Wicklow marks 24/10/09

People:Steyrman, Tonyfella and me

Duration:9:30 till 6

Tide:flood and some of the fall

Weather:overcast at first but sunny later with a westernly wind

Bait:rag, lug, mack , sandeel and crab

Rigs:2 and 3 hook flappers, loop rigs and 1 hook clipped

Results:Wrasse, coalies, tompot blennys, dogfish, bass, plaice, flounder and an octopus




Report:Most of you will know steyrman (Willie) from his boat exploits but he was keen to do some shore fishing so we hatched a plan to fish two wicklow marks, and after a tiring bait digging session we headed to wiclow pier and set up. In general fishing was slow but tony led the way and we managed wrasse, coalies and a tompot blenny here with an octopus putting in a guest appearance. With the weather looking brighter and the sea not looking too lumpy or weedy we headed for another mark along the coast.Willie was first into a schoolie bass and we enjoyed a few hectic hours of action with coalies and flatties also showing in reasonable numbers.Tony rounded things off with a doggie on his last cast and that put end to an enjoyable day with some good sport and loads of banter.None of the fish were huge but we must have had at least 10 schoolies each giving good sport on light gear.It was great to meet Willie and he showed us hes equaly at home on the shore as he is on a boat.

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Nice to see someone cross over the other way from boat to shore. You picked a nice day for it the weather holding off for the most part.

great report sod nice few fish 9.30 start getting afraid of the dark are we

great report sod nice few fish 9.30 start getting afraid of the dark are we

I know John i dont think Tony has ever seen 9:30 on a saturday morning before

fair play lads nice little session

thanks shane and tony for the few lessons on shore fishing and the craig today i will be doing a lot more this winter i think tony is a night owl we were to dig bait at 8.30 am but as the normal tony was tied to the bed somewhere he dont like the early starts but being chilled out is his thing . again lads thanks looking forward to next one

Fcuking hell sod what setting was the camera on i didnt know we were fishing with Sideshow Bob......fish weren't big but steady didn't stop laughing all day

whoever took that pic of bigsod with the 10 lb octopus in future stand more than 10 feet away from him and hold the camera sideways you might just get his mug in the frame
sounds like yea had a good bit of crack ,shame i couldnt come SEEN AS YA DIDNT INVITE ME! was out with my nephew last night down that way ,we managed 7 dogs and 12 bass and a rockling ,not one flounder all night i,m starting to feel like dennis biggest bass was 32 cm my nephew had never got a bass ,dog or rockling before he popped his cherry 3 times

This trip was only for the mentaly unwell Rodger, on seccond thoughts youd have fitted right in

fair mix of species, id say an octopuss bite is weird did ye get inked when it was landed

fair mix of species, id say an octopuss bite is weird did ye get inked when it was landed

didnt really notice a bite but was heavy enough to drag in, it let a shot of ink go when i threw him back in the water.

willie looks very well after the operation[removal of ass from boat] id say the craic was brill nice bit of fishing

willie looks very well after the operation[removal of ass from boat] i

I'm glad it does I'll take your word for it

Nice slection of fish lads

Nice session lads hopefully it won't be much longer till some big Bass start showing up plenty of small whiting and coalies for them now....

well the operation did not work back in the boat yesterday in cork not much to report nice few codling to 3 lbs and whiting

sounds like you all had a good day out lads what did the octopuss take? class looking wee creature

sounds like you all had a good day out lads what did the octopuss take? class looking wee creature

There class alright, it took rag.