Inner Galway Bay 05.03.10

People: vinnycorrigan, corbyeire & myself

Duration: 18:30-23:00ish

Tide: HT @ 20:25

Weather: clear dry no wind

Bait: mackerel, sandeel, squid, razor,

Rigs: pulleys and flappers

Results: Thornback Ray




Report: I'd heard of a spot in the inner bay (about 10mins drive away from where i live) that had produced some good Ray fishing in March 2007 so decided to go and suss it out. I can barely remember last week let alone what the weather was like in 2007 but I very much doubt if it was as extreme as it has been this year. With this in mind I wasn't overly optimistic and had myself geared up for my first blank of the year. We all fished two rods each with me opting for a 3/0 pulley and a 3/0 2/0 pennel pulley the lads fished flappers on the patch of sand about 50 yards in front of us and pulleys out further. Nothing at all was happening no small stuff appearing on the lads flappers. At least the crabs weren't that bad with baits coming back after 20min soaks with some trace of the original bait left on them. The lure of a warm pub fire and creamy pints was getting more enticing with each passing minute. The tide had just turned and I said the scent from our baits should get drawn out into the channel feeding the area and hopefully draw something in (attempted to whistle the theme tune of the Bisto Kid .... i was trying to convince myself if anything ) We were chatting away when myself and Brian noticed a downward pull on one of my rods, and in came a Thornie was delighted to see him. This re-motivated us and we fished on for another couple of hours to no avail. I'll give this mark a good going over in the coming months over HT & LW etc judging by the ground it should produce some nice Huss when it warms up a bit.

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Lovely fish,At least the blank was saved,and the 2nd snap is a beauty ,the water looks almost crystal and that species list is steadily gettin bigger

Nice one ur going to have loads of new marks for me to fish when I am back at christmas time.

well done conor, nice ray

nice one conor.. the second picture is a cracker.. hope sunday is good to ye.. enjoy,,,,

nice one connor,now i have a itch to visit that spot well done mate

Nice Ray Connor

Nice one Connor, and on your doorstep aswell.

Nice one on a nice early ray and on your doorstep some people have all the luck !!

nice thornie connor i'm sure his brothers n' sisters are lurking about out there somewere

nice one man . what bait did he take?

nice one conor, super pics, nice way to save a blank

Lovely fish,At least the blank was saved,and the 2nd snap is a beauty ,the water looks almost crystal and that species list is steadily gettin bigger

Cheers yeah the water in the area is usually gin clear unless there's been a very big blow out at sea.... rumours of Bass in the area too

Nice one ur going to have loads of new marks for me to fish when I am back at christmas time.

Howdy nige good few marks on the list now and several yet to try out.... p.s. your 525 is running very sweet now

well done conor, nice ray

Cheers Chris

nice one conor.. the second picture is a cracker.. hope sunday is good to ye.. enjoy,,,,

Thanks Alan another mark for the Bay now not so bad

nice one connor,now i have a itch to visit that spot well done mate

The doors always open Zeke your more than welcome anytime

Nice Ray Connor

Cheers Brian will have to get up your way soon enough

Nice one Connor, and on your doorstep aswell.

Cheers Neil have you done your stint this side yet?

Nice one on a nice early ray and on your doorstep some people have all the luck !!

Thanks was happy to see one so far in the Bay after the cold weather hopefully a sign of things to come

nice thornie connor i'm sure his brothers n' sisters are lurking about out there somewere

Cheers Don can't wait for it to start warming up a bit the fun and games can begin in earnest then

nice one man . what bait did he take?

Thanks Al got it on whole sandeel with squid on the 3/0 pulley at distance

nice one conor, super pics, nice way to save a blank

Cheers it was a close call the pub was calling big time

On the Doorstep Can't ask for more than That. Hopefully it will produce the goods for you over the coming months.

Kev

Excellent Connor, well done. Great pics and report as always