Wicklow beach, 25-04-10

[eyesreilly]

People:me and Fishface

Duration:7-11pm

Tide:rising

Weather:mild,mostly nice, some heavy showers

Bait:rag,mack,squid,crab

Rigs:flappers, pulley rigs

Results:me,,,,,,,,,,,4 fish,,,,,,,,,,,2x bass,1 x codling and 1 x whiting

Fishface,,,,,,,,,,I couldnt remember as I had succeeded in successfully blocking it out of my mind but he sent me this reminder,"just a little reminder 3 Bass, 4 flounder, 4 dabs, 1 coalie, 1 codling,"




Report:We arrived at the beach at 7pm,no one else there surprisingly . We decided to set up the shelters as there were some very black clouds above us and this turned out to be a good move. We were both fishing 2 rods each with 2 and 3 hook flappers. Neil also tried the pulley rig at distance .It was a very mild night as later on we agreed that we could pack the floatie suits away till next winter,,,,,,,,,,I was steaming like a carthorse when I arrived back at the car later it was so mild.
Neil was first off the mark with a couple of daylight fish,codling and flounder ,and he was soon pulling way ahead of me(again ). He had been showing off his rods and reels again to a passerby and the guy had told me as he was looking at my newly aquired mid range stuff that many a good fish was caught on cheap gear,,,,,,,,,that made me feel really good .I was still confident at that early stage that I would catch up,,,,,,,but sadly for me it was not to be as he pulled in a steady stream of dabs,flounder ,codling and even a coalie . Then to add insult to injury, he calls me over to show me a small bass .I plugged away and finally broke my duck with a nice wee codling,,halleliujah .This was followed by a small bass of my own and this bass made my trip worthwhile.Quick pic and back he went to be followed by a whiting and then later on another slightly bigger (small )bass. I'm not calling them schoolies,as far as i'm concerned a bass is a bass is a bass .
Fishface caught another bass and i started to pack my gear away while it was 2 bass each but of course you know where this is going and youre right ,,,,,,,,,,,he landed another just as we finished up .I'm glad for him ,really i am,,,,,,,,,,,,if I keep saying it to myself i might believe it. Anyways a good Sunday evenings fishing borne out by the fact that we had no bait leftover,,,besides at least i caught the biggest bass

ps,,,,,,,,forgot to mention that plain rag worked better than rag tipped off with mack or squid

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Last edited by eyesreilly on Mon Apr 26, 2010 12:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.

well done guys,i don't mind the size of it as long it's a bass .good fishing too.

nice session there Dave/Neil same thinking as myself Dave, a bass is a bass no mater what size it is well done guy's

Nice wee Bass try & point them in the Sligo direction when ya letting them go

Well done Dave on catching a couple of bass, I'm well pleased for you. Excellent stuff mate

nice to catch a few and not freeze your a**e off.good going

Nice few bass boys well done.

Well done you pair. A nice session, the usual banter and fish to boot, well done.

well done sir......

Nice fishing,well done

Nice fishing,well done

Thanks Demetrios

well done sir......

Thanks mate

Well done you pair. A nice session, the usual banter and fish to boot, well done.

Cheers Ivan ,,,,nice to get the schoolies,i mean bass

Nice few Bass boys well done.

Thanks Tom

nice to catch a few and not freeze your a**e off.good going

Lovely mild night Matt

Well done Dave on catching a couple of Bass, I'm well pleased for you. Excellent stuff mate

Thanks Paula,,,,,,,sure they were only tiddlers really,,but they still pack a punch compared to what else is out there.No pup smuts there that night,Neil had one last week

Nice wee Bass try & point them in the Sligo direction when ya letting them go

Wouldnt mind some of those Sligo pollock

nice session there Dave/Neil same thinking as myself Dave, a Bass is a Bass no mater what size it is well done guy's

Cheers Don hopefully theres some bigger ones on the way

well done guys,i don't mind the size of it as long it's a Bass .good fishing too.

I'll take one anytime Zeke,thanks