rathmullan/Donegal 11-9-10

[b]People me the son and tom

[b]Duration app; 6.45am to 3.45pm:

[b]Tidehigh and dropping

[b]Weather good but heavy rain at times

[b]Bait mac; squid sandeel prawns lug

[b]Rigs pully two and three hook flappers

[b]Results me doggies, flounder, tub gurnard, red gurnard, rockling, scorpion fish, puckers, star fish.
son doggies, flounder dab
tom doggies flounder




[b]Report headed off early to give the pier at rathmullan a session for its been a while since i've fished it, also tom has never fished this place before so was good to get him out to a new mark. we got ourselfs set up at the left side of the pier, i put my first rod well out to try for a thornie, was in the middle of baiting up the flapper on my other other rod when i seen a definite knock on my first rod, reeled in and land the first fish of the day, a tub gurnard. next the son landed a nice sized doggie, then another and another, they kept coming. i then started to land the doggies, then i got a double shot of a doggie and a flounder. ( tom was getting worried at this stage for he was not off the mark yet ) but then tom lifted in to something, but it dropped off on the way in and it happened again after me and the son landed a few more, i heard ...one on!!! and tom landed his first doggie, so that was now the three of us catching. afer a while the son retired to the car for a kip, and me and tom kept banging away at the doggies. then another double shot for me, a scorpion fish and a rockling, this was followed by another double of puckers. tom was still landing the doggies, and then landed a flounder. i then landed a red gurnard, a lovey deep coloured fish. by this time the slip way was packed with people getting ready for a charity swim across to buncarana about 50 or 60 off them swam across it, now thats a fair ole distance to swim. another nice sight was the navy boys came up the lough on a rib and asked the men on a trawler could they move the boat for they had to moor their's at the front of the pier, they could not move for their skipper was not there, so the navy dropped anchor just out in front of the pier.
it was then that tom got the biggest catch of the day......a man in a canoe
after that it was home time, so we packed up the gear and headed for home, a cracker of a session and a good days crack.

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thats a fine selection of fish don good going , nice pics . went to that place you told me bout below the pub no pints of bass but just a few coalies .

Nice goin lads, trust Tom.haha

That looks like a lovely spot to fish, well done lads good session nice pics

nice fishing.love ur pics especially the ones with the navy ship..i think thats one of them thats been replaced soon

great fishing lads nice pictures well done

well done lads good wee session.tom wouldnot have been happy with a swimmer so whent for a guy in a canoe!!!!lol

well done lads good wee session.tom wouldnot have been happy with a swimmer so whent for a guy in a canoe!!!!lol

good result lads ..... but no picture of tom with his biggest catch of the day i can just picture him posing for a pic holding a canoer by the ankels upside down . great mix

nice selection of fish there don!

Was a great day with the three of us catching fish but Don was streets ahead with a load of different species. Someone figured he was catching too many fish so they called in the fisheries protection vessel which you can see in the background and they told him to ease up. The lad in the canoe paddled into my line and got his paddle tangled up but no harm done. The pier in Rathmullan is a good venue with very deep water but the current is very fast so grip weights are a must there. A great day out was had by all.

We're going out on a boat from Rathmullan this Saturday.

If its as good as the fishing from the pier it'll be a good un.