clifden area co galway 12th aug 2010

People:myself and 20+ bashers

Duration:20.00 to 23.15

Tide:19.37 5.6m

Weather:dry and windy

Bait:feathers,mackerel,squid

Rigs:feathers,3 hook flapper,conger trace

Results:37 mackerel,4 scad,1 pollack




Report:arrived at the pier to see about 20+ bashers swinging feathers and German sprats every where so sat in the car for awhile to see if many mackerel were being caught,not many were caught in close in
I threw a set of feathers on the beach caster and climbed the high wall of the pier and had a go at the bashing myself,had a couple of full strings,most of the mackerel I caught were 200 feet or more from the shore
got the scad close in

after awhile most of the bashers packed up and I set up one rod for conger and one bait rod

there was a young lad from Belgium who I met a few times over the last week fishing and he asked about the bait fishing so i showed him how to set up,after awhile he had a bite and started reeling in what looked like a sliver eel,it came off before he got it up on the pier
my bait rod and conger rod were untouched all night

keep at it ger you will get that big conger yet well done on the mack and scad

Nice one Gerry...

Martin.

Nice one Gerry...

Martin.

thanks martin,the next time you are over you will have a lot more species to target from the mark,flounder,dogfish,mackerel,pollack,coalfish,cod,conger,thornback ray,scad,benny,sea scorpion,poor cod,silver eel are the species I have seen being caught there so far

I`m already planning for next year Gerry, just not told the wife yet.

Martin.