three countys in two days

People:day 1 fisherking,al,myself,with visitors day 2 al,myself,goldwing,saltydog,and baitdigger

Duration:two days!

Tide:yes

Weather:not bad

Bait:fresh razor,king rag(farmed)lug,mack,

Rigs:all sorts

Results:salmon,bass,codling,poor cod,coalies,whiting,5 beard rockling,flounder.




Report:al came down on monday to meet zeke and fish a sligo mark,we were there by 5pm and meet zeke who unfortuntly could not fish but we had a chat, then got set up,fisherking was already there and had lost a small sea trout,the fishing was non existant for a few hours,but the chat was good as yorkshire man and davyp joined us for a hour,just for the craic!davy and yorkshire man had just left and i started to reel in my salt rod as i thought i had a lump of weed on it,as the weed hit the surfline it started to go ballistic!fish on finally got it beached and i tailed a fine salmon,which weighed in at 5lb 4oz,and yes its a salmon!it had a wrist so i could tail it,and the sissors was level with its eye,and the tail was forked.i was only sorry that davy was gone as he would have helped to verify this,but all agreed it was a salmon.soon after,al had a coalie,and i got a five bearded rockling and a tiny flounder,but i was delighted as i had three new species for the year.we headed back to my place soon after that and preceded to spend the whole night celebrating the salmon three hours later we were back up, slightly hungover, and rather tired,but itching to give the clare mark a go for bass,we got there about five, and saltydog and baitdigger were already set up,we joined them and cast out, but the weed was horrid,rigs kept getting pulled down the beach,and there were some horrible tangles,goldwing had joined us at this stage and on his first cast got a coalie,but conditions were getting worse,we decided to cut our losses and head back to galway for plan b,john said he would have one last cast as we were breaking down our rods,next thing he was hollering and dancing around the beach like a demented child, first bass ever, man,to say he was pleased is an understatement,we then headed back to our galway mark, where we preceded to catch codling, poor cod, whiting,pouting,and coalies,it was a great few days with good craic had by all,but now i think i'll sleep for two days not used to the late nights any more!

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two happy lookin men in them pics!!

Great to see yerself and mike again, and great to meet up with Al and Fisherking, it is always cool to meet up with lads from the site in the real world Cant believe all the fishys were hiding until me an mike left tho , typical !!:-)

amazing fish -Id say ya got a hell of a shocK, wont be many species lists with one of them on it

Pity the conditions for Bass were so poor , but at least Karma made up for the last day and john got his Bass - Congrats on popping yer Bass Cherry John!!

Lookin forward to gettin out again myself

good luck

davy

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a well deserved pat on the back for all of ye , congrats to John for his first ever bass , you'll never forget this one mate, it's like your first kiss , Noel, that's a super salmon, very well done indeed , can fully relate to you feeling knackered at this stage, must have been like running a marathon for guys your age but who am I to say that

It sounds like you all had a great time.
Well done John for catching your first ever bass, I bet you don't forget that day in a hurry!
Well done as well Noel mate , that Salmon is a cracker, you lucky git!!!

Well done on the Salmon - that must have been some surprise.
Also well done to John on his first bass.

o YES thats my cherry poped on the bass your still lucky noel on hooking that salmon. that means new ground for new species no more bass hunting for a time take note noel

great report noel and well done on the salmon, pity about the weed at the bass mark, but nice one on your first bass john hope its the first of many

It was good to meet all you lads. What a shame conditions let us down last night, at least we sent one happy customer home.Come back and see us again when the weed is gone and the bass are in ( I heard anyone could catch them last week, they were so plentiful)

Thats a lovely salmon noel well done congrats to john on his first bass

lads i think thats a seatrout? a fekin big one

lads i think thats a seatrout? a fekin big one

Funny you should say that i though the same

[Al and Jordan]

just in the door from my 4 hour drive home from mayo, that snow and ice around fivemiletown was a bit mad mayo was lovely today, not sure what happened to the weather in the north while i was away . but i had a blast and it was great to meet all the lads in sligo, galway and clare . i was chuffed to bits for doggie and goldwing with the salmon and bass. pure class lads . i'll get back down with jordan when he gets off school for easter and we'll give that clare deep water rock mark a go . who knows what you might get with your lucky charm on board . as ever doggie was the perfect host sorting me out with accomodation, beer and venues. a true gent if ever there was one . and as for a positive ID, doggie's salmon had the distinctive large kype (not shown well in the pic) and the scissors of the jaw do not extend well beyond the left corner of the eye, as they do in sea trout . check out the pic and spot the differences

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Last edited by Al and Jordan on Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:46 pm, edited 2 times in total.

nice fishing there lads,, however that is a cock sea trout its maxillary bone clearly extends beyond the rear edge of the eye, and spots below the lateral line.... cracking fish well done!

well done lads a great couple of days fishing, i will have to get out with ye sometime, not much fun fishing by ones self, not to worry, fishing all the same...... great fish nole,,,,

has to be seatrout...notice all the small spots on the flanks..salmon have much fewer larger spots....a salmon would also be leaner looking....comparing small and large sea-trout is useless...big sea-trout tend to have more enlarged features to immature ones(fins,bottom jaw etc) and look like a different species almost...

oh and btw...congrts on a cracker of a fish!

it looks like a well mended kelt..

maybe its a salmonbass , well done lads thats some fish whatever it is (deffo a seatrout )

hard to tell but id be inclined to say big male trout. if it is a trout its a cracker

Deffo a five bearded rockling Lads great session all the same and cracking fish. Noel what rig and bait did you get the (TBA) on?