Donegal/swilly/beach mark 31-10-09

[b]People myself and a friend

[b]Duration 8 am to 3.45pm

[b]Tide down to low and some of the rise

[b]Weather fine to start then some rain

[b]Bait mac/squid/razor/herring

[b]Rigs pulleys

[b]Results bass/doggies/plaice/turbot/gurnard




[b]Report started off at lough swilly and from the first cast it was doggies, then more doggies after an hour of none stop dog fish we upped sticks and moved to another mark closer to the mouth of the lough, it was the same story again doggies on every cast. i could see the bait was quickly starting to disappear, so we decided to head off to a beach on another coast line. an hour later we were on the beach and there was a nice surf rolling in on it got the rods baited up and in the water, one out far with the other close in, was very quiet for an hour or so then we started to get small but definite pull's on our rods, i was first in with a good sized turbot of 1lb 9oz, then the mates rod got a cracker of a pull, and he landed a thumper of a plaice witch hit the scales right on 2 1/2lb. after that we landed a few more turbot and another couple of plaice. had not noticed any touches on the rod out far, so began reeling it in to chance the bait, felt a light tug on the line and ended up landing a nice red gurnard we then got to the stage of "HUNGER" so i started to pack up the gear, the mate got all his sorted out and then said he was going to try a plug for ten minutes until we were ready to go. i got the car all packed up and walked back on to the beach, there he was with his rod bent in two and a bass dancing along the top of the water the scales were packed away so it was a rough guess of its weight, recon it was app; 4 1/2 t0 5lb he unhooked it and it swam off still good and strong. then it was off home for the spud's, really enjoyed the day and cant wait for the next trip out.....this Monday...

Nice sounds like a cracking session, the plaice must have been a belter

Well done Don, a nice move which yielded great results

well done don,thats a cracker of a plaice!and a nice turbot too! good move

some lovely flats there don and the bass must have been the icing on the cake for your mate we were flattie bashing ourselves last night,,,,but all our fish were weighed in ounces instead of pounds what baits did the plaice and turbot take???

some lovely flats there don and the Bass must have been the icing on the cake for your mate we were flattie bashing ourselves last night,,,,but all our fish were weighed in ounces instead of pounds what baits did the plaice and turbot take???

hi al,
every rod out had a cocktail on it, mac/razor/herring tipped off with squid what ever was in the bait bag was put on the hooks and it payed off

WELL DONE LAD , AND NO CRYING ABOUT DOGGIES , UNLIKE MYSELF , NICE SIZED PLAICE HOW`D IT TASTE ????

cheers man, i'll have to get jordan up for a bash at em now he's got the elusive turbot a plaice is next on his hit list

WELL DONE LAD , AND NO CRYING ABOUT DOGGIES , UNLIKE MYSELF , NICE SIZED PLAICE HOW`D IT TASTE ????

i love catching the doggie's but at the end up my arms were hanging off me and when they are on the feed they can fairly put a hole on your bait supply as for the "plaice" the son got back from work at 4.30 this morning, fryed it up and ATE it "git"

cheers man, i'll have to get jordan up for a bash at em now he's got the elusive turbot a plaice is next on his hit list

make sure he brings that BIG FLAPPER with him and i'll bring a black bin bag

WELL DONE LAD , AND NO CRYING ABOUT DOGGIES , UNLIKE MYSELF , NICE SIZED PLAICE HOW`D IT TASTE ????

i love catching the doggie's but at the end up my arms were hanging off me and when they are on the feed they can fairly put a hole on your bait supply as for the "plaice" the son got back from work at 4.30 this morning, fryed it up and ATE it "git"

cheers man, i'll have to get jordan up for a bash at em now he's got the elusive turbot a plaice is next on his hit list

make sure he brings that BIG FLAPPER with him and i'll bring a black bin bag

the bin bag just to carry the longline!

Some great size fish there

Good session Don some good fish and a nice Bass to finish with

good species you got there Don looks like Bass are localized in the North and NW now

Thats good fishing, seems to be some good plaice up that way even near the mouth of Swilly but darned if I can think of your bass beach,(any hints) Well done.

well done sir. cracking session. There is a couple of cracking beaches up that direction.