Bray harbour, east pier 26-3-10

People: Just myself

Duration: 15:00 - 19:30

Tide:

Weather: Pretty good, nice and warm but turned dodgy towards the end

Bait: Lug and Mackeral

Rigs: 3 hook flapper

Results: 1 Good sized Flounder (i think!!), 6 Pollack, 4 codling, 1 decent sized cod, coalies, and a double sea scorpion!!! and about 15 crabs!!





Report: Well, here goes my 1st ever report!! Hadnt been sea fishing in a few weeks so decided to get out and wet the lines for a few hours. Was a toss up between going to dalkey or going to greystones, couldnt decide so split it down the middle and went to bray!! Had only fished here once before so hadnt a clue what to expect, so picked up some mackeral off boycie and got some lug in Viking. Got there and decided to just use the spinning rod and fish just a few feet out. Payed off straight away with the first fish a pretty good sized Flounder (i think it was a flounder anyway!!) , then the crabs took over and i must have had at least 15 - 16 of the feckers. Moved up onto the top wall then and lobbed the bait a few feet out again, and for the next while was kept pretty busy with the small pollacks and coalies and codlings and 1 pretty decent looking cod. The weather started to turn then so i started to pack up, and when i went to pull the rod in it started to bite a bit. And when i got it in, to my suprise, there was 2 sea scorpions on it . I have never caught one of these little beauties before so wasnt actually sure what it was to be honest. Rang up the boycie fella and sent him a picture of it, to be told it was 2 sea scorpions. So a first for me and it was a double, so was pretty chuffed with myself on that 1. When i took the hook out of the larger one's mouth (it was 1 large one and a baby one), a small half eaten one was in its mouth. Think i'll just call it a treble!!!

So all in all, was probably my best days fishing so far, so roll on summer!!!

nice one man... a picture or two would have been good ,, great report.....

great first report man and even better fishing sounds like you were kept well busy. if only all sessions could be like that well done man

Cheers guys, im tryin to get the pictures off my phone and onto the comp, cant find the cable for it. Will have some up soon though.

That's a nice mix you got there

Well done Congo, decent session there, the scorpion fish are great, the way they grunt at you ,,,,,,i've never fished off that side, so i must pay it a visit sometime.Must have been nice on the spinning rod,,,,you did very well during daylight

Cheers guys
I'm just back from there again. Same set-up, but not great results. 2 pollack, and another pesky load of crabs.........and that was that!! Got dark and the fish stopped biting, was wierd! Suppose i deserved it for chancing my arm going there again!!

Well done Congo, decent session there, the scorpion fish are great, the way they grunt at you ,,,,,,i've never fished off that side, so i must pay it a visit sometime.Must have been nice on the spinning rod,,,,you did very well during daylight

Cheers reilly. Yea, they are a great lookin little fish. Was a bit freaked out when i heard the little grunts 1st, didnt know what the hell it was!!
And i always lob the spinning rod out too whenever im on a pier or rock mark, its a bit better craic than a big beachcaster or a boat rod. Tis just handy

Finally got the pix sorted!!!

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nice job congo ,used to fish that pier myself before i moved to crappytown ,found the bend to be the best spot ,very rough ground but can be very good with surprising rewards. dont suppose you got a pic of the good sized cod . think i might give it a go tonight if the rain holds off. anybody looking to move to bettystown living around bray, we could swap houses

nice fishing and good pics. good to see some one is catching them .

great stuff congo nice first report
it looks like you might have a long and short spined sea scorpion double, im sure there will be a mini species expert along soon

well done nice few fish good session fair play