north connemara 21th june 2010

[People:myself

Duration:19:30 to 23:15

Tide:low 20:00 1.2m

Weather:dry and windy

Bait:mackerel,sand eel,feathers

Rigs:feathers,3 hook flapper

Results:41 mackerel,5 dogfish,7 whiting,2 thornback ray,1 pollack,1 Scad I think




Report:I spent the day thinking about the spot I seen yesterday so decided to go and have a look to see what it was like on low water,plenty of depth even at low,set up 1 rod with sand eel and cast out and even before i had the rod on the stand I got a bite and landed a doggie

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and from then on it was non stop action after that between the bait rod and the feathers
got my first full string of mackerel of the year

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and soon after landed my first thornback of the year as well

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then another first of the year when i got a whiting

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soon after i got my second thornback
a bit later on i got another first when i landed this lad

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i think it is a scad/Horse Mackerel let me know if I am wrong

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yip.. its a scad alright.. good sized one too

A very nice wee session GF. Well done.

Definitely a scad. Fair play. Nice few fish there. And a bag full of mack for bait and the supper. It doesn't get much better than that.

well done gf. your fishing well and getting great results. great pics really clear.

thats a lovely session

jesus gerry your fairly getting out! fair play on the scad,nice to pick up something different.and nice to see you picking up thornies again!

Fine session gerry well done , haven't caught a scad in years!!

well done gerry nice session

great mix there gerry i have'nt got a scad myself yet, but i believe they scrap like mackeral on steroids

Hi Gerry,
Great haul of fish, signs of a good summer's fishing ahead hopefully

Am I correct in thinking this spot has open ocean in casting distance?

Blackie

ha gerry.. nice one mate you are putting in some hours.. good on ye... nice pictures...

yip.. its a scad alright.. good sized one too

thanks steve,never seen one before,i would say he was not far off 1lb

A very nice wee session GF. Well done.

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well done gerry nice session

Fine session gerry well done , haven't caught a scad in years!!

thanks lads,its awhile since i had a session like that

Hi Gerry,
Great haul of fish, signs of a good summer's fishing ahead hopefully

Am I correct in thinking this spot has open ocean in casting distance?

Blackie

hi Blackie,hopefully it will be a good summer,so far the year has been better to me then the last few years,the open ocean is a bit of a distance away but the water is deep at the mark

great mix there gerry i have'nt got a scad myself yet, but i believe they scrap like mackeral on steroids

hi al great scrap from him,as soon as i got the bite i knew it was not a mackerel or pollack knew it was some thing new,hope you will get one soon

Definitely a scad. Fair play. Nice few fish there. And a bag full of mack for bait and the supper. It doesn't get much better than that.

they tasted great,you cant beat fresh mackerel for dinner

well done gf. your fishing well and getting great results. great pics really clear.

thanks dan,this year has been good so far,i hope i keep getting the results

jesus gerry your fairly getting out! fair play on the scad,nice to pick up something different.and nice to see you picking up thornies again!

getting out so much now that the car is beginning to smell like killybegs , the thornies were slow to start this year but i have caught 12 in 3 days fishing so i wont be catching up on the numbers i have caught in other years

ha gerry.. nice one mate you are putting in some hours.. good on ye... nice pictures...

thinking of giving up work so i can get a few more hours in

Fantastic haul Gerry. I`m so jealous. Was that anywhere near our mark ?

Martin.

Fantastic haul Gerry. I`m so jealous. Was that anywhere near our mark ?

Martin.

only a 5 min walk from the mark if you run like hell its about 15 mins drive from the mark,I will take you to it the next time you are over