bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:11 am

PEOPLE me ringo ashley
weather crap
BAIT lug crab mack
TIMES 12 to 4 pm then 6.30 to 10 pm

driving down the road from w/bridge we were greeted by white horses and dirty brown water
not a good start :roll: anyway we set up the rods baited up and droped them out into the chanel
suprise suprise ten min later ringo after getting a few knocks brings in a nice double 8) we all had fish in the
next few minutes ,this lasted till about 1 oclock went a bit quiet till 2 then there was a flurry of fish doubles and trebles , all the flounders were caught on lug not 1 on crab . One of the trebles had fish of 450 380 and 350 cm 8) 8) all in great condition that lasted till 3.30 lost count of number of flounders caught guessing maybe 25 to 30
With the conditions we had it was a great result and looking forward to getting back down when we get some settled weather

After hitting the chipper we were good to go again so myself and ringo hit c/town
arrived 6.30 there was a gale blowing luckily from s/w we just used 1 stand between us we didn't have long to wait
i was using a 2 hook flapper with 3/0 and ringo 3 hook flapper with size 1s
From the off we had doubles and trebles all night :lol: :lol: we had 7 spieces dogs ,whiting dabs ,r/ling,lemon sole
codling and flounders :P :P we stuck it out as long as we could but the wind and rain got the better of us :evil: :evil: But we went home happy campers

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:58 am

nice fishing ger. where the hell is coutown :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:51 am

Well done lads some good fishing there and great to see the lemon sole, by the way there some flounders, 450, 380 and 350cm a four and a half meter flounder :shock: Think your getting confused between millimeters and centemeters there gerry but joking aside there good size flounders.

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:47 am

mitch wrote:PEOPLE me ringo ashley
weather crap
BAIT lug crab mack
TIMES 12 to 4 pm then 6.30 to 10 pm

driving down the road from w/bridge we were greeted by white horses and dirty brown water
not a good start :roll: anyway we set up the rods baited up and droped them out into the chanel
suprise suprise ten min later ringo after getting a few knocks brings in a nice double 8) we all had fish in the
next few minutes ,this lasted till about 1 oclock went a bit quiet till 2 then there was a flurry of fish doubles and trebles , all the flounders were caught on lug not 1 on crab . One of the trebles had fish of 450 380 and 350 cm 8) 8) all in great condition that lasted till 3.30 lost count of number of flounders caught guessing maybe 25 to 30
With the conditions we had it was a great result and looking forward to getting back down when we get some settled weather

After hitting the chipper we were good to go again so myself and ringo hit c/town
arrived 6.30 there was a gale blowing luckily from s/w we just used 1 stand between us we didn't have long to wait
i was using a 2 hook flapper with 3/0 and ringo 3 hook flapper with size 1s
From the off we had doubles and trebles all night :lol: :lol: we had 7 spieces dogs ,whiting dabs ,r/ling,lemon sole
codling and flounders :P :P we stuck it out as long as we could but the wind and rain got the better of us :evil: :evil: But we went home happy campers


Well done Ger, thats great fishing in any conditions, let alone gale force winds :lol: :lol: Nice flounders and a nice variety in Courtown :wink:

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:18 am

brilliant session, well done

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:27 am

big well done lads 8)

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:40 pm

fishface wrote:nice fishing ger. where the hell is coutown :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:



cheers neil the auld spelling not the best :roll: it was a hard day

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:46 pm

Well done Gerry, that was a fine haul of flounder.

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:01 pm

Well done lads was fishing an area nearby wellington bridge recently also and had over ten flounder three of which were specimen, all on fresh peeler, i found they wouldn't touch the lug.

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:56 pm

zeke wrote:big well done lads 8)[/quote
Thanks zeke it was a great day :lol:



chrisfeeney30 wrote:brilliant session, well done

It was some day well worth the trip down cheers Chris



eyesreilly wrote:
mitch wrote:PEOPLE me ringo ashley
weather crap
BAIT lug crab mack
TIMES 12 to 4 pm then 6.30 to 10 pm

driving down the road from w/bridge we were greeted by white horses and dirty brown water
not a good start :roll: anyway we set up the rods baited up and droped them out into the chanel
suprise suprise ten min later ringo after getting a few knocks brings in a nice double 8) we all had fish in the
next few minutes ,this lasted till about 1 oclock went a bit quiet till 2 then there was a flurry of fish doubles and trebles , all the flounders were caught on lug not 1 on crab . One of the trebles had fish of 450 380 and 350 cm 8) 8) all in great condition that lasted till 3.30 lost count of number of flounders caught guessing maybe 25 to 30
With the conditions we had it was a great result and looking forward to getting back down when we get some settled weather

