West Clare 09.04.10 Inner Galway Bay 12.04.10
Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:27 am
People: vinnycorrigan & myself on the 9th myself on the 12th
Duration: 20:30-00:30 on the 9th 18:30-22:30 on the 12th
Tide: LT @ 21:20 1.9m on the 9th LW @ 23:01 1.1m on the 12th
Weather: Clear dry wind from the S F3/4 on the 9th NE F2 on the 12th
Bait: mackerel, bluey, sandeel, razor, squid & lug
Rigs: flappers, clipped, flyers animal gear
Results: dogs, pouting, shore rockling, poor cod, long spined sea scorpion, thornback ray
Report: Session on the 9th: Picked up Vinny after work and headed south to suss out a mark neither of us had fished before after some scouting around confusion and getting butterflies in the stomach due to the height of some of the cliffs
we settled on a stretch that put the wind at our backs as the mark opposite was getting hit with random breakers. Seeing as we were going to be fishing into darkness on a new mark we erred on caution. We got set up and Vinny was already fishing when i went to tighten the line on my 525 with a little flick out..... crack 
we'll try that again tied on a new leader and got fishing.... i'd brought the drop net in the hope of a decent conger so after banging a few out on a pulley with big fish baits in the hope of Huss Spurs or Ray i flicked a conger bait over the side gave it a good soak reeled in to find it picked by crabs... tried a 1up 1 down lobbed out with smaller baits. Vinny meanwhile was off the mark with a nice pouting followed with a long spined sea scorpion. We both got snagged up and had to pull for a break. Vinny then got a couple of poor cod still no fishy for me finally got off the mark with the small baits lobbed out and a shore rockling came in with that i went back to trying for Congers. Vinny the jammey git managed to reel in his lost gear with a nice sea scorpion attached big fat head on him croaking away at us 
no conger for me in the end and i was just saying to Vinny it'd be nice to see a dog when he got a doggie rattle and in came doggie we packed up and headed for home. It was worth it to see this mark at first hand and we'll be back soon enough to fish a different stretch of it.
Session on the 12th: With the evening that was in it today i said i'd try the Inner Bay fished it from from about an hour after HT to 30 mins or so before LW managed 4 dogs and a tea bag thorny nice having a mark on your doorstep i think i'll be fishing here a lot after work over the coming months.
Vinny has some pics....
Duration: 20:30-00:30 on the 9th 18:30-22:30 on the 12th
Tide: LT @ 21:20 1.9m on the 9th LW @ 23:01 1.1m on the 12th
Weather: Clear dry wind from the S F3/4 on the 9th NE F2 on the 12th
Bait: mackerel, bluey, sandeel, razor, squid & lug
Rigs: flappers, clipped, flyers animal gear
Results: dogs, pouting, shore rockling, poor cod, long spined sea scorpion, thornback ray
Report: Session on the 9th: Picked up Vinny after work and headed south to suss out a mark neither of us had fished before after some scouting around confusion and getting butterflies in the stomach due to the height of some of the cliffs
we settled on a stretch that put the wind at our backs as the mark opposite was getting hit with random breakers. Seeing as we were going to be fishing into darkness on a new mark we erred on caution. We got set up and Vinny was already fishing when i went to tighten the line on my 525 with a little flick out..... crack we'll try that again tied on a new leader and got fishing.... i'd brought the drop net in the hope of a decent conger so after banging a few out on a pulley with big fish baits in the hope of Huss Spurs or Ray i flicked a conger bait over the side gave it a good soak reeled in to find it picked by crabs... tried a 1up 1 down lobbed out with smaller baits. Vinny meanwhile was off the mark with a nice pouting followed with a long spined sea scorpion. We both got snagged up and had to pull for a break. Vinny then got a couple of poor cod still no fishy for me finally got off the mark with the small baits lobbed out and a shore rockling came in with that i went back to trying for Congers. Vinny the jammey git managed to reel in his lost gear with a nice sea scorpion attached big fat head on him croaking away at us no conger for me in the end and i was just saying to Vinny it'd be nice to see a dog when he got a doggie rattle and in came doggie we packed up and headed for home. It was worth it to see this mark at first hand and we'll be back soon enough to fish a different stretch of it.Session on the 12th: With the evening that was in it today i said i'd try the Inner Bay fished it from from about an hour after HT to 30 mins or so before LW managed 4 dogs and a tea bag thorny nice having a mark on your doorstep i think i'll be fishing here a lot after work over the coming months.
Vinny has some pics....
Re: West Clare 09.04.10 Inner Galway Bay 12.04.10
Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:10 am
nice conor.. new marks are always worth a shot.. no blank all the same.....
Re: West Clare 09.04.10 Inner Galway Bay 12.04.10
Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:07 am
glad the local spot is producing for you - must go in and join you for a blank some evening!
youve some nerve calling vinny a jammy git - the amount of times he has watched you pull the rabbit from the hat is galling
good man for getting out
i should have been shot for not heading out over that last weekend
youve some nerve calling vinny a jammy git - the amount of times he has watched you pull the rabbit from the hat is galling
good man for getting out
i should have been shot for not heading out over that last weekend
Re: West Clare 09.04.10 Inner Galway Bay 12.04.10
Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:09 am
fair play conor. we've been trying some of our summer marks out this way, but unfortunately no joy as yet. just gotta keep at it 
Re: West Clare 09.04.10 Inner Galway Bay 12.04.10
Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:56 am
Nice few species,well done 
have been checking out some new marks myself that look like they might hold some Thornback Ray will be giving them a few casts in the next few weeks 
have been checking out some new marks myself that look like they might hold some Thornback Ray will be giving them a few casts in the next few weeks
Re: West Clare 09.04.10 Inner Galway Bay 12.04.10
Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:49 pm
Cheers lads heading out after work for a 1st lure session of the year.... coming up on the new moon might be worth it but i don't have too high an expectation bit early me thinks but if you dont try and all that 
Feel free was sitting at home cleaning reels and just grabbed two that weren't in the sink it'd be a crime not to go with the evenings were having and sure it's only aroung the corner really.... Some depth there when the tide drops i'd say a 30 yard castover HT would have you in over 20ft of water it'll definately hold Huss later in the year.... be intereting to see if Tope come in there to pup in a few weeks time!!
but if you dont try and all that corbyeire wrote:glad the local spot is producing for you - must go in and join you for a blank some evening!
youve some nerve calling vinny a jammy git - the amount of times he has watched you pull the rabbit from the hat is galling
good man for getting out
i should have been shot for not heading out over that last weekend
Feel free was sitting at home cleaning reels and just grabbed two that weren't in the sink
it'd be a crime not to go with the evenings were having and sure it's only aroung the corner really.... Some depth there when the tide drops i'd say a 30 yard castover HT would have you in over 20ft of water it'll definately hold Huss later in the year.... be intereting to see if Tope come in there to pup in a few weeks time!!