north connemara 21th june 2010

Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:56 am

[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
dogfish.JPG
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
mackerel.JPG
and soon after landed my first thornback of the year as well
ray1.JPG
then another first of the year when i got a whiting
whiting.JPG
soon after i got my second thornback
a bit later on i got another first when i landed this lad
scad.JPG
i think it is a scad/Horse Mackerel let me know if I am wrong
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Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:08 am

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

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:57 am

A very nice wee session GF. Well done.

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:50 am

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. 8)

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:55 pm

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

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Wed Jun 23, 2010 6:12 pm

thats a lovely session :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Wed Jun 23, 2010 6:54 pm

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

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:34 pm

Fine session gerry well done 8) , haven't caught a scad in years!!

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:36 pm

well done gerry nice session

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:42 am

great mix there gerry 8) i have'nt got a scad myself yet, but i believe they scrap like mackeral on steroids :shock:

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:52 am

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

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:16 am

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

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:22 am

stevecrow74 wrote:yip.. its a scad alright.. good sized one too
thanks steve,never seen one before,i would say he was not far off 1lb
bigbadtom wrote:A very nice wee session GF. Well done.
connolly wrote:session
gitsea M wrote:well done gerry nice session
FisherKing wrote:Fine session gerry well done 8) , haven't caught a scad in years!!
thanks lads,its awhile since i had a session like that
blackiemc wrote: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
Al and Jordan wrote:great mix there gerry 8) i have'nt got a scad myself yet, but i believe they scrap like mackeral on steroids :shock:
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
evan699 wrote: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. 8)
they tasted great,you cant beat fresh mackerel for dinner
Determined Dan wrote: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
doggie3131 wrote:jesus gerry your fairly getting out! :mrgreen: fair play on the scad,nice to pick up something different.and nice to see you picking up thornies again! :D
getting out so much now that the car is beginning to smell like killybegs :lol:, 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 :D :D
lucky wrote: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 :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:04 am

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

Martin.

Re: north connemara 21th june 2010

Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:44 am

mphigham wrote: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 :lol: :lol: its about 15 mins drive from the mark,I will take you to it the next time you are over