keel achill

People:me,goldwing,jason, and frosty the dog!

Duration:2pm -8pm

Tide:high 7.11pm

Weather:stormy sw wind but no rain.

Bait:lug,mack,blueies,squid

Rigs:all types

Results:went to keel beach in achill on the hunt for codling,got there and there was a storm blowing stright into our faces,we set up as there was a great surf,but that surf f****d things up, as we could not get the grippers to grip! also there was a huge ammount of weed!after a few hours with not a sign of a fish we switched to plan b,and went to a local pier to see could we up the species count,we cast out and it was a fish a cast after that, mostly coalies,but with the odd small pollock thrown in, and john got a three bearded rockling as well. He also got the biggest coalie,43cm,most of the others were between 26 and 32cm,gave up when the waves started coming over the wall,anyway it was time for coffee! so one new species for me.two for john and two for jason.anybody know a way to stop the bloody dog eating our bait?? sorry,no pics, i forgot to take any




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Hard luck Noel, we had the same issue on Sunday, our grips were just being ripped up and dragged to the right which meant a lot of tangling well done on the new speices off the pier....

Regards

Seamus

Well done on your new species noel

hard luck on the beach but at least ye got a few fish off the peir!

best way of stopping the dog is a bucket with a lid if that fails everytime he goes near the bait throw him in to the water
he will soon learn to associate the bait with a soaking

Hard luck Noel, we had the same issue on Sunday, our grips were just being ripped up and dragged to the right which meant a lot of tangling well done on the new speices off the pier....
Regards
Seamus

it was so bloody annoying,but the pier made up for it always have a back up plan!

hard luck on the beach but at least ye got a few fish off the peir!

Well done on your new species noel

cheers lads

best way of stopping the dog is a bucket with a lid if that fails everytime he goes near the bait throw him in to the water
he will soon learn to associate the bait with a soaking

ha ha ha ha,i was thinking of mackerel marinaded in the hottest chilli sauce i could find,but it could be a long walk home if i do anything to johns dog!!

Below is my new solution to grippers being lifted, let you know next week how i get on

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Below is my new solution to grippers being lifted, let you know next week how i get on

that 4" soap bar looks the biz!

anybody know a way to stop the bloody dog eating our bait??

Once when I was fishing a beach near Ardmore in Waterford, a holidaymaker's yappy terrier ran into the water and grabbed the bait+hook as I was hauling in. I'd say that cured its graw for fish all right. Still wondering if I can claim it as a species....?

Well done Noel and everyone else on the new species you's caught
It's so annoying when you can't get your gripper to grip, been there, done that, pulled the hair out, went home!

anybody know a way to stop the bloody dog eating our bait??

Once when I was fishing a beach near Ardmore in Waterford, a holidaymaker's yappy terrier ran into the water and grabbed the bait+hook as I was hauling in. I'd say that cured its graw for fish all right. Still wondering if I can claim it as a species....?

doggie???

Well done Noel and everyone else on the new species you's caught
It's so annoying when you can't get your gripper to grip, been there, done that, pulled the hair out, went home!

pulled whose hair out?

Forgot about the dog eating the bait, but i am sure that the above mentioned blocks could do the trick

there was a great surf,but that surf f****d things up, as we could not get the grippers to grip!

I had the same think on Saturday - superb surf, thought there might be a chance of a cod, but within minutes the line was being dragged down the beach and collecting weed along the way

pulled whose hair out?

My own!

there was a great surf,but that surf f****d things up, as we could not get the grippers to grip!

I had the same think on Saturday - superb surf, thought there might be a chance of a cod, but within minutes the line was being dragged down the beach and collecting weed along the way

same thing here, but to top it off there were buckets,string,rope and all sorts of plastic coming in on the surf,upside was i got a fine five gallon bucket with a fine stout rope handle out of it!

pulled whose hair out?

My own!

thought it might have been k2's

Fairplay for getting out in that weather!Its a pain when the weed/current drags your line down the beach. When this is happening I usually try wrapping an elastic band around the weight itself a few times, then intertwine it around the grips, just above the locking beads. Have found that the rig holds position or at least slows the movement down. It can make retrieval a bit harder though.

thought it might have been k2's

No, he hasn't got much there to pull out! Don't tell him I said that!

Tough fishing conditions lads, but at least ye got a few new species from the pier

Tough fishing conditions lads, but at least ye got a few new species from the pier

cheers man,see you got your seatrout.

[quote="doggie3131 ]:D that 4" soap bar looks the biz! [/quote]

great minds think alike noel was that the same wee pier we were at,,, your failsafe blank saving mark