Wicklow Harbour, 2-06-10

People:me

Duration:3pm-8pm

Tide:HW approx 5-30pm

Weather:calm, sunny

Bait:rag,lug,mack

Rigs:2 hook flapper, mini rig

Results:corkwing wrasse, ballan wrasse, pouting,codling,tompot blenny, dogfish, scorpion fish,pollock

Report:Went to Wicklow Harbour in search of wrasse to add to the species list and I wasnt disappointed.I was pleasantly surprised to see only a handful of anglers there , and I soon set up with 1 rod out and 1 rod down the side for minis and wrasse. First drop produced a ballan wrasse and I had a busy time over the next few hours with both rods .Bits of rag were tempting the wrasse etc but as usual there were more missed fish than hook ups,clever buggers these Wicklow Harbour residents. The distance rod was picking up a fair bit of stringy weed but overall it wasnt too bad and I wasnt getting snagged which is always a bonus here with the submerged ropes .First fish at distance(80 yds ) was a doggie on rag and I had a succession of dabs and scorpion fish at distance on the rag. Some lads who left gave me some lug and this resulted in me getting a succession of codling from roughly the same spot one after the other up to about 25cms. I had a corkwing wrasse and then a Tompot blenny which gave me 3 new species for the session. It was a nice relaxing few hours which produced dozens of fish including a corker of a Ballan Wrasse (for me ) at 33cms, really chunky ,gave me a great fight on the small rod , the pic doesnt do him(or me ) justice. Some nice young lads there ,nice to see them cleaning up their litter when they left. .Didnt see any macks landed but I left early enough at 9pm as I had run out of bait and the thoughts of the New Territory's chicken curry got the better of me.
Footnote,I was a much calmer person in work today after my 2 sessions

codling and scorpion fish double


pollock

codling

codling

dab



ballan wrasse



dab and scorpion fish



scorpion fish

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great stuff again dave well done
thats a very cool hat you got yourself

Hi Eyesreilly

The 2 kids picked up a few whiting, Wrasse & Dog Fish after you left. It really made their day, it's usual that I blank when I'm with them. Wow, from the pictures you were busy some nice fish landed there.

Hope to you see down there again, should have asked me for some bait I had loads and gave away it all to guy fishing there using feathers when we left.

Hungster

great day out
well done great to see so many fish being landed

You caught a great mixture of fish there Dave, very well done to you Great report and pics.

Nice one eyes,8 species cant be bad at all

cracker of a report there Dave and some very good pic's, looks like you had a very good mixture of species, nice session mate

great stuff there eyes, nice variation havent been there in ages you have just re-kindled my love for that mark, going to get up there pronto

great stuff there eyes, nice variation havent been there in ages you have just re-kindled my love for that mark, going to get up there pronto

Thanks Brows ,,,,,,,,,i'd say it'll be packed for the weekend though,bring a crash helmet, there'll be leads flying everywhere

cracker of a report there Dave and some very good pic's, looks like you had a very good mixture of species, nice session mate

Thanks Don,it can throw up some beauties sometimes alright

Nice one eyes,8 species cant be bad at all

Thanks Davy,,,,,nice to have a bit of variety

You caught a great mixture of fish there Dave, very well done to you Great report and pics.

Thanks Paula,you know I only bother with the reports for you

great day out
well done great to see so many fish being landed

You can sing that,,,,Its even great to be getting plenty of bites,landing them is a bonus

Hi Eyesreilly

The 2 kids picked up a few whiting, Wrasse & Dog Fish after you left. It really made their day, it's usual that I blank when I'm with them. Wow, from the pictures you were busy some nice fish landed there.

Hope to you see down there again, should have asked me for some bait I had loads and gave away it all to guy fishing there using feathers when we left.

Hungster

Hi Hungster,,,,,nice speaking to you again,I always love to see the kids fishing,its a great hobby for them,,,a gift for life,,your boys remind me of young Jordan the way they get so excited I was busy alright,,,,makes a nice change from staring at the rod tips for hours .See you down there sometime soon

great stuff again dave well done
thats a very cool hat you got yourself

Thanks John,,that hat has been to Canada and all over Ireland,,,I usually take pictures of it beside signposts(its a long story ) but it brought me good luck in Wicklow

Belter of a session dave and 3 new species, well done mate. Just as well you were on own. Fishface wudda said that spot was useless.

Great session eyes and well done on the 3 new species.