sand blasted on the beach

[doggie3131]

People:me and goldwing

Duration:7am-1pm

Tide:high 12am

Weather:gale force sw winds

Bait:rag,lug,razor mack

Rigs:two hook/three hook flapper

Report:we were supposed to go out on sat night but the mother of all fogs stopped us, so it meant an early start sun morning,god but i hate 5am wake ups we got to the beach to be greeted by the mother of all off shore winds that helped to walk down to the tideline,as we were looking for flounder and turbot none of the casts were far out,nothing much happened for the first few hours,but then i got a rattle and a small flounder of 27cm came in,quick pic and back it went,soon after john got his first flounder of the year,a nice one of 32cm,one for the pan! but that was that,no more fish,the wind was so strong that it kept trying to send us swimming! we decided to pack it in after we had emptied about a lb of sand outa our bags.twice!

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Last edited by doggie3131 on Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Duration:7am-1am

Even you're not that dedicated, surely? Even being out there from 7am to 1pm in those conditions must've been like serving time in a Siberian gulag. Well done on the few fish, better days are not far off

"one for the pan.."


jealous

davy

Duration:7am-1am

Even you're not that dedicated, surely? Even being out there from 7am to 1pm in those conditions must've been like serving time in a Siberian gulag. Well done on the few fish, better days are not far off

oh crap,time for an edit!!

Nice one Noel, well done for sticking it out mate.
It sounds like the wind and sand was a nightmare

[FisherKing]

Tough going lads but bat least ye got a couple for your trouble.. Did it taste nice

Last edited by FisherKing on Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Tough going lads but bat least ye got a couple for your trouble.? Did it taste nice

don't know,if i only get one, the bloody mother wolfs it down!!

We were only getting home at 4.30am from Westport town! A wind swept beach is no place for sore heads!

We were only getting home at 4.30am from Westport town! A wind swept beach is no place for sore heads!

it was no place to be with a good head!!

Well done for getting out, I had to go to the pub and watch the rugby so i couldnt get out at all over the weekend.

aah noel you for got your survival suit and you had no coffee with you plonker. least we did not blank and i did have to come home see to the animals the wife is back so long fishing hours to come

nice flounder john and at least you did'nt blank noel all of our beach marks are totally dead during daylight at the moment. i don't even bother heading out now until after 4pm roll on the summer when we can target the wrasse during the day again