Greystones Rocks 27-03-10

[eyesreilly]

People:me

Duration:6pm-10-30pm

Tide:high at 9-30pm approx

Weather:flat calm, dry, mild

Bait:lug mack squid

Rigs:2 and 3 hook flappers

Results:1 x flounder, 2 x short spined scorpions, 3 x coalies, 2 x 5 beard rockling, 1 x codling.




Report:With my son borrowing my car for the w/end, I had to scupper plans to go a bit further south along the East Coast .I managed to get a lift as far as Greystones with a promise to be collected in a few hours so I set up hopeful of a few fish. Big Mick had been in Bray Harbour the night before , getting 9 fish including a few decent flounder,,,,,,,so with this in mind and after reading Rogers report earlier I was confident of a few fish. My last trip to Greystones had been to the North beach on a falling tide and I had just about avoided the blank but with a rising tide I was expecting better. I had 2 rods out , 1 at about 100 yds and the other at my feet at the base of the rocks. First up was a short spined sea scorpion from under my feet and this was followed by a double of a codling and a flounder at distance.3 fish already and it was still bright, happy days .Then some stringy weed made an appearance and I had a few dissappointments when I reeled in weed instead of fish, good fight though .I was sorry I had checked the computer before I left 'cos I kept thinking about all those baby bass on a strand in Wicklow .I tried mack at distance for Doggies seeing as theyve made an appearance in Bray but no joy ,,,,,,,,,,,in truth I had to winkle out some more fish in close with fresh lug on a small hook catching me some rockling and coalies. The coalies just seemed to go for the lug just after it hit the water and you have to be careful here or youll lose your tackle. The rockling will snag you under rocks,but luckily I was able to give them line and walk around to pull from another angle and tug them out of their hidey holes.I finished off with 9 fish,,,,,,,,all small, pleasant enough night to be out and not a rat in sight

Last edited by eyesreilly on Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.

some nice fish there dave.love the photo of the scorpion..

well done nice report, love the pic of the moon.

nice fishing Dave, its good to see reports of fish been got, for its still very quiet up this neck of the woods, but with the water temp; starting to rise, things should start happening fairly soon, i hope
ps love your pic' of the wee scorpion fish......class mate

Lokks like a nice night to be fishing. Like the other lads have said cracking picture of the Scorpian

nice result and cracking pics dave loving the recession busting tackle saving ideas

nice work eyes,thank god my daughter can,t drive yet or i might end up in the same situation as you, then again the way my van smells ove stale bait i dont get many folks wanting to borrow it i think the wife took it once in 5 years she says the steering wheel even has a fishy wiff wont be long till your bass hole off the rocks fills up

Nice one Dave mate, a great read as always.
I love your photographs, espicailly the one of the moon and sea scorpian.

nice pictures dave - good work as always

some nice fish there dave.love the photo of the scorpion..

Thanks,Dimitrios ,thats me good camera that I cant use,spot the dirty lens in the rest of the pics

well done nice report, love the pic of the moon.

Didnt turn out half bad,The lens makes a noise when it operates which i think helps keep the rats at bay

nice fishing Dave, its good to see reports of fish been got, for its still very quiet up this neck of the woods, but with the water temp; starting to rise, things should start happening fairly soon, i hope
ps love your pic' of the wee scorpion fish......class mate

We're going back in time towards Xmas Don,snow and sleet again , i think its something to do with those scientists in Switzerland splitting the atom or whatever theyre doing

Lokks like a nice night to be fishing. Like the other lads have said cracking picture of the Scorpian

Thanks, that guy, like so many before him, wasnt even hooked and kindly just dropped off the rig into the photoshoot

nice result and cracking pics dave loving the recession busting tackle saving ideas

Needs must Al and all that

nice work eyes,thank god my daughter can,t drive yet or i might end up in the same situation as you, then again the way my van smells ove stale bait i dont get many folks wanting to borrow it i think the wife took it once in 5 years she says the steering wheel even has a fishy wiff wont be long till your Bass hole off the rocks fills up

I think theyre immune to the fish smell at this stage Roger,I think my next vehicle will be a small van i can just leave the gear in all the time.I'm also looking forward to my basshole filling up

Nice one Dave mate, a great read as always.
I love your photographs, espicailly the one of the moon and sea scorpian.

Thanks Kerry ,i'm also looking forward to your bass reports from you know where

nice pictures dave - good work as always

Cheers Brian