nth wexford my first hounds

[sea serpant]

people :me an my brother

time:9.00pm-4.00am

tide:dropping

rigs:pulleys

bait: rag,sandeel,peeler

result:6 pup hounds about 1lb/2lb one hound 3.5lb and one weighed in at jus over 7lb.... 6 dogs.. 1 plump codling and a sea scorpian..


With all this talk of smoothound lately i decided that it was time to try catch a specie that i had never caught in 12 years of sea angling and got the brother and headed down to wexford to a mark kindly given to me from a man on this sight (no mentioning names) ... I arrived at the beach about 8.30 and was set up and bait in the water by 9 and i must say couldn have been better weather wise it was beautiful. Fishing was slow for the first few hours with only a few dogs been had by midnight but come one in the morning the bites started to appear and i had my first ever hound not big only about a pound but it was a good sign of them being in the area.. Just after that i latched into a nicer fish this one broke the sand and i was a tad sight more pleased this one went on the scales and weighed in a respectable 3.5lb.. The next hour or two was spent pulling in pup hounds and dogs and it all went quiet about 3am so much so that i was thinkin of packing up already happy with myself so decided to launch a big peeler out far and sit down for a smoke. I only sat down on my seat box and leaned for smoke when a noise appered suddenly i looked up and turned on my headlight to see my kompressor sport almost leave my tripod and fly down the beach Grabbing the rod and leaning in i knew this was a nice fish and after a couple of min a hound came flapping up onto the sand this time topping the scales at over 7lb I set up a match rod with ragworm to be rewarded with a nice fat codling and a sea scorpian before i left so all in all a nice session

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Nothing like your first hound .Well done

Well done on your first hound. They are still on my wish list.

Congrats on your first Hound,,,,,a big well done to yourself and the brother

[JOHN1]

congrats on your first hound lad well done great report.
looking forward to the photos

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Congrats on your first Hound

jaysus dave you took the words right out of my mouth talk about good timing

Congrats on your first Hound

jaysus dave you took the words right out of my mouth talk about good timing

What do they say about great minds John

Congrats on your first Hound

jaysus dave you took the words right out of my mouth talk about good timing

What do they say about great minds John

No you have me there dave i cant THINK of it

tanks lads.... ye it was a succesful attempt at gettin 1 thank god i would have cracked up if another season had of went by without gettin a few.. im going to give it another go next week with a bith of luck ill beat my pb i got outta last nights session

well done mate have to try got one myself

well done mate have to try got one myself

tanx mate

sorry bout the pics i had to use my phone ...

super stuff you will be itching to get out again asap

well done great fishing

Nice one welcome to the world of being a hound addict, forget the wife and kids all that matters is good tides and plentifull supplies of crab

nice fishing

Congrats on your first hounds, and a 7lber is a fine fish

As bigsod said, you'll be hooked on 'em now

Did you fish where I think you did

thanks boys... ye shamoo i did indeed its a lovely beach

Yep,can't beat them hounds,great crack on light gear,especially a double shot,both heading off in different
directions....praying that all knots are sound, thats it! I'm out tomorrow.

well done on your first hound, good man yourself, i'v never cought hound me self eitgher , so hopping to get one this year good luck on yr next hound sessions