Kilgorman and Arklow 27-06-10

People:me and Fishface

Duration:8-11pm

Tide:rising

Weather:lovely at Arklow

Bait:rag,lug,frozen crab

Rigs:single hook clipped down and flappers

Results:Dabs,whiting,codling, doggie and pup starry smoothound




Report: Its great having a fishing buddy who can see the state of the sea from his front window and pass on the news to you.He can go ahead to marks like Kilgorman and suss them out ,and if its too windy and weedy can let you know its not worth the drive down . That was the plan anyways and seeing as I hadnt received a text telling me otherwise I kept driving on to Kilgorman .Neil was fishing away when I arrived .I started to set up but as Neil was hauling in a pile of weed in the strong wind we decided to opt for my initial plan of the sheltered and calmer Arklow South Beach,,even though Neil said there wasnt a hope in hell of a smoothie there I pointed out to him that he had in fact technically blanked while I hadnt even set up so would escape the blank this time .
We set up at Arklow,a few miles away but the sea was calm and the wind non existant. I had been away in Tramore for a few days with "Herself", (Not Stevecrows "Herself",but my own good wife) and it had been a bit of a disaster .Snapped the mid section of my beachcaster on day 2, then my camera finally packed up after 3 years of constant fishing, salt, being bounced around rocks etc,,,,,,,,and to cap it all my back was in bits for the 3 days,I couldnt get out of the chair in the cottage,yet I insisted on spending hours on the rocks fishing each day .Back to work on Saturday and my back was mysteriously cured,could it be the Cod Liver Oil kicking in .The point of this sad story is that I was minus a beachcaster ,so Neil kindly offered to sell me one of his at a knock down price,so on a positive ending to the week I was now the proud owner of a 16 foot Greys Triplex and couldnt wait to try it out. Neil was first off the mark though with a fine pin whiting and we soon were both catching. I got my first fish on the Triplex, a Dab .I fished 2 rods , the Penn Surfblaster in n close but I was really impressed with the distance I was getting from the Triplex with just an overhead thump,i've never been much of a big caster, but this rod was getting me out where I havent been previously . There were a nice few fish around, dabs and whiting mainly, and we ended up with about 10 fish each. I was delighted when I tried a crab bait,told Neil that i'd never caught much on frozen crab,,and then landed a small pup smoothie . Neil finished up with a doggie, but as it was nearly 11pm and just getting dark ,with work the next morning and an hours drive home, I packed up and headed home.Nice little session for a Sunday evening

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

Nice one Dave & Fishface as always great report and photos.
Gota say the t-shirt is magic - gota love the petzl Ultra as I have one myself.... Great bit of kit.

A Ultra fan club may be on the cards...or maybe not

Great report as always Eyes and good photos as well. Hope the new rod catches you lots of fish as often as you want for as long as you want.

Well done lads great report and pictures.and the T-shirt is a cracker

glad you all like the tee-shirt, dave(eyes) got it made for me, what a pal, have to say his new rod has made a big plus to his casting, ill have to stop giving away stuff, but then again what are friends for.went to ennereilly on friday night and the weed was so bad i just packed up my gear after 10 mins and went to brittas, only 3 small flounder and 1 dog

well done lads arklow never fails to stop the blank

Nice fishing there lads and I'm loving the T shirt Neil.

Well done lads nice session, thats a cool t-shirt where can I get one

the triplex is a handy tool it will be good to you!

dave if you take off the butt section and use coasters on the other two you have a good bass rod too

Knew it was Arklow all along

jeeez,didnt know hounds do their own packing when going on holidays
great report,pics,t-shirt etc.

nice fishing there Dave and Neil, as always a good reading report with nice pic's, thats a nice pup too guys well done. love your replacement rod Dave, may she serve you well
and Neil, love the t-shrit

well done to both of you,good report and pics.like the t shirt.