After hitting the chipper we were good to go again so myself and ringo hit c/town
arrived 6.30 there was a gale blowing luckily from s/w we just used 1 stand between us we didn't have long to wait
i was using a 2 hook flapper with 3/0 and ringo 3 hook flapper with size 1s
From the off we had doubles and trebles all night :lol: :lol: we had 7 spieces dogs ,whiting dabs ,r/ling,lemon sole
codling and flounders :P :P we stuck it out as long as we could but the wind and rain got the better of us :evil: :evil: But we went home happy campers


Well done Ger, thats great fishing in any conditions, let alone gale force winds :lol: :lol: Nice flounders and a nice variety in Courtown :wink:


Thanks Dave it was hard going but worth every minute of it :P :P you know what they say no pain no gain :wink: :wink:




bigsod wrote:Well done lads some good fishing there and great to see the lemon sole, by the way there some
flounders, 450, 380 and 350cm a four and a half meter flounder :shock: Think your getting confused between millimeters and centemeters there gerry but joking aside there good size flounders.


hi SOD it was a great day from start to finish :lol: :lol: i was suprised with the sole it was the first i have seen
in years from the shore




RockHunter wrote:Well done Gerry, that was a fine haul of flounder.


Thanks Frank it was one of the best sessions we have had since the smoothies left us




cormology wrote:Well done lads was fishing an area nearby wellington bridge recently also and had over ten flounder three of which were specimen, all on fresh peeler, i found they wouldn't touch the lug.



thanks bud its amazing i fished 4 different places around the area and every time lug outfished the crab we have
had 2 speciems and i was using fresh crab each time ,i suppose the main thing is we catch a few flounder :P :P
that was a great spot of fishing yourself well done 8) 8)

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:35 pm

Thats treble shot of flounder Mitch 8)

Great to see a rarity like sole caught aswell.

Fairplay for braving the elements, its not been nice out doors for sometime now, and doesnt look like its gonna get better anytime soon :(

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:27 pm

well done lads great session....

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:38 pm

Great session lads plenty of action 8)

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:18 pm

FisherKing wrote:Great session lads plenty of action 8)


Thanks fisherking i am knackered today but a happy man :lol: :lol:

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:21 pm

big bryan wrote:well done lads great session....


Cheers Bryan it was pure magic

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:37 pm

shamoo0804 wrote:Thats treble shot of flounder Mitch 8)

Great to see a rarity like sole caught aswell.

Fairplay for braving the elements, its not been nice out doors for sometime now, and doesnt look like its gonna get
better anytime soon :(




Thanks shamoo the sole was a suprise :D I think its going to be a weekend for making traces and sorting out
the tackle boxes and i might bring the other half out for a meal or a few jars :roll: :roll: build up the brownie points
so it wont be a total waste of a weekend :lol: :lol:

Re: bannow and coutown

Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:47 pm

Well done lads ,especially in those weather conditions and its only the start of the ROUGH stuff .Nice flounder keep up the good work :wink:

Re: bannow and coutown

Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:03 am

clownfish wrote:Well done lads ,especially in those weather conditions and its only the start of the ROUGH
stuff .Nice flounder keep up the good work :wink:




Thanks clownfish we will be back down hopefully, and with so nice calm weather :? :wink: :wink:
There seems to be plenty of flounders around


LIFE IS FOR FISHING

Re: bannow and coutown

Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:43 pm

some cracking fishing there ger :D :D if only our mark last night was as good to us all :( :( . it was good to meet you man and get a session in. we left shortly after yourself and headed to bray. eyes will put up a report with all the pics later :wink:

Re: bannow and coutown

Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:31 pm

Al and Jordan wrote:some cracking fishing there ger :D :D if only our mark last night was as good to us all :( :( . it was good to meet you man and get a session in. we left shortly after yourself and headed to bray. eyes will put up a report with all the pics later :wink:




Cheers AL great meet yourself its always great to put a face to a name :D it was a
cracking days fishing 8) 8) were heading back down real soon
Hopefully next time your down the weather well be a little kinder to us :roll: