the clare session

Myself and john had a session down in clare a few weeks ago,and I wrote a LONG report but thru carelessness I lost the bloody thing ,and its taken me this long to rewrite it, we were on a connamara beach on the friday night with turbot for john the target,well, on the way there we had a pitstop in leenane,which went on a bit longer than expected, we eventually got to the mark and set up,within ten minutes john had got his target species! A nice turbot 25cm,the fish came on the feed, and it was nearly a fish a cast after that,dabs and flounder up to 28cm another species for john,as he had not had a dab before,we quit about one,as we had a long drive down to clare in the morning,and had planned a early start,unfortuntully we also had four litres of devils bit cider in the motor which we HAD to finish, soo..... we were on the road a LOT later than planned the next day,which meant we did not get to the mark till about three! Wrasse were the target fish here and soon after I dropped a bait down,i had my first corkwing wrasse of the season,i was just starting to slag john,when he got a cracker of a bite and his rod bent double,a fine ballen wrasse was soon landed after a fantastic fight on johns light spinning rod.it weighed 3lb4oz! This is the way it went for the next three hours,with ballens coming thick and fast,mostly to john I hate to say,the slagging I got!! but I had a few too,and was not too upset.john also got a nice pollock about two lb.we quit at six as england were playing,and went to O Looneys Pub in Lihinch,which has to be the best pub in clare! and proceeded to celebrate a bit too much,but what the hell,we were on tour!

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Nice Going Noel & John
Some realy nice Wrasse there. They sure do hit hard and give a good scrap.

Mick

nice going noel.. i thought you would find it hard to leave leenan that day... good report. and fishing....

seems you had a ball there gents, don't you just love the weather, nothing beats to be out on an angling tour in good company and some nice fishies to boot . Don't know the pub Noel you've mentioned but seems to be worth a try next time I'm out there, we always go to the one just up from Fenore but that's a different story altogether nice report btw

Some nice plump wrasse there lads. Great fishing well done.

Nice one lads good fishing, drinking & craic, dosent get much better

well done lads. good fishing and good pics.

well done Noel and John nice session,some lovely wrasse

nice 1 noel.fine pics

nice wrasse there lads well done

Top men! Great report on a good session.

cracking fishing guys i'm really gettin hooked on the wrasse fishing myself, gotta be one of the best fighting fish pound for pound in our seas

well done noel

Well done lads, excellent report and really nice wrasse there. Were there any hangovers at all or was it just all positive stuff,you two sound like my type of guys

Nice Going Noel & John
Some realy nice Wrasse there. They sure do hit hard and give a good scrap.
Mick

cheers mick,was good craic all right,and on light gear,fantastic fishing.

nice going noel.. i thought you would find it hard to leave leenan that day... good report. and fishing....

did not want to leave alan,but fishing had to be done!

8) seems you had a ball there gents, don't you just love the weather, nothing beats to be out on an angling tour in good company and some nice fishies to boot . Don't know the pub Noel you've mentioned but seems to be worth a try next time I'm out there, we always go to the one just up from Fenore but that's a different story altogether nice report btw

great weather,good company,and good fishing,what more would you want martin.and o looneys is a great pub!too bloody good!

Some nice plump wrasse there lads. Great fishing well done.

cheers man,very enjoyable weekend!

Nice one lads good fishing, drinking & craic, dosent get much better

thats a fact brian!

well done lads. good fishing and good pics.

cheers dan,will have to meet up again soon.

well done lads. good fishing and good pics.

well done Noel and John nice session,some lovely wrasse

cheers gerry,got to get over your side of the country sometime soon.

nice 1 noel.fine pics

cheers brian.

nice wrasse there lads well done

cheers yanto,was great craic catching them!

Top men! Great report on a good session.

cheers thomas,just found a nice spot here in mayo with some crackers,just for when you come down.

cracking fishing guys i'm really gettin hooked on the wrasse fishing myself, gotta be one of the best fighting fish pound for pound in our seas

brilliant fish al,we just found a good spot for them here in mayo,just converted two lads over to them.

Well done lads, excellent report and really nice wrasse there. Were there any hangovers at all or was it just all positive stuff,you two sound like my type of guys

cheers dave,there was hangovers on sunday,but we just went to o connors in doolin to cure ourselves!!

well done noel

cheers