codling at last!

People:me and goldwing

Duration:7.30 pm-11pm

Tide:high 8.45pm

Weather:nice and mild sw wind

Bait:lug mack blueies

Rigs:2 hook flappers,three hook boom rigs

Results:got a phone call "were going fishing"says he,"sound"says I, and in fifteen minutes we were on the N17. By half seven i was casting my new rig, that i had made three hours earlier,the cast went wrong and i ended up in the rocks that i was trying to miss!one rig gone then as i was rigging up for the second time john got the first fish,and the bloody slagging started thats the third time this year!we were soon catching a mixture of small whiting and resonable size coalies,then i got a double hit of pout,but then john got a shore rockling,a new species for him and he took the lead for the first time this year!first fish AND ahead of me in the species count!not good!then he got a pout, another new species and i knew that the gloves had to come off!!so i dropped a rig over the wall and soon got a bite,then a GOOD bite,hit it, and landed a codling! i was after a rockling!!so i was on the hunt now,out went the rigs searching for a poor cod,and lo and behold ten minutes later i got a double shot,species count level Iwas just begining to feel smug when john got a good bite,and landed the biggest fish of the night, a nice pollock.we then got a few nice pollock up to 2lb,but by half ten the bites slowed down,kevins pet stork had joined us and we fed it a few small whiting,never seen a bird that tame!did not think they flew at night either.by eleven the bites had dried up altogther so we packed it in. eight species so far this year for both of us and sundays meet to come with new species to be targeted,been a good month this!! will post pics later

Well done Noel, sounds like you had fun

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nice one dogie good fun

Good session, well done on the new species.
I am sure the stork appreciated the whiting - it will probably be pestering the next anglers that show up there now

Nice one Noel

nice one noel now you just got to get that bass

nice one noel!

well done noel 8 species already me thinks you could be there or there abouts come december

nice one Noel that species count is adding up nicely

good stuff there lads, nice one, fair play for looking after Bertie too

Well done Noel, sounds like you had fun

cheers paula,its always funny fishing with "poppa smuph"

nice one dogie good fun

Nice one Noel

nice one noel!

cheers lads.

Good session, well done on the new species.
I am sure the stork appreciated the whiting - it will probably be pestering the next anglers that show up there now

he was pestering us!! its amazing how tame he is,kiven of the maigheen mara fame feeds him all summer.

nice one noel now you just got to get that Bass

ah now! ya had to go and ruin my night,diddcha!!

well done noel 8 species already me thinks you could be there or there abouts come december

nice one Noel that species count is adding up nicely

ah ya, but ya know we will start catching the same species, and things will slow down,its still fun tho

good stuff there lads, nice one, fair play for looking after Bertie too

so thats what they call him! feathered rat would be a better name!

wel done on the new species

i do hope that stork was a HERON

did i write stork.....oops

nice one on the codling tired a few hrs at at a 'bass' mark in sligo - 3 wee coalies beween me an bredan, and a million bites without hook ups from their eev smaller mates great night for it, and positvly balmy compared to the last night out >

good stuff there lads, nice one, fair play for looking after Bertie too

so thats what they call him! feathered rat would be a better name!

nah Noel, you would be hard pressed finding a better matching name for greedy, selfish and deceiving animals as t'is HERONS I'm talking about

Nice one keep them coming on the hunt for a Cod myself

nice one noel busy wee session and you got that elusive codling. well done man. when i read "stork" i was beginning to wonder if he left you's a wee bundle at the bottom of the garden in exchange for the fish