Bray ,28-10-09

People:me, fishface and big mick

Duration:6-30pm-10pm

Tide:high approx 7-30pm

Weather:mild, dry evening

Bait:rag, mack squid

Rigs:flappers, single hook trace

Results:whiting, dabs, doggies, coalies, codling, flounder, 5 bearded rockling




Report:Got an invitation from Neil to fish Bray Harbour so i joined the traffic chaos on the m50 one more time and got there for 6-30pm. Lots of headlights to be seen and i must have passed at least 10 anglers as i walked down to the end of the pier, some of them actually answered me back when i said hello I havent seen so many anglers here before and i was lucky to get a spot down the end and kept a spot for Fishface, who arrived a short time later( i had 3 whiting ).As usual he brightened everyones evening up (Petzl Ultra time ) and it wasnt long before he was telling corny jokes and doling out much needed advice to a novice angler beside us, giving him rigs and bits, and the guy was delighted when he landed his first ever doggie. He then showed the guy how to handle and unhook the doggie who was back in the water in 30 seconds. It was a valuable lesson for the guy who told us another angler had "advised" him never to touch doggies as "theyd tear your arms to bits". Made us wonder how much bad advice is given out .I had fish on most casts , with plenty of doubles. All the whiting were 26-9cms, pretty decent, with Fishface landing a whiting over 30cms , which he has been after for a while,,,,,so please dont anyone point out to him that the first 2cms is missing off my measure He was so delighted , i hadnt the heart to tell him . He landed whiting, a codling and a doggie.I had a couple of dabs, around 20cms, a couple of dogs, lots of whiting and a coalie. Big Mick arrived and blocked the place up with his jeep,moving it 3 times during the evening to let people out. He had some whiting, a nice flounder, and a 5 bearded rockling. Nice easy fishing ,but youd need it after that traffic on the m50 . Walking back to the car at the end of the session I met the Codfather, who true to his name had landed a nice codling, and had a nice chat with him. One of the great benefits of this site is the way it can come up in conversation and help break the ice with other anglers, you feel as if you know the guys already.

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Fair play reilly good fishing.You deserve one worth keeping soon

Well done lads must have been some fish you had on the measure to bite it off like that

Well done lads must have been some fish you had on the measure to bite it off like that

That was a trick i picked up from the match anglers Sod ,,,,,,,,only joking i quickly add so as not to offend some easily offended people ,,,,,,,, twas an accident involving the boot lid

Fair play reilly good fishing.You deserve one worth keeping soon

Thanks for that junior You're right, I do deserve it

Well done lads must have been some fish you had on the measure to bite it off like that

twas an accident involving the boot lid


At least it wasnt a rod tip Dave. Ill take that one off ya for my next comp

nice one dave,looks like ye were kept busy,im still shagged after al and jordans visit

Nice one lads good wee session & variety Ar ya sure Dave it wasn't them Codling eating Crabs that choped off the top of your measure from your last session

Good session there Dave plenty of fishies Think you'll have to
ask santa for a new measure coz you'll never the CONGER with
that one

nice one dave thankfully we're getting some of our beach and harbour marks back to ourselves as the summer anglers are dissappearing again , but bray still sounds like a busy wee mark . i have your new measure here in the house dave, got you the sakuma one with the national federation of sea anglers recomended retention sizes on it p.m. me your address and i'll get it posted down to you first thing on monday when i drop jordan off to school .

nice one dave,looks like ye were kept busy,im still shagged after al and jordans visit

we're just heading out for a flattie bashin session again noel. makes 3 sessions since we saw you last

nice one dave thankfully we're getting some of our beach and harbour marks back to ourselves as the summer anglers are dissappearing again , but bray still sounds like a busy wee mark . i have your new measure here in the house dave, got you the sakuma one with the national federation of sea anglers recomended retention sizes on it p.m. me your address and i'll get it posted down to you first thing on monday when i drop jordan off to school .
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Thanks for that Al, youre a gent .I've never seen Bray busier, and they were mostly serious about their angling type of guys Fishface still had the brightest light on the pier though
Dave

well done eyes, nice variety in species, and cracking report as usual must head out to bray sometime this week myself, cheers