him surrounded with tourists,asking stupid questions,"did you just catch that mister" and my favourite,"is it hurt"considering it still had the hook in its mouth id have thought that was bloody odvious!!nige got the second flounder also and at this stage conor was getting jelous then i got one, and this nice cutie was over asking what it was, and when i said i was putting it back she asked could she do it so one quick photo later and it went back.then conor finally got one,the smallest flounder of the night so thats the way the night went,fish caught up and down the beach with nige clearly in the lead after he landed a treble,conor then got serious and started blasting baits out to the horizion and duly hooked a DOGGIE has to be one caught if im there!!john was disgusted!! so myself and john finally packed it in at twelve,our backs were broken and we left the boys at it,the final count of the day were john one thornie,one huss and one flounder(THE BIGGEST OF THE NIGHT)me one thornie,two huss and two flounder.nige six flounder,salty one floundereen,two doggies two pin whiting,(think he thought it was a mini bashing session)
alex one flounder, and tomi,one mackerel,two doggies two coalies and a pin whiting.great day and we will do it again!
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Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:00 pm
was a good session. I left before salty so dont know what he finished up with. I had 6 flounder from 28-23cm was nice getting the treble shot nice meeting ye lads.
nice meeting ye lads.
Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:05 pm
more pics
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Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:14 pm
Nice report & good sessions there Noel & Lads sounds as back breaking as my weekend except i didnt have as many species.
Ye landed the Huss this time then
at least he werent laughing at ye from 5 foot away
Warren
Ye landed the Huss this time then
at least he werent laughing at ye from 5 foot away Warren
Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:17 pm
galway bay sunset
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Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:33 pm
Nice to fishing with ye lads again nice first session ye had tidy little mark that think you might want to scale back the guesstimates slightly 
Nige was on fire with the Flounders fair play to goldwing on the biggest flattie 
good to see fishingmidget on a beach again he said as soon as i catch one fish i'm going he wasn't kidding tomi did well down his side with 2 doggies and a some coalies i was happy with my doggie first one i've got off that beach. Floundereen ya cheeky git all counters might i add 
i'm dragging the crow out later got some rag to use up... let me know where your thinking for tomorrow
think you might want to scale back the guesstimates slightly Nige was on fire with the Flounders fair play to goldwing on the biggest flattie good to see fishingmidget on a beach again he said as soon as i catch one fish i'm going he wasn't kidding tomi did well down his side with 2 doggies and a some coalies i was happy with my doggie first one i've got off that beach. Floundereen ya cheeky git all counters might i add i'm dragging the crow out later got some rag to use up... let me know where your thinking for tomorrow
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Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:57 pm
Great session lads well done & great pics
Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:08 pm
saltydog wrote:Nice to fishing with ye lads again nice first session ye had tidy little mark that
what you think i guessed them too small??
change of plan for tomorrow,you got a pm!and that was a floundedeen!!!!!nige wrote:was a good session. I left before salty so dont know what he finished up with. I had 6 flounder from 28-23cm was nice getting the treble shot
good meeting you too mate!
Wozza wrote:Nice report & good sessions there Noel & Lads sounds as back breaking as my weekend except i didnt have as many species.
Ye landed the Huss this time then
Warren
cheers warren,them huss were nice all right,and helps when you get a pic with them!!
Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:56 pm
Great report Noel, lovely fishies you've got there , this "rig of doom" thingy sounds very interesting or was it wearing your lucky hat which has done the trick ?
In regards to the tourists, I have a nice T-shirt printed on the back with the proper answers to the most obvious questions they normally ask, very handy, you don't even have to turn your head .
, this "rig of doom" thingy sounds very interesting or was it wearing your lucky hat which has done the trick ?In regards to the tourists, I have a nice T-shirt printed on the back with the proper answers
to the most obvious questions they normally ask, very handy, you don't even have to turn your head .
Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:15 pm
What a super weekend of fishing lad well done. Great pics too! Looks like I'll be heading West for my huss 
Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:16 pm
The Austrian wrote:Great report Noel, lovely fishies you've got there
In regards to the tourists, I have a nice T-shirt printed on the back with the proper answers
the rig of doom is one of conors mini bashing rigs
and that hat works all right!!dfella25 wrote:What a super weekend of fishing lad well done. Great pics too! Looks like I'll be heading West for my huss
come on over,ive two nice marks for you
Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:25 pm
dfella25 wrote:What a super weekend of fishing lad well done. Great pics too! Looks like I'll be heading West for my huss
come on over,ive two nice marks for you
[/quote]I'll have to get a new hat though
Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:24 pm
Well done lads, ye dont do things by halves over there,10am-12pm .Great report and piccies once again
.Great report and piccies once again
Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:48 pm
Lads it was pleasure to fish with yee, unlucky I didn't got my flounder, but I'm happy enough- no blank 
and couple of fish caught.
Looking forward for next session.
and couple of fish caught. Looking forward for next session.
Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:32 pm
Great session and 14 hours of fishing well jelous
Re: fishing in co galway 11-10-09
Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:08 am
well done noel and the lads nice session,lovely huss and ray